I had all of my papers ready when I had my interview with ADEC. I authenticated my teaching license and my degree BEFORE I had the interview. I used the ProEx delivery service. Yep. I paid $125 for that service, plus the fees charged by the U.S. Dept of State and the UAE Embassy for authentication AND shipping charges... And then they DECLINED my candidacy! Well, their loss because I am an AWESOME teacher!
ADNOC requires me to authenticate my recent employment as well. A friend suggested I authenticate ALL letters of employment-to be safe. So I have to authenticate THREE. I also still needed to authenticate my son's birth certificate and my marriage certificate. We are also authenticating my husband's degree, just in case he finds a job over there and needs it. I read in a forum somewhere that it is easier to just get that done now before leaving, so we are. That's a grand total of SIX items, which racks up quite a bit of money in fees MINUS the $125 ProEx would charge.
I went on the U.S. Dept of State website to fill out and print the form I need. I wrote a check and headed to the post office armed with my 6 documents, the check, the form, and the address for the U.S. Dept of State. I purchased 2 priority mail flat rate envelopes. One of them I addressed to myself and put in the other with the paperwork to send to D.C.. When it all comes back to me, it is on to the UAE Embassy!
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