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Getting Married in Dubai and UAE

Expat as well as Emirati couples can and do get married in Dubai. The rules and
procedures vary depending on nationality and/or religion. Generally, two people of
the same religion can marry without difficulty. People of different religions might
face some problems organizing a wedding.

• A common situation is when a Muslim man and Christian woman wish to get married. That's
ok (cultural and/or family considerations notwithstanding) but a Christian man will have to convert to
Islam before marrying a Muslim woman.
• Emirati men sometimes marry non-emirati women but the reverse is rare (although not
completely unknown).
• The Dubai Courts oversee procedures and regulations pertaining to marriages. Their website is
mostly in Arabic and it is difficult to find relevant information in English. The marriage section tel is
+971-4-3347777.
• The court will not perform a civil service for Christian weddings - you have to go to a church
or your embassy or both.

Christian Weddings

Do something like this (it will vary depending on nationality).

• Go to your embassy and find out what the procedure is. You'll need to bring passports and sign
an affidavit to say you're not already married and there is no hindrance to getting married or something
similar, you may need to bring witnesses. It may be possible to get married at your embassy, otherwise
you'll have to go to a church.
• If you're both of different nationalities, you'll need to contact both your respective embassies
to find out what the best or correct procedure is.
• UK citizens need to post wedding banns. This will cost several hundred dhs and you'll have to
wait 3 weeks or so before you can collect the banns and go to a church to get married.
• US citizens need to get married by a pastor (phone one of the churches to make this
arrangement).
• Indian citizens can apparently get married at their embassy in Abu Dhabi.
• If you make a date with one of the Christian churches to get married, expect to pay fees of
about 1000 dhs plus additional costs for flowers, photography, dress, suit, cake, air fares for friends and
families, and all the usual accoutrements.
• If you were married in an English speaking church, you will receive a marriage certificate in
English. This needs to be translated into Arabic by a court approved translator for your marriage to be
valid in the UAE. Fees should be less than 100 dhs.
• You then need to submit both documents to the Notary Public Office at the Dubai Courts for
certification (another 100 dhs fee). You may need to have UAE residence visas to be able to do this.
• Then you need to go to the Ministry of Justice to get the certification authenticated.
• Then you need to go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to get the MoJ authentication
authenticated.
• Then you need to go back to your embassy to get the MoFA authentication authenticated so
that your marriage certificate is authenticated for validity in your home country. If you are of different
nationalities, you'll have to go to both your respective embassies.
St Mary's Church in Bur Dubai has priests available to talk to from 8am-12pm and
4-6pm every day except Fridays and Sundays about procedures. But phone to
double check on holidays or during Lent

Islamic Marriages

• You both need valid UAE residence visas (if you're not UAE citizens).
• Go to the Marriage Section of the Dubai Court with
o The bride's father or guardian or his attorney.
o Two male Muslim witnesses.
o Passports and copies and identification papers for the guardian and witnesses.
o Proof of divorce or death of husband for the bride if applicable.
o If the bride is Muslim and her father is not, she needs a no objection letter from
her embassy (or consulate) in Arabic (or translated into Arabic and attested by the Ministry of
Justice) and attested by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
o 100 dhs for fees (take some more just in case).
• You'll receive a UAE marriage license.
• To authenticate it for validity in your home country, take it to the Ministry of Justice, then the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, then your embassy (or consulate) for authentication at each stop. Bring a
few hundred dhs for processing fees.

Mixed religion weddings

• If the bridegroom is Muslim and bride is not, contact the Marriage Section of the Dubai court.
You may be able to get married there. See the procedure for Islamic marriages above.
• If the bride is Muslim and the bridegroom is not, you cannot get married in Dubai until the
bridegroom becomes Muslim. Then see the above section about Islamic marriages.
• For religions other than Islam or Christian, contact your respective embassies to find out what
the best procedure is.
• Christian churches will usually only marry a couple if both are Christian.

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