https://sragwills.ae/difc-wills/difc-wills-registration/ https://sragwills.ae/_astro/difc-wills-registration-en.CHzsfHU7.webp https://sragwills.ae/difc-wills/expat-estate-planning/ https://sragwills.ae/_astro/expat-estate-planning-en.DTO-ZEE_.webp https://sragwills.ae/difc-wills/will-drafting/ https://sragwills.ae/_astro/will-drafting-en.CfGokTbB.webp https://sragwills.ae/difc-wills/difc-wills-registration/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/wills-services-difc/difc-wills-registration/who-the-difc-register-accepts.webp DIFC Courts Wills Service Registration - Dubai — Who the DIFC register accepts Registration with the DIFC Courts Wills Service rests on three conditions: you are not Muslim and have never been Muslim, you are at least 18… https://sragwills.ae/difc-wills/difc-wills-registration/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/wills-services-difc/difc-wills-registration/checked-before-any-fee-is-paid.webp DIFC Courts Wills Service Registration - Dubai — Checked before any fee is paid One firm rule to know early: a basic grasp of English is required at signing, since translators are not accepted. https://sragwills.ae/difc-wills/difc-wills-registration/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/wills-services-difc/difc-wills-registration/the-signing-appointment-and-the-fees-around-it.webp DIFC Courts Wills Service Registration - Dubai — The signing appointment and the fees around it At the appointment a Compliance Officer verifies identity, reads over the terms with you and two witnesses… https://sragwills.ae/difc-wills/difc-wills-registration/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/wills-services-difc/difc-wills-registration/what-the-registry-charges-today.webp DIFC Courts Wills Service Registration - Dubai — What the registry charges today Registry fees are published by the authority: a Full Will is AED 10,000 single or 15,000 mirror, a Property Will AED 7,500 or 10,000, and Guardianship… https://sragwills.ae/difc-wills/difc-wills-registration/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/wills-services-difc/difc-wills-registration/what-registration-does-and-does-not-settle.webp DIFC Courts Wills Service Registration - Dubai — What registration does and does not settle A registered will sits on the record the probate office opens first. https://sragwills.ae/difc-wills/difc-wills-registration/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/wills-services-difc/difc-wills-registration/limits-and-the-road-to-distribution.webp DIFC Courts Wills Service Registration - Dubai — Limits and the road to distribution The limits are equally official: registration is not legal advice, it does not guarantee enforcement outside the UAE, UAE real property follows UAE law… https://sragwills.ae/difc-wills/expat-estate-planning/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/wills-services-difc/expat-estate-planning/the-two-home-problem-this-session-solves.webp Expat Estate Planning Consultancy - Dubai — The two-home problem this session solves Holding a Dubai apartment alongside accounts or property in your home country means two legal systems will read your papers… https://sragwills.ae/difc-wills/expat-estate-planning/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/wills-services-difc/expat-estate-planning/mapping-assets-and-testing-old-wills.webp Expat Estate Planning Consultancy - Dubai — Mapping assets and testing old wills The session maps every asset in both places — property, accounts, business shares, policies — then talks through how each one passes and where your current… https://sragwills.ae/difc-wills/expat-estate-planning/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/wills-services-difc/expat-estate-planning/the-default-law-you-decide-against.webp Expat Estate Planning Consultancy - Dubai — The default law you decide against The fallback under Federal Decree-Law No. 41 of 2022 on Civil Personal Status is worth facing before you draft: absent a will the spouse takes half and the… https://sragwills.ae/difc-wills/expat-estate-planning/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/wills-services-difc/expat-estate-planning/boundaries-that-shape-the-draft.webp Expat Estate Planning Consultancy - Dubai — Boundaries that shape the draft Two boundaries shape the draft itself: UAE real property follows UAE law, with anything contradicting public order void while the rest of the will stands… https://sragwills.ae/difc-wills/expat-estate-planning/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/wills-services-difc/expat-estate-planning/where-our-advice-stops.webp Expat Estate Planning Consultancy - Dubai — Where our advice stops An adviser holds a document beside a young woman at a paper-covered desk, with the Dubai skyline and wall diagrams behind. https://sragwills.ae/difc-wills/will-drafting/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/wills-services-difc/will-drafting/why-the-draft-matters-more-than-the-appointment.webp Will Draft Preparation - Dubai — Why the draft matters more than the appointment The DIFC Courts Wills Service registers wills but does not draft them and gives no legal