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How to Get Death Certificate Online Dubai
Doctors in all hospitals in Dubai and Hatta can now use a platform to complete their details and get electronic certificates. These certificates can be printed at customer service centres in four government hospitals – Rashid, Dubai, Latifa, or Hatta. The papers will also be at Medical Fitness Centres in Jumeirah Lake Towers and Uptown Mirdif, a person from the service told Gulf News. The new online platform makes it easier to get birth and death certificates, which used to only be available at Al Baraha Hospital of the Ministry of Health. More than 100 doctors have learned how to use the new electronic portal at all the hospitals.
The police didn’t need to be involved, and no special permission was required to get a birth certificate. However, the hospital where the baby was born had to tell Al Baraha Hospital before the birth certificate could be given. With Al Hamd’s paperless, electronic system, residents can get digital notifications. They can choose from six places to collect the certificate, which costs Dh70. This was announced by the spokesperson.
How Al Hamd will work
- When someone from Dubai or Hatta dies, a doctor at the hospital will go to the Al Hamd website and fill out a form to tell the police all the information about the person’s death.
- The police will receive a notification about the death. They will investigate the cause of death and other details. Then, they will electronically issue a No Objection certificate, which will be uploaded on the DHA portal.
- The hospital will fill out the birth details on the Al Hamd Portal and parents can ask for the birth certificate when needed.
- If a visitor passes away and their family wants to bury them here, or if a resident needs to be sent back to their home country, there are extra steps that the family will be told about at the customer service center.
No need of legal translation now
Humaid Al Qutami, the head of DHA, said they want to use the newest technology to help customers better. It was also always making its services automatic, like what we are seeing in Dubai’s smart changes. Al Qutami said that the certificate will be online and can be in English or Arabic. This will save money on translations and make it easier for residents. Humaid Al Qutami, the head of DHA, said they want to use the newest technology to help customers better. It was also always making its services automatic, like what we are seeing in Dubai’s smart changes. Al Qutami said that the certificate will be online and can be in English or Arabic. This will save money on translations and make it easier for residents.
WHAT TO BRING
- Original and copy of the deceased’s passport, visit visa, or residence visa.
- Police report (if death outside a hospital) OR death report from the hospital confirming the cause of death.
FEES:
- Dhs.60 death certificate fee.
- Up to Dhs.700 embassy certificate/registration fee.
- Dhs.100 English translation fee (optional).
PROCEDURE
- An examination after someone dies is not usually done unless someone thinks something bad happened. The family needs to write a letter to the Medical Superintendent at Dubai Police HQ if they want a post-mortem.
- Please bring the original passport and a photocopy to the hospital where the deceased person is.
- The hospital will give a document that says a person has died (but it is not the official death certificate).
- Please give the necessary papers to Dubai Police. They will then give a certificate to Al Baraha Hospital, Preventive Medicine Department.
- If the person who died is going to be sent back to their home country, ask for permission letters for the airport to transport the body, the place where the body is prepared for burial, and the hospital in the home country.
- Please send all papers from Dubai Police to Al Baraha Hospital, to the Preventive Medicine Department.
- A paper that says someone has died will be given in the Arabic language.
- If the person who has died is being sent to their home country, their death certificate must be translated into English or the language needed for their country. There is an extra Dhs. 100 fee for this service.
- Inform the embassy or consulate of the person’s home country about the person’s death.
- The embassy will stop the passport and record the death in the person’s home country.
- The embassy will make a death certificate.
- If you want to bring the dead person back to their home country, ask for a letter from the embassy of their home country.
