Over 10,000 foreigners marry under new UAE rules

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Since Law No. 14 of 2021 on Civil Marriages and its impact in Abu Dhabi, the Abu Dhabi Department of Justice (ADJD) has received more than 10,000 civil marriage applications in the Civil Family Courts with 40 civil marriage applications per day Abu Dhabi The Emirate of Dhabi came into effect early last year.

The continued role of the Abu Dhabi Civil Family Court for Foreigners as a pioneering model of civil family court stems from the implementation of the ambitious vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Minister of Justice, Yousef Saeed Alabri, UAE The President, in direct response to the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Presidential Courts and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Department of Justice, to strengthen the Emirate by developing a leading judicial system The system of competitive position.

He said statistics from the Abu Dhabi Foreigners Civil and Family Court showed that more than 10,000 civil marriage applications had been registered since the law came into effect, with 40 civil marriage applications per day, equivalent to four civil marriage files. In the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, especially after the launch of the notarial marriage “express” service, only 24 hours are allowed to go through the marriage formalities to cater to a large number of tourists from all over the world who come to the Emirate of Abu Dhabi for notarial marriage.

Arabi explained that the Abu Dhabi courts are committed to providing excellence in e-judicial services, from the registration of applications to the completion of proceedings and attendance at hearings, as they are paperless e-courts and the only bilingual courts in the Arab region , as it provides forms and judgments in Arabic and English, thereby guaranteeing the right of foreigners to understand the proceedings in a simplified manner, without any single case of language barriers that may hinder the understanding of decisions made by the courts.

Foreigners’ civil and family courts provide a wide range of services for tourists and residents from various countries, such as civil marriage, no-fault civil divorce, joint custody of children, civil will and inheritance, parent-child relationship certification, etc.

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