A current rule came out from the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs in Dubai in December 2018. It stated that all birth certificates and marriages submitted to support dependent visa applications would require an Arabic translation.Moreover, several significant government authorities will only accept documents in Arabic. One has to get their marriage certificate translated from an official translator, approved and certified by the Ministry of Justice.The marriage certificate helps to show that the couple listed on the marriage certificate has a legal marriage. It becomes crucial to get your marriage document translated if you want to support dependent visa applications.