UAE to any country
Power of Attorney From the UAE to Another Country
Most destinations do not have a page of their own here, and they do not need one. The route out of the UAE is the same wherever the deed is going, and the part that changes is set by the office that will act on it.
- No apostille, anywhere
- Drafted in Arabic
- One route out
Start with the office, not the country
There is no separate procedure for each destination: every deed signed here is drafted in Arabic, ratified before a notary public, attested, and never apostilled. What changes is the wording, and the office abroad that will act on the deed sets that, so ask them before anything is drafted.
Apostille
None, the UAE issues no apostille
Who sets the wording
The office that will receive it
Language of the deed
Arabic, with a certified translation signed
No apostille, whichever country it is going to
This is the commonest wrong assumption on the whole subject, and it does not depend on where the deed is going. Someone abroad sends a checklist with the word apostille on it, and a typing centre here agrees to obtain one. No authority in the UAE can issue an apostille, because the UAE is not a contracting party to the 1961 Convention that created them.
The list the treaty body keeps
The Hague Conference on Private International Law publishes the status table for the Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents. It listed 130 contracting parties when it was last updated on 30 June 2026. The United Arab Emirates does not appear on it.
Four moves that settle any destination
Work through them in order. Each gives you the answer the next one needs, and none asks you to know the destination’s law.
1
Find the office that will receive it
Not the country, the office. A land registry, a bank branch, a court, a company registrar, a hospital, a school. Someone at a specific desk will read your deed and decide whether to act on it. Until you know which desk that is, nobody can tell you what the deed has to say, and every answer is a guess.
2
Ask them what they need, in writing
They set the requirements. Not us, and not the notary. Ask for the exact act they want the agent to carry out, any form of words they expect to see, any term they want stated, and where the finished deed has to be sent. If the answer by email is vague, ask your agent to put the same question at the counter.
3
Settle the wording against that answer
Only now is the wording decided. Under the Civil Transactions Law an agency expressed in general terms, without specifying what is intended, grants only acts of management. Anything beyond management and preservation needs a special agency naming the type of act and the dispositions it entails. The deed does what it names and nothing it leaves out, so step two decides it.
4
Then take the same route out
The route out does not change with the destination. The deed is drafted in Arabic, ratified before a notary public here, then attested by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the service it names Attestation of Official Documents and Certificates, charged at AED 150 on Individual Affairs documents and AED 2,000 on Commercial documents. The last stamp applied inside the UAE is a consular one, and the receiving side sets what that step involves.
How our notary services work
Our lawyers and legal consultants draft the deed, arrange the legal translation, check the file and attend the appointment with you. Ratification is carried out before a notary public. In Dubai the notaries public sit under Dubai Law 4 of 2013 and Dubai Courts, and under the federal decree-law notarial duties belong to public notaries, private notaries and accredited consuls of the State.
We are qualified in UAE law and in nothing else. Nothing on this page states a foreign statute, a foreign court rule, a registry practice, a fee charged abroad, or what any bank or authority outside the UAE will accept. You get that from the office that will act on the deed, and we write the deed to match.
The act has to be named, not implied
This is the one piece of law that bites on every corridor. It is also where a deed does far less than the person who signed it expected.
- Under the Civil Transactions Law an agency may be general, special, conditional, or deferred to a future time.
- An agency expressed in general terms, without specifying what is intended, grants only acts of management.
- Anything past management and preservation needs a special agency naming the type of act and the dispositions it entails.
- The law names donations, sale, settlement, mortgage, acknowledgment, arbitration, administering and accepting an oath, and pleading before the court.
- The agent is named exactly as the passport they will present at the office spells it.
- A term goes into the deed, because UAE law sets no general fixed validity period.
One route out, many receiving offices
Tell these two halves apart and the subject gets simpler. One is settled by UAE law. The other is settled abroad.
Same wherever it goes
The route out of the UAE
Arabic drafting, a certified translation with both versions signed, ratification before a notary public, MOFAIC attestation, then the consular step. Five stages, in that order, for every destination.
Different every time
What the deed has to say
The act named, the property or account identified, the term, whether sub-agency is allowed, and the form the receiving office wants. That comes from them, never from us.
Papers we ask for before we draft
Send scans first. We check the file, match the wording to the answer from the receiving office, then book the appointment.
