Certified Portuguese translation for UAE authorities: Brazilian and Portuguese birth and marriage certificates, full-form certidões with every annotation, criminal records, degrees, powers of attorney and company documents, translated into Arabic, and UAE documents into Portuguese. Every surname kept in the right order.
Trusted Credentials
Before You Translate
Brazil and Portugal share a language but not their forms, registries or legal terms. These are common issues.
Brazilian law allows a civil registry certificate to be issued in full (inteiro teor), in summary (breve relato) or as a report. The full form reproduces the whole record with its averbações, the annotations that record divorce, name changes or recognition of paternity. A summary certificate may leave those out. When a UAE court or family file depends on that history, ask the cartório for the inteiro teor before you attest anything.
Portuguese and Brazilian names often carry two or more surnames, with the mother's surname usually placed before the father's, the reverse of Spanish practice. In Ana Maria Costa Ferreira, Costa usually comes from the mother and Ferreira from the father. Particles such as da, de and dos belong to the name. We keep every surname in order, follow your passport, and keep the Arabic consistent with your UAE file.
The Apostille Convention has applied in Brazil since 2016 and in Portugal since 1969, but the UAE is not on the status table. Brazil's government says documents for non-Apostille countries are legalised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Itamaraty) and then by the destination country's consulate. The UAE Embassy in Lisbon says Portuguese documents are legalised at the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and then attested at the embassy. UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs attestation follows.
Portuguese Documents We Translate
Portuguese into Arabic for UAE authorities, and Arabic or English into Brazilian or European Portuguese.
Certidões de nascimento, casamento and óbito from Brazilian cartórios, in full or summary form, with every averbação and the registry number (matrícula), for family visas, school enrolment and inheritance.
Birth, marriage and death certificates from Portugal's Conservatórias do Registo Civil, including marginal annotations, for UAE residence and court files.
Brazilian antecedentes criminais, Portuguese registo criminal certificates, diplomas and transcripts (histórico escolar), for employment, licensing and certificate equivalency.
Procurações and escrituras from Brazilian tabelionatos and Portuguese notaries, for property, banking and court matters in the UAE.
Contratos sociais, estatutos, Junta Comercial extracts, CNPJ cards and Portuguese commercial register certificates, for UAE company setup and bank onboarding.
UAE marriage contracts, birth certificates, judgments, police clearances and salary certificates translated into Brazilian or European Portuguese. Tell us which country the translation is for, and ask the receiving office about its rules.
How It Works
WhatsApp clear scans of every page, including the back with stamps, plus a passport copy. Tell us whether the document is from Brazil or Portugal and which UAE authority it is for.
We count the pages, confirm the price, and tell you if a summary certificate may not be enough, or if the document carries only an apostille.
A legal translator translates every annotation, seal and apostille, and checks every surname, date and ID number against your passport.
You receive the signed and stamped certified translation, with every surname in its original order and each annotation translated. Same-day delivery is available for many documents. Hard copies are available on request.
Where It Is Used
Transparent Pricing
Excl. 5% VAT
Itamaraty, Portuguese MFA, embassy and MOFA fees are separate from our price and paid to those bodies. We confirm your page count and total on WhatsApp before we start.
FAQ
Brazilian and European Portuguese are both AED 250 per 200-word page, excluding 5% VAT. A full-form certidão with several annotations runs longer than a summary one, so send a scan on WhatsApp and we confirm the page count first.
It is the full-form copy of a Brazilian civil record, reproducing the entire entry with its annotations. It matters when you need to prove a divorce, name change or paternity recognition. For a simple proof of birth a summary may be enough, but check with the UAE authority before ordering.
Yes. Spelling, vocabulary and legal terms differ between Brazil and Portugal (a Brazilian cartório and a Portuguese conservatória do different jobs, for example). We follow the issuing country's terms, and for translations into Portuguese we write in the variant your destination expects.
We keep all your surnames in the order on your document and passport. In Portuguese naming the last surname, usually the father's, is the one most often used alone, so check that it matches the surname field in your passport and UAE residence file.
Usually not. For the UAE, a Brazilian document normally goes to Itamaraty and then the UAE Embassy in Brasília, followed by MOFA. Confirm with the embassy.
The UAE Embassy in Lisbon says documents are first legalised at the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and then attested at the embassy. UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs attestation completes the chain. Check current requirements with the embassy before you go.
Yes, at the same rate. Each country has its own forms and attestation route, usually through its own foreign ministry and the UAE mission accredited to it, so check the chain with the UAE embassy before you translate.
Yes: marriage contracts, birth certificates, judgments, police clearances and company papers. Brazilian and Portuguese offices may have their own rules on who can translate foreign documents, so ask the receiving office first.
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Send a scan and a passport copy on WhatsApp, and tell us whether it is from Brazil or Portugal. We confirm the price, check the form and deliver a certified Arabic translation.