Where we work
All seven emirates, with collection and delivery in the main business districts. The requirements are federal, but the counters, courts and free zones differ by emirate.
Dubai
Dubai runs two parallel legal systems, and the paperwork differs between them. Onshore matters go through Dubai Courts in Arabic, where a Ministry of Justice legal translation is mandatory. DIFC operates in English under its own common-law court, which changes what needs translating and when.
Business Bay, Downtown Dubai, Deira, Bur Dubai, Dubai Marina, JLT, Al Quoz, Dubai Silicon Oasis
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi is where the diplomatic missions are. Almost every embassy accredited to the UAE sits in the capital, which makes it the natural place to complete consular legalisation — and the reason documents from across the country end up being processed here.
Al Maryah Island, Al Reem Island, Khalifa City, Musaffah, Yas Island, Corniche, Al Bateen
Sharjah
Sharjah houses a large share of the country's resident families, many of whom work in Dubai and handle their personal paperwork close to home. Birth certificates, school records, marriage documents and family visa files are the steady core of what we do here.
Al Majaz, Al Nahda, Al Qasimia, Muwailih, University City, Al Khan, Industrial Area
Ajman
Ajman Free Zone has built its position on low-cost company formation, which means a high volume of new licences, and every new licence eventually produces documents that need translating or legalising — memoranda of association for a foreign shareholder, board resolutions for a bank, licences for an overseas parent company.
Al Nuaimiya, Al Rashidiya, Al Jurf, Ajman Corniche, Masfout
Ras Al Khaimah
RAK ICC is one of the region's established offshore company registries, and its structures are routinely used by shareholders who live somewhere else entirely. That produces a specific pattern of work: certificates of incumbency, registers of members and board resolutions that need legalising for a bank, a registry or a counterparty in another country.
Al Nakheel, Al Hamra, Al Jazeera Al Hamra, Khuzam, Al Dhait
Fujairah
Fujairah is the UAE's only emirate on the Gulf of Oman, and its port is one of the world's major bunkering hubs. That gives the documentation here a maritime character that is unlike anywhere else in the country: bills of lading, charter parties, crew documents, flag-state certificates, survey and inspection reports, protests and P&I correspondence.
Fujairah City, Dibba Al Fujairah, Port area, Free zone
Umm Al Quwain
The smallest emirate by population runs a free trade zone that is popular with small trading and consultancy companies, often owned by a single foreign shareholder. Company documents for these entities regularly need to be legalised for use where the owner actually lives, and that is most of what we handle here.
Old Town, Al Salamah, Al Raas, UAQ Free Trade Zone
Al Ain
Al Ain sits in the emirate of Abu Dhabi on the Omani border, and the crossing at Hili shapes a good deal of the document work. Cross-border employment, family and vehicle paperwork moving between the UAE and Oman needs Arabic translation and attestation that both sides will accept.
Al Jimi, Al Muwaiji, Al Towayya, Hili, Al Yahar, Zakher
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