UAE to Egypt corridor
Power of Attorney From the UAE to Egypt
The deed is drafted in Arabic, the language of the destination, so nobody downstream will re-read it in translation and catch what it failed to say. That puts the whole weight on the Arabic wording, and we write it to carry that.
- Arabic from the start
- Names matched exactly
- Attestation chain handled
Where the risk sits on this route
The UAE is not a party to the Apostille Convention, so nothing signed here carries an apostille, and a power of attorney from the UAE to Egypt goes before a notary public and then through the attestation chain. It is drafted in Arabic, the language of the destination, which moves the risk off the translation and onto the wording itself.
Apostille
None, the UAE issues no apostilles
Language of the deed
Arabic, under Dubai Law 4/2013
Translation fee line
AED 50 a page, often not needed
Already in the language it is going to
Every other destination we write about needs an Arabic instrument read by someone who does not read Arabic, so a certified translation sits at the centre of the work. Here it does not. The deed is drafted in Arabic, which is the language of the destination, and whether the office receiving it wants anything further is for that office to say. Ask them before you sign.
The rule that sets the language
Dubai Law No. 4 of 2013 concerning Notaries Public in the Emirate of Dubai requires instruments to be in Arabic. Article 27 permits a foreign language document only when it is accompanied by an Arabic translation from a certified translator, with both versions signed by the parties. Drafting in Arabic from the start is the ordinary way through.
How the deed moves out of the country
Four stages, in this order. Each one signs off the one before it, and the Arabic text settled at the first stage is the text every later counter reads.
1
Drafting the Arabic text
We write the deed around the exact act you need done, in Arabic, because that is the language a notarial instrument takes here. An agency may be general, special, conditional, or deferred to a future time. One written in general terms grants only acts of management, so anything beyond management and preservation has to be named in the text.
2
The notary reads it back to you
Ratification is carried out before a notary public. Federal law requires the notary to verify identity from an ID card, passport or another official document issued by the State, to check capacity and consent, and to read out the content of the transaction and reveal its effects before you sign. We attend the appointment with you.
3
The attestation stamps applied here
There is no apostille to obtain, because the UAE is not a contracting party to the Apostille Convention. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs attests the signatures and seals, under the service it names Attestation of Official Documents and Certificates. The original must be in Arabic or English, or carry a legally certified translation, and it must not be laminated.
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What the receiving office asks for
The last requirement is not ours to state. We do not describe practice in Egypt on this page and we will not guess at it. Ask the office, registry or bank that will act on the deed what it wants to see, tell us the answer, and we settle the Arabic wording to match before anything is signed.
How our notary services work with the notary
Our lawyers and legal consultants draft the deed, settle the Arabic, check it against the documents that already carry your name, and attend the appointment with you. The ratification itself happens before a notary public. In Dubai those notaries sit under Dubai Law 4/2013 and Dubai Courts, and in the emirates on the federal system the duty belongs to public notaries, private notaries and accredited UAE consuls.
We are also not qualified in Egyptian law. You will not find an Egyptian fee, form, office or timescale on this page, and you will not find a claim about what any authority there accepts, because we have no source for it. The body that will act on your deed sets its own requirements. Ask it, and tell us what it said.
Names, numbers and the words the law uses
A name written one way on an Emirates ID and another way on a document held at the far end is a common reason a deed is refused. These are the points we settle before the Arabic text is fixed.
- Your name is written to match the document the receiving office already holds, not only the spelling on your Emirates ID.
- The agent is named in full, spelled the same way on every page, with the identifier they will actually produce.
- Anything past management and preservation is named out: sale, mortgage, settlement, acknowledgment, arbitration, administering and accepting an oath, and pleading before a court.
- The property, account, file or case is identified by its own number, never described loosely.
- The term of the agency is written in, because UAE law sets no general fixed validity period for one.
- Sub-agency is either granted in the text or shut off in it, rather than left open to argument later.
One risk falls away, another gets heavier
This is the one corridor on the site where the language question drops out. The risk does not disappear with it. It moves.
