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Bangladesh certificate attestation makes a Bangladeshi degree, SSC or HSC certificate, Nikah Nama, birth certificate or company paper valid for a UAE work permit, family visa or golden visa. Degrees start at the Ministry of Education, personal records at the relevant Dhaka ministry, then everything goes to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Dhaka, a UAE embassy step and finally MOFA attestation in the UAE.
Price: send a copy on WhatsApp and you get the total price plus VAT, all official fees included, before any work starts. Bangladeshi files are quoted one by one because the first ministry changes with the document. See attestation fees.
The Bangladesh to UAE attestation chain
- Issuing body. The education board, university or registrar issues the certificate. Old certificates sometimes need a fresh copy first.
- Ministry of Education (academic papers). Degrees, diplomas, SSC and HSC certificates and transcripts are attested by the education ministry. The Dhaka foreign ministry will not take an academic paper without it.
- Ministry of Law and Justice (personal papers). VFS Global, MOFA's attestation service provider, lists this step for personal documents such as a Nikah Nama or affidavit.
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dhaka. Bangladesh now issues e-Apostilles through the MyGov platform. For the UAE this is the foreign ministry step, not the end of the chain.
- UAE embassy step. The UAE Embassy in Dhaka offers digital attestation: you apply on the MOFA portal, a courier collects the original and the document comes back by email attested by the embassy and MOFA together. VFS also lists a counter-attestation by the Bangladesh mission in the UAE for some files. Which of the two your document follows is confirmed from your copy.
- MOFA UAE. Included in the digital route; a separate step only on the counter-attestation route.
Bangladeshi documents and where they start
| Document | First authority in Bangladesh | Then | UAE side |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor's or master's degree, transcript | University, Ministry of Education | Foreign ministry, Dhaka | UAE embassy step, MOFA |
| SSC or HSC certificate | Education board, Ministry of Education | Foreign ministry, Dhaka | UAE embassy step, MOFA |
| Nikah Nama or Kabin Nama | Marriage registrar (Kazi), Ministry of Law | Foreign ministry, Dhaka | UAE embassy step, MOFA |
| Birth certificate | Birth and death registration office | Foreign ministry, Dhaka | UAE embassy step, MOFA |
| Power of attorney | Notary in Bangladesh | Foreign ministry, Dhaka | UAE embassy step, MOFA |
| Trade licence, company papers | Issuing authority or chamber | Foreign ministry, Dhaka | UAE embassy step, MOFA (commercial fee) |
Official fees you should know
Your quote covers every official fee, from the Dhaka ministries to the UAE mission and MOFA.
From inside the UAE
Most Bangladeshi clients are already working in Dubai, Sharjah or Abu Dhabi and cannot fly home for stamps. A family member in Bangladesh can take the original to the ministries, or the file travels by courier. The UAE part is done online, and MOFA lets anyone apply for you. Attested documents can be checked on verify.mofa.gov.ae once they come back.
Problems we see with Bangladeshi files
- Name spelling. Bengali names are often written several ways in English. If your degree, Nikah Nama and passport differ, MOFA or the visa office may query the file. Keep a passport copy with every document.
- Bengali-only papers. A Nikah Nama, Kabin Nama or older birth certificate in Bengali needs a certified translation. We arrange Bengali to English or Arabic legal translation in Dubai where the UAE office asks for it.
- Missing education step. A degree sent straight to the foreign ministry is returned. The Ministry of Education must come first.
- Laminated certificates. Some families laminate SSC and HSC certificates to protect them. Laminated documents cannot be attested, so a fresh certificate from the board may be needed.
Documents from India follow a different chain, set out on Indian certificate attestation, so if you hold papers from both countries the two routes can be planned side by side.
What the attested documents are used for
The most common reasons are a degree certificate attestation for a skilled work permit and a marriage certificate attestation for a wife's residence visa. Children's birth certificates follow the same chain for family sponsorship. For other origins see attestation by country.
