Registration is voluntary, costs 200aed and is free of charge for students. We will not disclose the information you provide through the registration application to any third parties (this includes family members) unless you have first given it written authorization to do so. In the event that family members make enquiries about your whereabouts, such requests will be forwarded to you. You may choose to inform the mission of your decision to respond or not.

The Consulate would like to urge its co-nationals to leave the most complete list of contact phone numbers and residing addresses in order to locate you during an emergency, verifying your status, liaising with your next-of-kin and advising you on what to do. 
Vast numbers of Ivorian nationals who reside or travel abroad do not encounter any difficulties. However, since nothing shall be excluded, an Ivorian abroad could become victim of crime, accident/s, illness, death, natural/man-made disasters, civil unrest, urging the family to contact him/her in an emergency.

We encourage you to consider your registration as an integral part of security.

Download form to be filled out in French 

Download form to be filled out in English 

Even when born abroad, a baby of Ivorian parents becomes automatically Ivorian and shouldapply for its first Ivorian passport at the regional Embassy of Côte d’Ivoire which is in Saudi Arabia.  

Procedure to follow after the baby was born: 

1    Within 40 days of the birth,
      Register your child at the UAE authorities. All expatriates must get both, the Arabic and English birth certificate attested by the Ministry of Health (at Al Baraha Hospital, alsdoknown as Kuwaiti Hospital. Tel 04 271 00 00) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

-› you will be given an attestation of the baby ’s birth certificate. Get the attestation in Arabic and English.

Documentation to be presented:

• Passport of both parents (original and copy)

• Marriage certificate (original and copy) translated into Arabic

2   Apply for a Ivorian birth certificate at the Embassy in Saudi Arabia:

• the baby's birth certificate, attested by Ministry of Health in English (to be translated in French)

• Passport of both parents (copy)

• Marriage certificate (copy)

• one photo of the infant ,the eyes of the infant have to be open

• 90 Riyals 

• The documents can be sent directly to the embassy or through the Consulate.

Since all new passports are issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abijan, so the processing time will be approximately 30 days.

3   Within 120 days of the birth, apply for the UAE visa for the infant.

The loss of a loved one is always painful but, should it happen abroad, the need to resolve certain practical problems compounds that sorrow. 

It is but natural that an Ivorian national would want to be repatriated to Côte d’Ivoire for his/her eternal rest. 

In order to repatriate a corpse, the Consulate can offer logistic help by sending a request to the Ivorian authorities concerned to obtain a declaration of "non objection to receive the corpse".
The cost for repatriating the corpse have to be bared by the family.

Procedure to follow after a death: 

1       Inform the Consulate

Documentation to be presented:

• Passport of the deceased 

• Death certificate

-› Certificate of Death legalized by the Consulate of Côte d’Ivoire.
-› A document from Côte d’Ivoire authorities stating the permission to repatriate the corpse. This document will be needed to settle the repatriation with an airways.  

Consular fee for the legalization of the Certificate of Death: 230AED/page

Passport validity Extension: 

Download the new form for passport validity extension

Renewal-of-passport:

Replacement of lost or stolen Passport:

UAE residents have an optimistic view towards education system in the country. UAE has advanced in the field of education within the past few decades. 

There is a real awareness about education in UAE which is constantly updating the policy and there is continuous investment in education infrastructure which helps in the country's development.

Explaining the education structure in Dubai. Listing of schools. 
http://www.dubaicity.com/education-in-dubai/index.htm

A directory of schools, colleges, universities and training centres:
http://www.arabiancampus.com 

The ‘Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management ’ :
http://www.emiratesacademy.edu/

On one side, one of the Consulate ’s missions is aimed to facilitate the connection process for foreign investors in Ivory Coast, on the other side, another duty is to assist Ivoirian nationals and companies to integrate the socio-economical reality of the hosting country, the UAE.
The UAE ’s thriving business atmosphere and fervent energies have attracted more than one. Business opportunities, challenges, new business ideas are daily reality. HE the Consul general comes from a business environment, is familiar with the local atmosphere and functioning and likes to give any entrepreneurial initiative, more over if it is Ivory Coast-UAE cross cultural, a chance. The Consul ’s pro-business attitude gives a useful and practical meaning to the services offered by the Consulate and.

Consular support is given for the following:

• understanding of the legal environment of the country o Consular circumscription.

• promotion of commercial and economic exchange between economic operators of the Ivoirian diaspora and their local homologues.

• practical guidance in legal and administrative procedures. A list of useful addresses can be required at the Consulate.

• consular protection to Ivoirian nationals.

A Government portal. Exhaustive information around business in the UAE:
http://www.uae.gov.ae/government/business.htm

A directory of the various businesses and services and products:
http: //www.uaebusinessdirectory.com/

Ivorian citizens and foreign nationals doing business in the Côte d’Ivoire often require the services of a Notary Public for documents that will be used in the jurisdiction of Côte d’Ivoire. The Consulate General can notarize documents for use in Côte d’Ivoire. every business day. Photo identification with signature (e.g., a passport, a driver’s license, etc.) is required. If the document also requires witnesses, you must bring your own witnesses, each of whom should present identification. For current fees please call the Consulate.