advice… https://sragwills.ae/difc-wills/will-drafting/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/wills-services-difc/will-drafting/what-vagueness-costs-years-later.webp Will Draft Preparation - Dubai — What vagueness costs years later Leave any of the four vague and the question is left for the courts to answer years later. https://sragwills.ae/difc-wills/will-drafting/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/wills-services-difc/will-drafting/how-the-draft-is-prepared.webp Will Draft Preparation - Dubai — How the draft is prepared We prepare the will in English and Arabic and walk through it with you line by line, so every clause means what you intend before anyone signs. https://sragwills.ae/difc-wills/will-drafting/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/wills-services-difc/will-drafting/mirror-wills-and-translated-papers.webp Will Draft Preparation - Dubai — Mirror wills and translated papers Spouses cannot make one joint will, but we draft matched mirror wills for a single joint appointment, each spouse attending with their own witnesses. https://sragwills.ae/difc-wills/will-drafting/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/wills-services-difc/will-drafting/keeping-the-will-current-after-signing.webp Will Draft Preparation - Dubai — Keeping the will current after signing Wills here have no codicils: any change means editing the text and signing and registering an entirely new will at a modification appointment… https://sragwills.ae/dubai-courts-wills/will-drafting/ https://sragwills.ae/_astro/will-drafting-dubai-courts-en.wcMwnTOK.webp https://sragwills.ae/adjd-wills/adjd-civil-will-registration/ https://sragwills.ae/_astro/adjd-civil-will-registration-en.DVLHiawB.webp https://sragwills.ae/adjd-wills/expat-estate-planning/ https://sragwills.ae/_astro/expat-estate-planning-abu-dhabi-en.D37jAdeC.webp https://sragwills.ae/adjd-wills/adjd-civil-will-registration/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/wills-services-adjd/adjd-civil-will-registration/the-adjd-register-at-work.webp ADJD Civil Will Registration - Abu Dhabi — The ADJD register at work The adviser hands a blank cream folder across a deep-teal courthouse counter while the older couple receives it together… https://sragwills.ae/adjd-wills/adjd-civil-will-registration/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/wills-services-adjd/adjd-civil-will-registration/portal-filing-and-published-fees.webp ADJD Civil Will Registration - Abu Dhabi — Portal filing and published fees The adviser and the couple gather around a simple laptop on a quiet desk showing an abstract portal card of plain teal and gold blocks… https://sragwills.ae/adjd-wills/adjd-civil-will-registration/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/wills-services-adjd/adjd-civil-will-registration/video-appointment-and-document-set.webp ADJD Civil Will Registration - Abu Dhabi — Video appointment and document set The couple sits at a desk facing a monitor showing the adviser's friendly vector face on a video call… https://sragwills.ae/adjd-wills/adjd-civil-will-registration/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/wills-services-adjd/adjd-civil-will-registration/who-registers-here-and-who-should-look-elsewhere.webp ADJD Civil Will Registration - Abu Dhabi — Who registers here — and who should look elsewhere The adviser and the older couple sit close together at a warm office desk indoors, all three leaning over family papers spread between them — a blank property… https://sragwills.ae/adjd-wills/expat-estate-planning/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/wills-services-adjd/expat-estate-planning/why-expats-in-abu-dhabi-plan-through-adjd.webp Expat Estate Planning Consultancy - Abu Dhabi — Why expats in Abu Dhabi plan through ADJD Most expats hold assets in two countries, and the two halves rarely answer to the same rules. https://sragwills.ae/adjd-wills/expat-estate-planning/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/wills-services-adjd/expat-estate-planning/the-article-11-default-position.webp Expat Estate Planning Consultancy - Abu Dhabi — The Article 11 default position Under Article 11 of Abu Dhabi Law No. 14 of 2021, the default gives the spouse half while the children divide the rest equally… https://sragwills.ae/adjd-wills/expat-estate-planning/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/wills-services-adjd/expat-estate-planning/reconciling-the-home-country-will.webp Expat Estate Planning Consultancy - Abu Dhabi — Reconciling the home-country will A home-country will seldom covers the UAE side smoothly, because it speaks to authorities abroad rather than the ones here. https://sragwills.ae/adjd-wills/expat-estate-planning/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/wills-services-adjd/expat-estate-planning/inside-the-planning-session.webp Expat Estate Planning Consultancy - Abu Dhabi — Inside the planning session Mapping opens the session: what is owned in the UAE and abroad — property, accounts, business shares… https://sragwills.ae/adjd-wills/expat-estate-planning/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/wills-services-adjd/expat-estate-planning/the-written-plan-and-starting-papers.webp Expat Estate Planning Consultancy - Abu Dhabi — The written plan and starting papers It closes with