How to Notarise a Power of Attorney in Dubai

Notarisation is the regulated execution step in which the licensed notary applies the identity, authority, consent, language and document checks required for the instrument. POAS prepares the tailored document and coordinates the applicable channel; it does not perform the notarial act.

What the licensed notary controls

The notary may decide or require:

  • identity and eligibility checks;
  • authority evidence for an individual or company;
  • remote or in-person attendance;
  • originals, certified copies or clearer documents;
  • Arabic, bilingual drafting, translation or interpretation;
  • amendments to the draft;
  • appointment availability; and
  • whether the instrument can be notarised.

POAS cannot override those decisions. The receiving organisation separately decides whether it will act on the completed document.

What POAS does

  • checks the selected service against the stated purpose;
  • prepares a tailored draft from the supplied facts;
  • identifies expected identity and supporting documents;
  • obtains customer approval of names, numbers, powers and limits;
  • coordinates the applicable licensed notarial route; and
  • provides the available completed output and next-step information.

What to verify before the appointment

  • The provider appears in the current Dubai Courts private-notary directory or other applicable official register.
  • The legal name and licence status match the provider handling the case.
  • The quoted fee separates POAS, notary, government and other third-party amounts.
  • Names and identity numbers match current documents.
  • Company signatory authority is supported where relevant.
  • The recipient and intended use are stated.
  • Remote or in-person requirements are confirmed for the actual principal.
  • The customer understands how the finished document will be verified and delivered.

Resident and non-resident cases

The route depends on the individual, location, identity evidence, document and receiving organisation. Current Dubai Courts guidance states that online POA attestation requires the concerned parties to hold valid Emirates IDs and that a person holding only a passport and no Emirates ID must appear in person before the notary. A principal outside the UAE may instead need an in-person or foreign-notarisation and attestation route. Video conferencing is not universally available and should not be promised before the applicable official or notarial channel confirms it.

Under the same current guidance, a document not in Arabic must be accompanied by a legal translation certified by the UAE Ministry of Justice. A bilingual format is not necessarily mandatory, but an English-only document should not be presented as sufficient without checking the certified Arabic-translation requirement.

Timing and fees

Our target is preparation and coordinated notarisation by the next business day once payment, complete documents, identity checks and draft approval are in place. It can take longer if information is incomplete or private-notary or Dubai Courts capacity is constrained. This is a target, not a guarantee.

The service page shows the POAS professional fee as “AED [fee] + VAT”. Private-notary, government, translation, courier and other third-party charges are separate unless expressly included.

FAQs

Describe the relationship accurately: an independent private notary is licensed through the applicable Dubai Courts framework but is not POAS. Verify the current provider in the official directory.

You may raise a preference before drafting. The route still needs to be compatible with the matter, documents and receiving organisation.

In the POAS service, POAS prepares the tailored draft. The licensed notary reviews the instrument for execution and can request changes.

No. Notarisation and receiving-desk acceptance are separate decisions.

Common reasons include incomplete or inconsistent documents, corporate-authority questions, translation, remote-eligibility checks, customer amendments, appointment availability and court workload.

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