UAE birth certificate for a baby of a visit visa mother

A UAE birth certificate is the official certificate for a newborn that proves the child’s lineage, place and date of birth, nationality and religion. In Dubai it is issued at the hospital in which the delivery took place, in Arabic and English. In the northern emirates it is issued through Emirates Health Services, in Arabic or in English. The certificate is one step. It is not a visa, an Emirates ID, or permission to leave the country.

If you gave birth in the UAE while you were on a visit visa, start with the emirate where the birth took place, because the issuing authority depends on the emirate. In Dubai, use the Dubai Health Authority route. In the northern emirates, use the Emirates Health Services route. In Abu Dhabi, no route, fee, steps, or documents are stated. Do not treat a document list written for citizens or residents as your list. The pages state no document list for visitors.

UAE birth certificate issuing authority by emirate

Birth and death certificate services that were previously provided by the Ministry of Health and Prevention are now under Emirates Health Services, according to reporting in June 2025 and a banner on the ministry site. The current issuers, on their own service pages, are Emirates Health Services for the northern emirates, the Dubai Health Authority for Dubai, and the Department of Health for Abu Dhabi. Do not name the Ministry of Health and Prevention as a current issuer when you apply. The June 2025 transfer date is reported, not verified on an official announcement page, so the date is not presented as an official announcement. What matters for your application is the authority for your emirate, and the service page for that authority.

The Emirates Health Services page does not state its emirate scope. Confirm the authority for your emirate at the hospital or health centre where the birth took place before you rely on a route from another emirate. A fee, a step, or a document list from Dubai is a Dubai fact. A fee, a step, or a document list from the northern emirates is a northern emirates fact. Neither one states the Abu Dhabi position.

Dubai certificate issue at the hospital of delivery

• Issued at the hospital in which the delivery took place, in Arabic and English.
• Fee: AED 70, on the page version captured in July 2026. The page states: “Each certificate charge 70 AED for all services.”
• Service channel: the website, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The Dubai Health Authority states: “A birth certificate is issued at the hospital in which the delivery took place. The certificate is issued in Arabic and English, and includes all the child’s data.” That is the only fee stated on the page. No other fee, no deadline, and no statement about the baby’s visa, exit, or fines appears on the page.

The eligibility block on the Dubai page lists four groups, and visitors are one of them. The block reads, in full:

“UAE Nationals: Men, Women, People of determination, Senior citizens.”

“Expatriates: Men, Women, People of determination, Senior citizens.”

“Residents: Men, Women, People of determination, Senior citizens.”

“Visitors: Men, Women, People of determination, Senior citizens.”

The block lists visitors as eligible customers for this service. It does not state what documents a visitor mother must produce. The page gives document lists for citizens and for residents only, and it gives no document list for visitors. Do not read the residents list as the visitors list. The page separates the lists, and the visitors list is absent.

For citizens, the page lists:

• Original ID card or family book for both mother and father.
• Original marriage certificate and in the event of marriage certificate issued outside the country, it is duly authenticated or marriage document or certificate or acknowledgment from the parents of the child’s lineage, authenticated by the embassy of the country they belong to or by a notary public.
• Original birth notification stamped by the health facility.
• Upload of documents after checking of the originals by the health facility.

For residents, the page lists:

• Original Emirates ID or passport (for both mother and father).
• Marriage outside the country is duly authenticated or marriage document or certificate or acknowledgment from the parents of the child’s lineage, authenticated by the embassy of the country they belong to or by a notary public.
• Original live birth notification stamped by the health facility.
• Upload of documents after checking of the originals by the health facility.

The preparation steps sit with the hospital:

1. The birth notification is created.
2. The original documents are attached to the electronic system by the health facility, after checking the original documents.

The lost replacement and reissue copy sections on the same page are headed for citizens and residents only. If you are a visitor mother in Dubai, the page does not answer the document question. Ask the hospital where the delivery took place what it will check and attach for a visitor case, and ask which list, if any, it will apply. Do not assume the citizens list or the residents list is yours, and do not assume a document is not needed because it is absent from a list written for another group.

