• Certificate of authentication:
  
  - The Consular Section can authenticate the signatures of the authorized officials in the Foreign Ministries of the United Arab Emirates to validate documents for use in South Africa.
  - Same day service available on a Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday during Consular Hours (depending on the volume of documentation that is submitted).
  - Documents submitted on a Monday or Thursday - collection will be the next working day, during Consular Hours.
  - This service is free of charge.
  
  
• Attestation Services:
  - The Consular Section can authenticate the signatures of the authorized officials in the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Africa.
  - Procedure to follow:
  Step 1: Public Notary (any lawyer) in South Africa
  Step 2: Registrar of High Court in South Africa
  Step 3: Department of Foreign Affairs, Pretoria
  Step 4: Qatar Mission in Pretoria
  
  
  
• Certification of copies:
  
  - Only original South African documents may be 'certified'.
  - Requirements: Original South African issued document and copy of the document. The Commissioner of Oath will stamp and certify the copy as a 'true copy of the original' only.

Please take note that the Mission would not stamp / sign on an original document.
- Same day service available on a Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday during Consular Hours (depending on the volume of documentation that is submitted).
- Documents submitted on a Monday or Thursday - collection will be the next working day, during Consular Hours.
- Certification is free of charge.

• Signing documents in front of the Commissioner of Oath:
  
  - South African documents only.
  - Service available on a Monday and/or Thursday, by appointment only. (To be arranged via the Consular Section.)

- Requirements:
- Bring along your documents to be signed (do not sign at home, as you would be requested to sign the documents in the presence of the Commissioner of Oaths).