🏛️ Consular route · United Arab Emirates

Legalization for the United Arab Emirates (non-Hague)

For the United Arab Emirates, an apostille has no effect: Swiss documents must follow the consular legalization chain — legalization by the competent Swiss chancellery, federal over-legalization where required, then the embassy or consulate of United Arab Emirates in Switzerland. Slower, stricter, and exactly what you want handled by people who do it weekly.

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The chain, in order

1) Legalization by the state chancellery of the issuing canton (or the Federal Chancellery) · 2) over-legalization where the embassy requires it · 3) legalization by the diplomatic mission of United Arab Emirates. Each stamp builds on the previous one.

Why it takes longer

Embassies keep their own schedules and fee scales: allow 7–14 additional days after the Swiss steps, sometimes more. Express is not possible at the embassy stage — a complete, correctly-ordered file is the real accelerator, and that is our job.

Transparent pricing

The Swiss steps follow our standard prices (CHF 140 / 120). The embassy stage varies by country and document: we quote it flat, in writing, before you commit — no surprises.

Frequently asked questions

Could United Arab Emirates join the Convention and simplify this?
Membership evolves — several states have joined recently. We verify the current status at every order: if an apostille has become sufficient for the United Arab Emirates, we switch your file to the simpler, cheaper route and tell you.
Can you guarantee the embassy deadline?
Honestly, no one can: embassy processing sits outside anyone’s control. What we guarantee is a complete, correctly-sequenced file — the number-one factor against rejections and resubmissions.
CHF 140 — Apostille — 1st document · CHF 120 — Apostille — from the 2nd document · Prices →

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