All documents of the foreign company must be duly authenticated and certified and translated into Arabic by a certified translator in the country. Certificate or transcript from the concerned authority of the country in which the establishment was incorporated.

Name of Establishment:

• Trade name reservation certificate from the concerned authority
• Official certificate from the concerned authority of the country in which the establishment was incorporated
• Appendix of the amendment to the agency contract
• Approval of the Central Bank of the UAE for banks and financial institutions and insurance companies
• Statement by the bank issuing the bank guarantee amending the name of the establishment or issuing a new bank guarantee

Legal Form:

• Certificate or transcript from the concerned authority of the country in which the establishment was incorporated
• Approval of the Central Bank of the UAE for banks and financial institutions and insurance companies

Establishment’s address in the country of origin:

• Certificate or transcript from the concerned authority of the country in which the establishment was incorporated

Address of the establishment’s branch in the UAE:

• Lease contract (the establishment shall be exempted from submitting the amendment request if the name of property owner is changed)

Bank Guarantee:

• New bank guarantee from a bank operating in the UAE

Activities of the branch (addition, deletion, change):

• Approval of the concerned authority in the emirate or a statement
• Approval of the Central Bank of the UAE for banks and financial institutions and insurance companies

Capital:

• All documents of the foreign company must be duly authenticated and certified and translated into Arabic by a certified translator in the country. Certificate or transcript from the concerned authority of the country in which the establishment was incorporated

Service Agent:

• A copy of the agency contract concluded between the establishment and the agent
• A copy of the agent’s ID – if he is a natural person or the owner of an individual institution. If the agent is a legal person, the following must be attached: copy of the establishment’s commercial license, name and nationality of partners as issued by the concerned authority at the emirate in which the establishment is registered
• Agreement termination/letter of termination from the previous agent

Names of establishment owners:

• Commercial registration, articles of incorporation or company statute, as the case may be

Establishment Branch Manager or Regional Manager:

• Authorisation issued from the mother company to the new Manager
• True copy of passport
• Approval of the Central Bank of the UAE for banks and financial institutions and insurance companies