Certified Spanish translation for UAE authorities: birth and marriage certificates, criminal records, degrees, notarial powers and company papers from Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina and the rest of the Spanish-speaking world, translated into Arabic, and UAE documents into Spanish. Both surnames kept, every stamp translated.
Trusted Credentials
Before You Translate
Spanish documents come from more than twenty countries with different forms and procedures. These are common issues.
Most Spanish-speaking countries record two surnames, the father's first surname and the mother's first surname, as in María José García López. UAE systems sometimes keep only one. We keep both surnames and every given name in the translation, follow your passport spelling, and write the Arabic so the person can be matched to the residence file.
Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Chile and many other Spanish-speaking countries are parties to the Hague Apostille Convention, but the UAE is not on the status table. For official UAE use, documents normally go through the issuing country's foreign ministry and then the UAE embassy in that country (or the UAE mission accredited to that country), followed by the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs. An apostille alone is often returned.
An acta de nacimiento from Mexico, a partida de nacimiento from Argentina and a certificado literal from Spain are all birth records, but they carry different data and annotations. Civil and legal terms also vary by country. We translate what the document actually says, including marginal notes (notas marginales) that record marriages, divorces or name changes.
Spanish Documents We Translate
Spanish into Arabic for UAE authorities, and Arabic or English into Spanish for Spain and Latin America.
Birth, marriage, divorce and death certificates, Spanish certificados literales and older libros de familia, and Latin American actas and partidas, for family visas, school enrolment and inheritance files.
Certificado de antecedentes penales and its national equivalents, for UAE employment, licensing and residence files. Check how recent the receiving authority needs it to be.
Títulos universitarios, transcripts (certificados de notas) and school certificates, for certificate equivalency, professional licensing and employment.
Poderes notariales, escrituras, consents and sworn declarations for use before UAE courts, notaries, banks and land departments.
Deeds of incorporation, bylaws (estatutos), commercial register extracts, board resolutions and tax registrations, for UAE company setup, branch registration and bank onboarding.
UAE marriage contracts, birth certificates, judgments, police clearances and salary certificates translated into Spanish. Spain and Latin American countries set their own rules for foreign translations, so ask the receiving office first.
How It Works
WhatsApp clear scans of every page, including the back with stamps, plus a passport copy. Tell us the issuing country and the UAE authority the translation is for.
We count the pages, confirm the price and tell you if the document seems to carry only an apostille when the UAE route usually needs embassy attestation.
A legal translator translates every stamp, apostille and marginal note, and checks both surnames, dates and ID numbers against your passport.
You receive the signed and stamped certified translation, with both surnames and every marginal note carried over. Same-day delivery is available for many documents. Hard copies are available on request.
Where It Is Used
Transparent Pricing
Excl. 5% VAT
Foreign-ministry, embassy and MOFA fees in the issuing country and the UAE are paid to those bodies, not to us. We confirm your page count and total on WhatsApp before we start.
FAQ
Spanish is AED 250 per 200-word page, excluding 5% VAT, from any Spanish-speaking country and in either direction. Most civil certificates are one page, though a certificado literal with marginal notes can run longer. Send a scan on WhatsApp and we confirm the count first.
Yes. We translate documents from Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Venezuela, Peru, Chile, Ecuador and the other Spanish-speaking countries, and we follow the terminology of the issuing country rather than forcing Spain's terms onto it.
Often not. Whether it comes from Madrid or Mexico City, the document usually needs the issuing country's foreign ministry, the UAE embassy there (or the UAE mission accredited to that country) and then MOFA. Ask the receiving authority before you start.
The UAE Embassy in Madrid advises that Spanish documents are first legalised by the Spanish ministry that issued them and by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, then attested by the embassy. Spain's Foreign Ministry asks you to state the country where the document will be used. Confirm the current steps with the embassy.
Yes. Both surnames are part of the legal name on Spanish-language documents, so we keep them, in the same order, using the Latin spelling in your passport, including accents and ñ.
Yes. Marginal notes often record a marriage, divorce or recognition of a child, and leaving them out can change the legal picture. We translate every note we can read and flag anything illegible so you can ask the registry for a clearer copy.
Yes: marriage contracts, birth certificates, judgments, police clearances and company papers. Some offices in Spain ask for a translation by their own sworn translator (traductor jurado), and Latin American countries have their own rules, so ask the receiving office first.
This page covers written certified translation. Interpreting in Spanish and other languages is quoted on request. Tell us the date, setting and duration on WhatsApp.
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Send a scan and a passport copy on WhatsApp, and tell us the issuing country. We confirm the price, check the stamps and deliver a certified Arabic translation.