SJC launches first phase of digital family documentation programme

This step comes within the plans to issue family documentation services digitally. Judge Dr Khaled al-Roumi, head of the Family Documentation Department, said that the administration, within the framework of the digital project for documentation services, has begun to re-engineer the procedures. The aim is to reduce the number of services provided and take advantage of modern technology in providing updated information to individuals and government agencies through direct digital linkage. As part of the digital development plans, the Family Authentication Department launched the first package of the digital family documentation initiative experimentally this month, including the service of marriage contracts and the issuance of the marriage card.Accordingly, the marriage contract is currently issued digitally through an integrated system. This starts from the stage of application by the individual and is completed through the legal authorised via smart devices. The parties to the contract sign the form for the contract digitally.Subsequently, the documents of the digital marriage contract are also sent to the Authentication Department to be reviewed, approved, and documented through the programmetarget="_blank"'>