Amend Registration of Foreign Establishment Branch 

• The request must be submitted via the MoE website within one month from the date of the 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:
  1. Trade name reservation certificate from the concerned authority
  2. Official certificate from the concerned authority of the country in which the establishment was incorporated.
  3. Appendix of the amendment to the agency contract.
  4. Approval of the Central Bank of the UAE for banks and financial institutions and insurance companies.
  5. Statement by the bank issuing the bank guarantee amending the name of the establishment or issuing a new bank guarantee
• Legal Form:
  1. Certificate or transcript from the concerned authority of the country in which the establishment was incorporated
  2. Approval of the Central Bank of the UAE for banks and financial institutions and insurance companies.
• Establishment’s address in the country of origin:    
  1. 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:
  1. Lease contract (the establishment shall be exempted from submitting the amendment request if the name of property owner is changed).
• Bank Guarantee:
  1. New bank guarantee from a bank operating in the UAE.
• Activities of the branch (addition, deletion, change):
  1. Approval of the concerned authority in  the emirate or a statement.
  2. Approval of the Central Bank of the UAE for banks and financial institutions and insurance companies.
• Capital:
  1. 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:
  1. A copy of the agency contract concluded between the establishment and the agent
  2. 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.
  3. Agreement termination/letter of termination from the previous agent.
• Names of establishment owners:
  1. Commercial registration, articles of incorporation or company statute, as the case may be
• Establishment Branch Manager or Regional Manager:
  1. Authorisation issued from the mother company to the new Manager.
  2. True copy of passport.
  3. Approval of the Central Bank of the UAE for banks and financial institutions and insurance companies.