the plan in writing: a will drafted ready for the ADJD Civil Wills Section, or a clear written staging where more steps come first. https://sragwills.ae/wills-services-probate/difc-wills-probate/ https://sragwills.ae/_astro/difc-wills-probate-en.DXPvxxy1.webp https://sragwills.ae/wills-services-probate/probate-application-dubai-courts/ https://sragwills.ae/_astro/probate-application-dubai-courts-en.BY2E1ZCV.webp https://sragwills.ae/wills-services-probate/difc-wills-probate/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/wills-services-probate/difc-wills-probate/why-registration-is-not-enough.webp DIFC Wills and Probate Registry - Dubai — Why registration is not enough Registration places a will on the official record, yet banks, the Land Department, and other asset-holders release assets only against the grant of probate. https://sragwills.ae/wills-services-probate/difc-wills-probate/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/wills-services-probate/difc-wills-probate/no-will-on-record-no-track.webp DIFC Wills and Probate Registry - Dubai — No will on record, no track An adviser shows a crossed-out person document to a woman at a desk, with DIFC gate and courthouse graphics behind. https://sragwills.ae/wills-services-probate/difc-wills-probate/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/wills-services-probate/difc-wills-probate/how-the-file-moves.webp DIFC Wills and Probate Registry - Dubai — How the file moves Eligibility comes first: the registered will, the death certificate, and the asset list are reviewed to confirm the estate genuinely qualifies for the DIFC… https://sragwills.ae/wills-services-probate/difc-wills-probate/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/wills-services-probate/difc-wills-probate/from-grant-to-each-release.webp DIFC Wills and Probate Registry - Dubai — From grant to each release Once the DIFC Courts issues the grant, the executor presents it to each bank, the Land Department… https://sragwills.ae/wills-services-probate/probate-application-dubai-courts/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/wills-services-probate/probate-application-dubai-courts/what-the-court-decides.webp Probate Application - Dubai — What the court decides Probate is the court process that confirms who may administer an estate after a death. https://sragwills.ae/wills-services-probate/probate-application-dubai-courts/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/wills-services-probate/probate-application-dubai-courts/choosing-the-right-forum-first.webp Probate Application - Dubai — Choosing the right forum first Which court hears the file turns on the deceased's religion, nationality, and where the assets sit: most estates go through the Dubai Courts or the Personal… https://sragwills.ae/wills-services-probate/probate-application-dubai-courts/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/wills-services-probate/probate-application-dubai-courts/documents-translation-and-court-timelines.webp Probate Application - Dubai — Documents, translation, and court timelines The heirs' file usually centres on the death certificate, the deceased's passport and Emirates ID copies, the will where one exists… https://sragwills.ae/wills-services-probate/probate-application-dubai-courts/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/wills-services-probate/probate-application-dubai-courts/from-first-meeting-to-filed-file.webp Probate Application - Dubai — From first meeting to filed file It starts with a first meeting about the deceased, the heirs, and the assets, from which the right court and the exact document list are confirmed. https://sragwills.ae/wills-services-probate/probate-application-dubai-courts/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/wills-services-probate/probate-application-dubai-courts/filing-hearings-and-the-wider-section.webp Probate Application - Dubai — Filing, hearings, and the wider section The application is then filed and followed through each hearing until the grant issues, with the executor or family representative told what to bring each… https://sragwills.ae/gifting/ https://sragwills.ae/_astro/gifting-en.BCMjTTTe.webp https://sragwills.ae/power-of-attorney/ https://sragwills.ae/_astro/power-of-attorney-en.DYdiDI1E.webp https://sragwills.ae/wills-translation/ https://sragwills.ae/_astro/wills-translation-en.D_SvyGiw.webp https://sragwills.ae/gifting/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/standalone-services/gifting/a-gift-takes-effect-now-not-after-death.webp Gifting — A gift takes effect now, not after death The adviser and the couple hand a completed application file across the desk, a cream folder, a blank form and a pen. https://sragwills.ae/gifting/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/standalone-services/gifting/gift-or-will-timing-control-and-finality.webp Gifting — Gift or will — timing, control, and finality The adviser and the couple list the assets on a blank inventory sheet, the sheet, a pen and a folder on the desk. https://sragwills.ae/gifting/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/standalone-services/gifting/dubai-property-and-the-land-department-route.webp Gifting — Dubai property and the Land Department route The