Translation Services for Documents Destined for Qatar If you are working in Qatar as an ex-pat, you would be having a work permit and a Qatar-Id. If you decide to bring your family to Qatar, you can ask for a family visa. There is a pre-condition for applying for a family visa. Your income should be equal or above the minimum income which is eligible for applying for a family visa. If you’re eligible for a family visa, then you can apply for the same to the Ministry. To apply for a family visa, you have to provide certain documents. Documents like your marriage certificate or the birth certificate of your children would have been issued in your home country. Moreover, these would have been written in a language that is prevalent in your home country. Officials in Qatar will not be able to read the content of those documents. Also the documents are not legal in Qatar as they have been issued by a foreign government. Legalize Documents by Attestation and Translation To make your documents legal so that these can be submitted to Qatar officials, the same need to be authenticated and attested besides having a translated copy available. The process for marriage certificates is: 1. The marriage certificate copy needs to be authenticated by the State Level Notary. 2. Next the copy and the original are to be sent to the Ministry of External Affairs for authentication. 3. Finally the authenticated copy is to be attested by the Qatar Embassy in New Delhi. 4. This attested copy would need to be translated by an accredited translation service. Translation of Marriage Certificates and Birth Certificates can be done by translators who have been authorized by the Human Resources Department of Qatar. Translation by others may not be acceptable to the HRD. There are many service providers and translators who can help you with marriage certificate translation services in Qatar or birth certificate translation services in Qatar. There are some other documents that need to be translated because the contents of the document are not standard like birth or marriage certificates. These documents fall under the following category. 1. 2. 3. 4.
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