From you, the principal
You attend the ratification
- Emirates ID
- Passport, or another official document issued by the State
- The papers behind the matter, as clean PDFs
- Nothing laminated, at any stage of the chain
From the agent abroad
They do not travel here
- Passport copy
- Full name spelled exactly as the passport shows it
- The office they will present the deed to
- The same set again for every further agent you name
From the receiving office
This is what shapes the wording
- The exact act they need the agent to carry out
- Any form of words they want used
- Any term they want stated in the deed
- Where the finished deed has to be sent
Assumptions that get a deed rejected
We see all of these, whatever the destination. Every one is avoidable on the day the deed is written.
- That an apostille can be obtained here, because a checklist from abroad asks for one
- That a power of attorney written in general terms covers a sale, a mortgage or a court appearance
- That the law is still the 1985 Civil Code, and that Article 955 governs revocation
- That the act the office abroad named is written out in the words the law uses
- That names, numbers and descriptions read the same on the Arabic version and the other one
- That the law relied on is current, since Federal Decree-Law 25 of 2025 repealed the 1985 Civil Code
Frequently asked questions
The questions we are asked most often on this one.
My destination has no page here, does that change anything?
No. There is one route out of the UAE and it does not vary by destination: Arabic drafting, a certified translation with both versions signed, ratification before a notary public, MOFAIC attestation, then the consular step. What varies is the wording, and that is set by the office abroad that will act on the deed, not by the country it sits in.
How do I find out what the receiving office actually wants?
Ask the office itself, in writing, and keep the reply. You want the exact act the agent must carry out, any form of words they expect, any term they want stated, and where the finished deed should be sent. If the emailed answer is vague, send your agent to ask the same question at the counter.
The checklist I was sent asks for an apostille, what now?
Go back to the office that sent it and ask what they will accept instead. No authority in the UAE can issue an apostille. The Hague Conference status table for the 1961 Convention listed 130 contracting parties when it was last updated on 30 June 2026, and the United Arab Emirates does not appear on it.
I do not read Arabic, can I still sign the deed?
Yes. Federal law makes the notary verify your identity from an ID card, passport or other official document issued by the State, check capacity and consent, and read the content of the transaction out to you along with its effects. If the notary is not familiar with your language, an interpreter listed in the Ministry’s Interpreter Register is engaged.
Which of the fees are official and which are a provider’s own?
The federal schedule sets AED 100 per party to execute or notarise a general or special power of attorney, AED 50 per page of a translation in the instrument, AED 200 per party to authenticate signatures and AED 300 for an affidavit. A private notary adds 30 per cent, so AED 130. Dubai Courts sits outside that schedule under Dubai Law 4 of 2013. Drafting and translation are commercial pricing.
Can the agent pass the authority on to someone else?
Only if the deed says so. Settle sub-agency in the wording, either allowed or shut off, rather than leaving it open for an office abroad to argue over. Under the Civil Transactions Law, revoking the principal agency revokes every sub-agency derived from it by force of law.
Does a deed ever end without me doing anything?
Yes. An agency is extinguished when the work entrusted to the agent is complete, when the term specified for it expires, or on the death or loss of legal capacity of either the principal or the agent. UAE law sets no general fixed period, so if you want an end date, write one into the deed.
Should I book the notary before the office abroad replies?
Wait, unless the act is plainly one of routine management. The wording is what the whole deed turns on, and it is decided by the act the office abroad needs carried out. Booking first usually means paying twice, because an agency in general terms grants only acts of management and will not stretch to a sale, a mortgage or a court appearance.
Start here
Tell us which desk has to accept it
Start with the office, not the country. Tell us who will read the deed abroad, what they have asked for, what the agent has to do and by when. We will tell you what the deed has to say, what the chain will involve and which fees at each stage are official. We draft, translate, check the file and attend the notary appointment with you.
Tell us what the document has to do
Say who will receive it and what you need it to allow, and you will get a straight answer on the wording, the government fees and what to bring. You can also send it through the contact form.
Call us
Speak to the person who will handle your file and get an answer on the same call.
Send photographs of your passport, your Emirates ID and anything the matter attaches to.
Best for a company matter, or anything that runs to several documents.
Visit the office
Jebel Ali area, Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai. Come in, or have it handled remotely and only turn up to sign.
Opening hours. Monday to Thursday, 9:00 to 18:00. Friday, 9:00 to 12:00. Saturday, 9:00 to 18:00. Sunday, closed.