adviser and the couple compare the asset list against the draft will, two documents and a pen between them. https://sragwills.ae/gifting/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/standalone-services/gifting/shares-other-assets-and-the-proof-they-need.webp Gifting — Shares, other assets, and the proof they need The adviser and the couple sort title deeds into a single folder at a certified-translation desk in a Dubai office, a stack of blank deeds, a folder and a pen. https://sragwills.ae/gifting/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/standalone-services/gifting/where-gifting-meets-inheritance-planning.webp Gifting — Where gifting meets inheritance planning The adviser and the couple read the grant application over with the heirs, the application, a folder and a pen. https://sragwills.ae/gifting/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/standalone-services/gifting/a-gift-beside-a-will-never-instead-of-one.webp Gifting — A gift beside a will, never instead of one The adviser and the couple check a translated page against the original line by line, two documents and a pen on the desk. https://sragwills.ae/power-of-attorney/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/standalone-services/power-of-attorney/what-a-power-of-attorney-does-and-where-it-stops.webp Power of Attorney — What a power of attorney does, and where it stops The adviser and the couple check a passport and an Emirates ID against a blank form, the two cards and a pen on the desk. https://sragwills.ae/power-of-attorney/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/standalone-services/power-of-attorney/general-or-specific-choosing-the-scope.webp Power of Attorney — General or specific: choosing the scope The adviser and the couple list the assets on a blank inventory sheet, the sheet, a pen and a folder on the desk. https://sragwills.ae/power-of-attorney/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/standalone-services/power-of-attorney/drafting-and-notarisation-in-dubai.webp Power of Attorney — Drafting and notarisation in Dubai The adviser and the couple go through an eligibility checklist with a pen, a blank checklist, two identity cards and a folder. https://sragwills.ae/power-of-attorney/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/standalone-services/power-of-attorney/a-foreign-power-used-in-the-uae.webp Power of Attorney — A foreign power used in the UAE The adviser and the couple compare a certified page with its source copy, two documents and a small seal on the desk. https://sragwills.ae/power-of-attorney/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/standalone-services/power-of-attorney/revocation-replacement-and-keeping-it-current.webp Power of Attorney — Revocation, replacement and keeping it current The adviser and the couple seal an envelope of attested pages at a certified-translation desk in a Dubai office, the envelope, a seal and a folder. https://sragwills.ae/power-of-attorney/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/standalone-services/power-of-attorney/where-this-sits-alongside-estate-work.webp Power of Attorney — Where this sits alongside estate work The adviser and the couple collect a receipt slip for the filed application at a certified-translation desk in a Dubai office, the slip, a folder and a pen. https://sragwills.ae/wills-translation/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/standalone-services/wills-translation/where-certified-translation-decides-the-file.webp Wills Translation — Where certified translation decides the file Arabic is the working language of UAE courts, notaries, and most government offices. https://sragwills.ae/wills-translation/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/standalone-services/wills-translation/papers-crossing-the-language-line.webp Wills Translation — Papers crossing the language line Estate work crosses that language line constantly. https://sragwills.ae/wills-translation/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/standalone-services/wills-translation/the-difc-exception-and-attestation.webp Wills Translation — The DIFC exception and attestation One exception proves the pattern: the DIFC Courts conduct proceedings in English, so a will that never leaves the DIFC needs no Arabic rendering — yet the… https://sragwills.ae/wills-translation/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/standalone-services/wills-translation/how-documents-move-through-translation.webp Wills Translation — How documents move through translation The destination is confirmed first — which authority the paper is bound for, what certification that use requires… https://sragwills.ae/wills-translation/ https://sragwills.ae/images/service-slides/standalone-services/wills-translation/review-and-registration-pairings.webp Wills Translation — Review and registration pairings Translation pairs naturally with registration on either emirate's route — ADJD civil will registration and DIFC wills registration both consume translated… https://sragwills.ae/about/ https://sragwills.ae/_astro/abdulla-and-khleif.DaOFAFhB.jpeg https://sragwills.ae/about/ https://sragwills.ae/_astro/abuelezz-and-client.BUF6yn_3.jpeg 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