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Venezuela certificate attestation makes a Venezuelan título, notas certificadas, partida de nacimiento or acta de matrimonio valid for work, family and business use in the UAE. Two points matter more than anything else. First, ask for the legalización internacional, because the UAE is outside the Apostille Convention. Second, the Venezuelan legalisation of university titles moved online to SAREN in July 2026, which changes how you start. The UAE mission step and MOFA attestation then finish the chain.
Price: Send a copy on WhatsApp and you get the total price plus VAT, all official fees included, before any work starts. See attestation fees.
The Venezuelan route listed by VFS
VFS Global, MOFA's attestation service provider, lists this order for Venezuela:
- Translation
- Notarisation
- Ministry of Education (educational documents)
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- UAE Embassy
- MOFA, UAE
The VFS summary does not name the city of the UAE mission, so we confirm where the embassy step happens for your document at the time you send it.
Títulos: the new SAREN process
| Step | Where | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| Protocolisation | SAREN registry, via tramites.saren.gob.ve | The title is registered (Registro Principal, Protocolización) |
| Endorsement | GTU, the university procedures system | Public university titles are endorsed for legalisation |
| Request | SAREN platform, "Ver solicitudes" | Choose legalización internacional and the destination country |
| Payment | Planilla Única Bancaria (PUB) | Paid by Pago Móvil, online banking or the SAREN portal |
| Result | SAREN platform | The legalisation is issued electronically for download |
If your título was never protocolised, that is the first job. Transcripts (notas certificadas) usually travel with the título: see transcript attestation.
Civil documents
Birth, marriage and divorce records come from the registro civil and go through the foreign ministry before the UAE step. SAREN has also listed many registry documents that can now be apostilled or legalised digitally; we check if your specific document is on that list when you send a copy.
UAE fees
Our quote includes the Venezuelan fees, the UAE mission fee and MOFA's fee.
For Venezuelans living in the UAE
The online SAREN process is a real advantage if you are in Dubai or Abu Dhabi: much of the Venezuelan stage no longer needs a visit. The embassy stage still needs the document itself, which we arrange by courier. Spanish documents need an English or Arabic version for UAE use; a legal translator in Dubai can prepare the Arabic one here.
A spouse or child with certificates from Colombia needs that country's own chain: see Colombia certificate attestation.
Venezuelan problems to avoid
- Apostille chosen on the SAREN platform. Pick legalización internacional with the UAE as the destination.
- Título not protocolised. Nothing else can start until it is.
- Translation at the wrong point. VFS lists translation first; translating after the stamps can mean doing it twice.
- Name variations between títulos, cédula and passport. Keep a passport copy in the file.
Need a degree for a UAE work permit? Start with degree certificate attestation. Other countries are on attestation by country.