Risk that falls away
The translated meaning
Nobody downstream is reading a rendering of your deed in a second language, so the gap between what you wrote and what a translator produced is not there.
Risk that gets heavier
The Arabic wording itself
Nothing gets re-read in another language, so nothing downstream catches what the Arabic failed to say. Article 870 and Article 871 carry the whole weight.
The file we build before we book anything
Send scans first. We read them, settle the Arabic wording against them, and only then book the appointment.
From you as principal
You attend in person
- Emirates ID
- Passport, or another official document issued by the State
- Your name as it appears on the papers held at the far end
- Your signature, given in front of the notary
From the person acting for you
They do not travel here
- Passport copy, clean and readable, as a PDF
- Full name spelled exactly as the passport shows it
- Emirates ID number, only where they hold one
- The same again for each further agent you name
Behind the matter itself
This decides the wording
- The document that identifies the property, account or case
- The act you need done, written out in plain words
- Any wording the receiving office has told you it wants
- Clean PDF scans, and nothing laminated
Where these deeds come unstuck
A refusal means walking the whole route again. Most of them are decided on the day the Arabic is written, not at the counter that turns the deed away.
- A deed written in general terms used for an act that needed a special agency
- A name spelled one way here and another way on the paperwork held at the far end
- No term in the deed, and no answer yet from the office that will act on it
- That the act is named in the words the Civil Transactions Law uses for it
- That names, numbers and identifiers read the same on every page of the Arabic
- That the law relied on is current, since the 1985 Civil Code was repealed by Federal Decree-Law 25 of 2025 and Article 955 no longer applies
Frequently asked questions
The questions we are asked most often on this one.
Does a deed going to Egypt still need a certified translation?
It is drafted in Arabic, so for the notary here there is usually nothing to translate into Arabic. In Dubai, instruments are in Arabic, and a foreign language document is accepted only with a certified Arabic translation, both versions signed. Whether the office receiving it wants anything further is for that office to tell you.
Why does the Arabic wording matter more on this route?
Because nobody downstream will read your deed again in a second language. On other corridors a translator and then a receiving officer both go back over the text, and a gap sometimes shows up there. Here the Arabic is the only version there is. What it fails to say, it fails to say for good.
Is there an apostille for a document leaving the UAE?
No. The UAE is not a contracting party to the 1961 Apostille Convention. The Hague Conference publishes the status table of contracting parties, and the United Arab Emirates does not appear on it. No authority here can issue one, so the deed goes through notarisation and the attestation chain instead.
Will the AED 50 translation line be charged on mine?
That line is federal, and it applies to notarising a translation included in the instrument, at AED 50 for each page. Where the deed is drafted in Arabic from the start there is often nothing to notarise as a translation, so it does not arise. Dubai Courts sits outside the federal schedule, under Dubai Law 4/2013.
My name is spelled two different ways. Does that matter?
More than anything else on this page. A name written one way on an Emirates ID and another way on a document held at the far end is a common reason a deed is refused. Tell us both spellings before we draft, and tell us which document the receiving office already holds.
What do the official counters charge for this?
The federal schedule sets AED 100 per party for executing or notarising a general or special power of attorney, and AED 200 per party for authenticating signatures in an instrument of unspecified value. A private notary charges that fee plus 30 per cent, so AED 130. MOFAIC publishes AED 150 for individual documents and AED 2,000 for commercial ones.
Can I decide how long it runs for?
Yes, and you should write a term into it. UAE law sets no general fixed validity period. Under Article 897 an agency ends 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 party.
What if I change my mind after it is signed?
Under Article 898 you may revoke or restrict the agent’s authority at any time, unless the agency involves a right of a third party or was issued in the agent’s interest, in which case that person has to consent. Revoking at an inappropriate time, or without acceptable justification, can bring a compensation claim.
Start here
Tell us the act, and who has to accept it
Start with the act, not the document. Tell us what has to be done, who has to act on it, and what that office has told you it wants to see. We draft the Arabic, check every name and number against the documents that already carry them, 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.