Spanish Marriage Certificate Apostille (Certificado de Matrimonio)
Spanish marriage certificate apostille and UAE legalisation for spouse sponsorship and residency applications.
A Spanish Certificado de Matrimonio is the document that opens a spouse sponsorship file in the UAE, and an un-apostilled one is the most common reason such a file stalls before it starts. Certificates come from the Registro Civil where the marriage was registered, and the apostille route follows the issuing authority rather than where you now live. Once the apostilled document reaches us, the UAE side — attestation, any required translation and delivery — closes in 3-4 working days.
Spanish marriage certificate apostille and UAE legalisation for spouse sponsorship and residency applications.
Documents required
- 01 Recent certified copy of the Certificado de Matrimonio
- 02 Passport copies of both spouses
- 03 Passport copy of the document holder
- 04 Emirates ID copy where the document is for UAE use
Special requirements
- § Spain has no single apostille office. Judicial and criminal-record documents go through the Ministerio de Justicia, notarial instruments through the regional Colegio Notarial, and administrative or academic documents through the relevant government delegation or education authority. A document submitted to the wrong body is returned unprocessed.
How it works
- 01 Send a scan for the authority check
- 02 Apostille through the correct Spanish body
- 03 Certified Spanish-Arabic translation where required
- 04 UAE MOFA attestation
- 05 Free delivery anywhere in the UAE
Insider tips
Frequently asked questions
The UAE side — attestation, any required legal translation and delivery — closes in 3-4 working days from the moment the apostilled document is with us. If the Spanish apostille still needs to be obtained, that step runs on the Spanish authority's timetable and is quoted separately. Send a scan and we will tell you which applies before you commit to anything.
No. What matters is that the marriage is registered with the Spanish Registro Civil, which is what issues the certificate and determines the apostille route. Your nationalities do not change the pathway.
Because a UAE sponsorship file cannot be opened on an un-attested marriage certificate, and the fix has to happen in the issuing country. Getting it apostilled early is the single most useful thing you can do for a family application.
Usually yes, by a UAE-licensed legal translator, and always after the apostille — a translation made beforehand will not carry the apostille stamp and has to be redone at full cost.
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Visa, job, university, company formation — share the objective and we'll return a full attestation plan with timelines and fees within one business day.