Certified True Copy of a Free Zone Trade License
Get a certified true copy of your free zone trade license, through the route that fits your specific free zone authority.
A certified true copy of a free zone trade license is a copy examined against the original and certified as genuine, either by a licensed UAE legal professional carried out in house, or in some cases directly by the free zone authority that issued the license.
Which route applies depends on the individual free zone authority. Some free zones publish their own attestation or true copy service for documents they issued, while others expect certification through a licensed legal professional in the usual way.
Certification for Free Zone Licensed Companies
If your company is licensed by a Dubai free zone authority rather than the mainland Department of Economy and Tourism, a certified true copy of free zone trade license dubai can involve a different certification route from a mainland license. This page covers what to check before booking.
Who Typically Needs This
Who Can Request Certification
The request is normally made by the company’s general manager or an authorized signatory named on the free zone license, or by someone holding a valid power of attorney for the company.
Some free zone authorities that offer a direct certification route require the request to be filed by the general manager specifically.
How It Works
- Send us your free zone trade license and confirm which free zone authority issued it.
- We check whether that authority offers a direct certification route for its own documents, or whether the licensed-professional route applies.
- The certified true copy is issued through the appropriate route.
- You receive the certified copy ready for your intended use.
Mistakes to Avoid
Typical Situations
A free zone trading company needed its license certified for a new supplier agreement and asked whether its free zone authority could certify the document directly rather than through a legal professional.
A company registered with a free zone authority opening a bank account needed to confirm whether its free zone documents required the same certification route as a mainland trade license.
A company holding both a free zone license and a mainland branch license needed to establish which certified copy a particular counterparty actually wanted before booking either one.
Free Zone Certification Versus the General Trade License Case
Certification of a mainland trade license issued by the Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism generally goes through a licensed UAE legal professional. A free zone trade license can follow that same route, or in some cases the free zone authority that issued the license offers its own direct attestation service for its own documents. Which applies depends on the individual free zone, so it is worth confirming before assuming either route by default.
Our plain-language guide explains how these differ.
Read the comparison guideWhat to Bring
- Original valid free zone trade license
- Certificate of Incorporation issued by the free zone authority
- MOA or Articles of Association, where the free zone issues one
- Passport copy and Emirates ID of the general manager or authorized signatory
- Free zone establishment card, where applicable
- Power of attorney, if someone other than the general manager is attending
Need It Quickly
If your free zone license needs to be certified urgently, see our Same-Day Certified True Copy Attestation page for same-day options, subject to which certification route your free zone requires.
Cost
What This Costs
Fees depend on the free zone authority, the certification route, and urgency. Where a free zone authority’s own direct service applies, its published government fee is separate from our service fee. See Certified True Copy Attestation Fees and Process for how our fees and process work.
Who Carries Out the Certification
Depending on the free zone involved, certification is either carried out by a licensed UAE legal professional carried out in house, or directly by the free zone authority that issued the license.
Where We Cover
We issue certified true copies for free zone companies based across Dubai, and also certify for companies based in Abu Dhabi or Sharjah as well. See Certified True Copy Attestation in Abu Dhabi and Certified True Copy Attestation in Sharjah for details specific to those emirates.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Some free zone authorities offer a direct true copy attestation service for documents they issued. This is not universal across every free zone, so it needs to be checked for your specific authority.
It depends on the route and the authority’s own published fees where a direct route applies.
In most cases the receiving party accepts either, but this depends on their own requirement. Confirm with the bank, tender authority, or other receiving party what they expect.
Confirm with the receiving party which license they need certified, since the two are separate documents and may require different certification routes.
This depends on the route. Where a free zone authority’s own direct service applies, it may publish its own estimated turnaround.
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