The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the second home for most of the Indian expatriates. The flourishing employment opportunities in the country are the main reason behind the shift of young and professional Indians to the UAE. After spending some time in the country and after receiving their work permit and resident visa, the Indian expats can sponsor the visa of their family and parents. Although the expats should first meet the salary requirements of the country and only then they can call their family and parents here. Apart from meeting salary requirements, expats should also attest their documents for processing the visa request.
How to obtain a family visa for parents in the UAE?
Expatriates residing in the UAE should have a minimum salary of AED 19,000 + accommodations or AED 20,000 without accommodations. As per the regulations of the government of the UAE, the expatriates will have to sponsor both their parents after showing a proof that he/she is the only one to take care of his/her parents in the home country. In case, the parents are divorced or one of the parents is deceased, then attested copy of divorce certificate or attested copy of birth certificate is required.
Along with these two documents, expats will also require some other documents. All these documents need to be attested by the MEA and the Embassy of UAE. Indian expats can avail the services for documents attestation from the UAE embassy for UAE in Hyderabad and other states of India. Now let's read in detail about how Indian expats can sponsor a residence visa for parent, and how to attest the death certificate in India if one of the parents is deceased.
After attestation, the sponsor will visit the Department of Naturalisation and Residency Dubai (DNRD) to obtain an entry visa for the parents. Thereupon, you will have to visit the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs, Dubai, to submit the required documents. Within two weeks, the committee will either approve or reject the documents. On approval, visit a registered typist for completing the fee. Then again visit the DNRD to deposit all the documents, and within 48 hours you will receive your entry permit. The entry visa will allow your parents to stay in the UAE for some time. Within this time, the sponsor will have to submit the medical reports and other required documents at the GDRFA. After some time the passport with a residency stamp will be sent to you through epost.
However, if one of your parent is deceased then you are required to submit an attested copy of their death certificate. Without death certificate you will have to go through a lot of trouble for processing your visa request. So, let’s read about how you can attest the death certificate in India.
What is the procedure for Death Certificate attestation from India?
A death certificate is an official document issued by the government, which includes reason of the death, time and day of the death, location of the death, and some other personal information of the deceased. This certificate can be required for various reasons. Most importantly it serves as a proof of death, and other than that it is required to acquire certain death benefits such as pensions and life insurance.
The death certificate attestation in Indiais a three step procedure. The death certificate will be authenticated by the Home Department of the issuing state. The Home department will scrutinize the document and will later authenticate it with its official stamp and signature. After Home department authentication, the death certificate will be attested by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). The MEA does not attest any document lacking pre-authentication process. Also, the MEA does not take any responsibility for the content of the document. Instead, it only attest the signature of the previous authority. At last, the death certificate will be attested by the Embassy of the respective country the applicant is planning to use them.