Northern emirates Emirates Health Services route

Emirates Health Services states that its service allows customers to request the issue of an official certificate for a newborn to prove the child’s lineage, place and date of birth, nationality and religion. The fee is 65 AED for a certificate. Delivery of the certificate, if requested, costs 20.75 AED. The service completion duration is Immediate.

The service channels are the EHS Website and the EHS Application. The service provision timings are 24 hours if delivery is selected, and immediate for the digitally attested birth certificate. The target audience is “Parents of newborns of all nationalities, their representatives, or delegated persons.” That wording states the nationality of the parents. It does not state that a visit-visa mother is covered, and the words visitor, visit visa, and tourist do not appear anywhere on the page.

The conditions and requirements state that the applicant should be one of the parents, or should have a special power of attorney for the issuance of a birth certificate. The required documents list has one item: “Valid Emirates ID for parents (Proof of identity at the center)”. No second item appears on the page. The frequently asked questions on the page state that if you wish to request the certificate in English, or to add other copies of the certificate in English or Arabic, you can request that and choose the number of copies in each language when reviewing the certificate details and before the payment phase.

To apply through the website, the page lists:

1. Receive an SMS that the certificate is ready.
2. Log in with a UAE PASS account.
3. Enter the notification number (QAID number) and the mother or father date of birth to retrieve the information.
4. Review the child details entered by the hospital.
5. Fill in the delivery details.
6. Pay the fees if required and download the certificate.

To apply through the Mabrouk Ma Yak package, the page lists: submit the application through the e-system, and pay the certificate issuance fee, after which the application will be sent to the Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship.

There is a tension on this same page, and it must not be hidden. The required documents line says “Valid Emirates ID for parents (Proof of identity at the center)”. A frequently asked questions line on the same page says “No document needed to obtain birth certificate”. The page also requires a UAE PASS login on the website route. The page does not resolve whether a parent with only a passport, such as a visitor mother with no Emirates ID, can complete the application, or whether that parent can pass the UAE PASS step unaided. No promise is made that a visitor mother can complete the electronic system unaided, and it is not stated that she cannot. Confirm the position with Emirates Health Services or the health centre before you rely on either line alone, and take the birth notification and the parents’ passports with you when you ask.

Abu Dhabi first issuance route not stated

No Abu Dhabi route is stated. No Abu Dhabi first-issuance fee, no Abu Dhabi steps, and no Abu Dhabi documents are stated. Do not use the Dubai fee of AED 70 or the northern emirates fee of AED 65 as an Abu Dhabi fee. Do not use the Dubai hospital steps or the Emirates Health Services electronic steps as Abu Dhabi steps. If the birth took place in Abu Dhabi, ask the hospital or the Department of Health directly for the current first-issuance route, and keep the stamped birth notification safe while you ask. Filling this gap from another emirate would misstate the Abu Dhabi position.

Residents timetable and the visitor position

Many guides repeat a timetable for babies born in the UAE: 30 days to register the birth, 120 days to arrange the formal documents, AED 100 per day after 120 days, and the baby not allowed to exit the country. That timetable comes from the official UAE government portal, u.ae, and it is written for residents only. The u.ae page, headed “Babies of UAE residents,” states: “Residents have a maximum period of 30 days to register their child’s birth in the UAE.” It states that if the parents are of different nationalities, the child will adopt the nationality of the father. For residents, it lists an attested copy of the marriage certificate translated to Arabic if it is in a language other than Arabic, a copy and the original of the husband’s and wife’s passport, birth notification details from the hospital, and a discharge summary from the hospital.

