The Consulate-General of Pakistan in Dubai is located at Khalid Bin Waleed Road, Bur Dubai, serving Dubai and the five northern emirates. Benchmark handles the separate job of getting Pakistani documents attested for use in the UAE, from our Oud Metha office.
The consulate serves the large Pakistani community in Dubai — numbering over 400,000 and forming around 13% of the local population, the third largest ethnicity in the city — and is the largest Pakistani consulate in the Middle East.
It handles passport, visa and civil registry matters, a separate function from document attestation for UAE use.
Pakistan is not a Hague signatory, so Pakistani documents need the full chain: local notary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan authentication, UAE Embassy Islamabad legalisation, and MOFA Dubai.
For educational documents, HEC or IBCC verification is needed first. Benchmark manages this route — see our Pakistan Certificate Attestation page.
Passport, visa and civil registry matters go through the consulate directly.
Document attestation — degrees, marriage certificates, police clearance, corporate documents — is what Benchmark coordinates, including HEC/IBCC verification where required.
No, so Pakistani documents for UAE use need the full embassy and MOFA legalisation chain, with no apostille shortcut.
No, that's arranged separately in Pakistan before the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stage — Benchmark coordinates this as part of the attestation process.
Typically 3-5 weeks across notary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and UAE Embassy stages.
Yes, given how frequently they're needed for spouse sponsorship, we handle this as a specific route within our Pakistan attestation service.
Yes, with a signed authorisation letter.
