Requests must be submitted within one month from the date of amendment, in addition to presenting the required documents on a case-by-case basis.
Documents must be submitted as follows:
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
