My shareholder is a foreign company. Do its documents need legalising?
Last updated: Oct 21, 2026, 17:46 (UTC+08:00)
Usually yes. The UAE is not a party to the Hague Apostille Convention, so a foreign company's certificate, register extract or board resolution is certified by its home country's foreign ministry, then by the UAE embassy there, and then by the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We tell you exactly which documents need this before you start.