The Dubai Courts has launched a new service within the framework of its keenness to please the clients, and to achieve vision of the leadership in the provision of hassle-free and convenient services. The new service which is called “Qarib” or “Near” provides services of personal status testimonies and notary authentications via the video system.
Dubai Courts provides Qarib service for testimonies in the branches of Al Barsha Mall and Hatta, while the service of notary authentications is provided in Hatta branch only during the official daily work hours. Through this service, the testimony of witness in the personal status transactions will be documented via the video system after verification of his/her identity. The witnesses won’t be required to attend the court headquarters or its branches.
“Qarib” also enables the notary in the headquarters to communicate with the client in Hatta branch and verify the legality of the transaction and identity of the applicant, and then completes procedures of authentication instantly.
HE Tarish Eid Al Mansouri, Director General of Dubai Courts stressed keenness of Dubai Courts to adopt innovation as an approach and a well-established culture and a daily practice to provide services meeting the highest standards.
“We seek to put the UAE among the most innovative countries in the world, and achieve higher rates in the global competitiveness standards” Tarish said.
The service “Qarib” and the other services provided by Dubai Courts for the clients come within its commitment to please them and ensure their comfort through completion of the transactions suiting their circumstances, desires, and the place they choose. It will save time and effort to the clients and employees, Tarish added.
He indicated that the Dubai Courts is looking forward to launching more innovative initiatives and more smart services in the coming period, such as smart testimony, transaction of personal status authentications, and others like smart exchange dedicated to cases of alimony to save time
and effort.
He further said that the Dubai Courts is eager to increase indicators of happiness and satisfaction through simplifying its services,
expediting procedures of litigation, completing the transactions quickly, accurately and easily, and providing world-class government services.
The service of personal status includes declaration of conversion to Islam, proof of matrimony, proof of the re-marriage, proof of marriage continuation, and other testimonies relating to cases of marriage and divorce.
It also includes the will, endowment and grant, as well as parentage, custody, ratifications, permissions, requests for names, and testimonies of non-Muslims, proxies, determination of heirs, and certifications of national service.
Meanwhile, the service of notary authentications includes: authentication of the contracts, concluding or terminating contract, assigning local service agent, contract of sale of a shop, ratification of declarations which includes undertaking for not working, a pledge and undertaking for the Ministry of Labour, undertaking of selling a marine means, and undertaking of waiving a lawsuit or a complaint. It also includes ratification
of the proxies like general proxy, a proxy for lawsuits, a general power of attorney, a proxy for the Ministry of Labour, and the proxy for a land or grant.
Furthermore, the Dubai Courts
has recently launched the hall of smart personal status services in the personal status department at its headquarters. It also launched the service of “Intiqal” or “transition,” which has been created to allow the clients to accomplish the notary transactions
from any place. It is worth mentioning that the Dubai Courts transferred 217 of its services to smart services on the first of its kind smart application in government and judicial sectors at the world level. It is a supportive step towards making Dubai to be the world’ smartest city.