The same page states: “Residents have 120 days from the birth of their child to arrange the formal documents which includes birth certificates, passports, Emirates ID and visas of their newborn babies. If the residence visa is not finalised within 120 days, then a fee of AED100 per day would be charged for each day over the 120-day period, and the baby will not be allowed to exit the country.” Every sentence on that page is framed for nationals or residents. The words visit visa, visitor, tourist, and non-resident mother do not appear anywhere on the page. No official page states whether the 30-day window, the 120-day chain, or the AED 100 per day fee applies to a baby born to a visit-visa mother. Do not plan around those deadlines as if they were your deadlines, and do not treat the AED 100 per day figure as a fine for a visitor mother’s baby. It is a residence-visa finalisation fee on the residents page. If a page, an agency, or a search result presents the 30-day or 120-day rule as the rule for a visitor mother’s baby, that page has removed the residents label. Ask the health authority and the immigration authority which deadline, if any, applies to your case, and get the answer in terms of your visa status, not in terms of a residents page.

Dubai departure permit and the baby visa question

In Dubai, the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs states a service that allows the possibility of issuing a departure permit for a foreigner within the country to enable him to leave the country. The documents on the page are a shared list: passport, personal photo, issuance of birth certificate for newborns, and a travel ticket with a departure date within 7 days from the date of issuance. For a newborn, the procedure is: personal presence of the father; submit the application to the service officer; pay the fees due; and receipt of the print of the departure permit. The fee is AED 241. Departure from the country must take place within 7 days from the date of permit issuance. The regular exit permit requires the payment of all outstanding fines.

If the individual does not depart within the validity period of the exit permit, the previous permit must be cancelled and a new application must be submitted. The duration is 48.0 hours. Individuals apply through an Amer Centre, and establishments apply through the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs website. The locations listed are the Public Services Section at Al Aweer, the Airport Service Center at Terminal 3, Amer Centers, and the Hatta land port.

This service verifies that a newborn exit route exists in Dubai, with a birth certificate among its documents. It does not verify that a visit-visa mother’s baby may use it. It does not state what documents beyond the shared list a newborn case needs. It does not state what the baby’s visa or overstay position is, or whether fines apply to the baby. It is Dubai only, and nothing is verified about an equivalent route outside Dubai. Do not read this permit as a baby visa, a grace period, or a ruling on the baby’s immigration status. It is a departure permit, and the baby’s visa position remains unanswered on the official pages.

Unstated questions on official pages

No official page states a visit-visa-specific birth-registration deadline, a baby visa rule, a grace period, a fine rule, or a mother-visa-after-birth rule for a visit-visa mother. No official page states a visitor-specific document list for the birth certificate. No official page states whether a visitor mother can complete the Emirates Health Services electronic system without an Emirates ID. No official page states the Abu Dhabi first-issuance fee, steps, or documents. Those gaps limit the scope to the certificate step. The questions to put to the hospital, the health authority for your emirate, and the immigration authority are direct: which authority issues the certificate for a birth in this emirate; which documents will be checked for a mother on a visit visa; whether a UAE Pass login is required and how a parent without an Emirates ID completes it; whether any registration deadline applies to a baby born to a visit-visa mother; and what the baby’s visa, exit, and fine position is, in writing, for your visa status. Keep the stamped birth notification, the hospital discharge papers, and the parents’ passports together while you ask, and do not rely on a residents timetable, an agency price list, or competitor claims presented as official rules.

Related guides

• UAE Guides
• Newborn Baby Emirates ID in the UAE
• UAE Visit Visa Extension
• UAE Family Visa Sponsorship
• Visa Status Check UAE
• UAE Pass Registration Guide
• Dubai Departure Permit (GDRFA): Purpose, Documents, Fee and 7-Day Window

Sources

• https://www.dha.gov.ae/en/services/details?id=318&segment=individual_services
• https://www.ehs.gov.ae/en/services/services-directory/issue-of-a-birth-certificate?refeb7e083b-bd20-4990-bd25-37fd49e0d483
• https://u.ae/en/information-and-services/social-affairs/Life-events/having-a-baby
• https://www.gdrfad.gov.ae/en/services/a39eb497-5ba5-11ea-0320-0050569629e8