Have you thought about all the paperwork, especially when it comes time to bring a new family member into this world?
From the beginning you will be asked for a marriage certificate, passport copy, and residence visa in original or copy to open a maternity file. The second thing is to check with your medical insurer whether it covers maternity or not, from toys to clothes, shampoo, diapers to vaccination records. Organizing this all can be challenging. This article will help you to organize all documents from birth registration to the residence visa of a child.
steps to get the birth certificate of the baby. All hospitals provide birth notification in Arabic. After discharging from the maternity ward, go to the preventive medicine department at Al-Baraha Hospital with the notification of birth and the parents’ passport, residence permit, and original and copy. Fill out the application form, and you will get a birth certificate in Arabic.
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Required documents to open a maternity file
- Marriage certificate
- Residence visa for both parents, original as well as photocopy
- Passport photocopy
Process
Submit the child’s visa application via typing centers or Amir centers in Dubai.
Then this application formed the baby’s original passport, birth certificate, marriage certificate, and Three passport-size photographs need to be submitted at the residence section of the general directorate of residency and foreign affairs.
You can choose to receive the baby’s passport with visa through courier or get it stamped on the spot for an additional fee. Note: if there is any plan to leave the country, note that the new baby cannot leave the country while residency A visa is in progress; in other cases of a child travelling with others instead of his parents, a no-objection certificate is also required.
After paying 50 United Arab Emirates dirhams, translate it into English to get a visa request translation into English. To get an English version of the birth certificate, the Arabic version of the birth certificate will be needed for UAE visa processing. It is better to have birth certificate attestation on both the English and Arabic versions by the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Apply for the baby’s passport for a passport check with your respective embassy along with a tested birth certificate and passport-size photographs of the baby. Now you have legal documents for the baby to travel to live in the UAE. You need to apply for a residence visa for the baby.
Note.
Apply for a residence visa for a newborn baby within 120 days from birth; otherwise, you will be fined 25 United Arab Emirates Dirhams for every single day for the next 180 days. Failure to apply for a visa still will further increase the fine amount to 850 per day.
newborn babies’ visa
The government of the UAE provides both online and offline visa processing options to the residents. Offline visa applications can be availed via license typing centers, where the visa application is typed and processed through the GDRFA.
the general directorate of residency and foreigners affairs of the respective emirate; the sponsor has the option to avail receiving message notification upon approval at every stage The Dubai government has stipulated that all visa processing applications must be processed through Amer centers; this is specific to Dubai residents only. These applications can be tracked online or offline through the Ministry of Interior.
Cost of a newborn baby passport in Dubai
1. A birth notification that is issued by the health department is free of cost.
2. The cost of each copy of the birth certificate will be AED 50.
3. The cost of attestation is 150 AED.
4. Informing the health insurer about the birth of your child within the 30-day time frame; if not, then you will be charged AED 100.
5. Visa fee: AED 250.
6. Passport AED 20.
7. Health card AED 110.
8. Tahsil attestation fee: AED 150.
By some, in all the costs, the passport fee of a newbornbaby in Dubai is a lump sum of 450 to 500 AED.
Above was the overall procedure of applying for a passport for a newbornbaby in Dubai, including the required documents and the cost of each step involved in the process. Hope it will be helpful to you. But keep in mind that it varies from time to time. But you should have at least 500 AED present at the time.
