From first question to registered will.
Making a will in the UAE online is six steps. Here is what happens at each one, what you do, and how long it takes, so nothing about the process is a surprise.
Answer a few questions
About 3 minutes
The assessment asks the things that change the answer: whether you are planning for yourself or with a partner, your age, your faith, whether you live in the UAE, and what you own here. Nothing that does not change your will or your route gets asked.
At the end it tells you which registration route fits, whether you need one will or a pair, and what it costs. If this is not the right service for your situation, it says so there rather than after you have paid.
Compare the registriesConfirm your details and pay
About 5 minutes
You create an account, confirm the details that identify you, and add your partner's if you are doing a pair. Then you pay the service fee, which is shown in full before you commit and does not move afterwards.
The court's registration fee is separate and is paid to the court later, at the point of registering.
See what it costsWork through the drafting questions
About 20 minutes
This is where your will is actually decided. Specific gifts and who receives them, who takes the rest of your estate, your executor and a backup, guardians for any children under eighteen, and the standard clauses every will carries. MyHaven customises your will to your requirements, using templates meticulously designed by the in-house lawyer at MyHaven.
One screen at a time, in plain language, and only the questions your earlier answers make relevant. You can stop and come back, and your English draft is ready as soon as you finish.
What goes into a willA person reads it, then it is translated
Within seven working days
Your named case owner reads the draft before anybody else does. Then a certified legal translator produces the Arabic version the court reads, and the two languages are put together into one document carrying the translator's certification.
Your bilingual will is ready for you within seven working days. There is nothing you need to do while we work.
Read it and approve it
Your own time
You read the whole thing, in full, before anything is signed. If a line does not say what you meant, you suggest the edit and it goes back through review rather than being argued about later.
When it says what you want it to say, you sign it and upload the signed copy to your account.
Register it with the ADJD
The court's own timetable
You choose how this happens. Deal with the court yourself, with written instructions for each stage and a tracker that keeps your case owner in step with you, or ask your case owner to coordinate the submission and the appointment with you. Neither route costs more.
The registration itself is six stages: submit, the court reviews it, pay the court's fee, book the notarization appointment, attend it by video call and sign, and keep the registered copy. That last moment is when your will takes effect.
The registration process in detail
What you need before you start
- A rough list of what you own in the UAE: property, accounts, vehicles, business shares, valuables.
- The full names, as they appear on passports, of everyone you want to name, with their dates of birth, nationalities and addresses.
- Your own passport, and your Emirates ID if you are a resident.
- A conversation with whoever you plan to name as executor or guardian, so nobody finds out from a document.
MyHaven is not a law firm and does not give legal advice. If your situation calls for advice specific to you, we will say so and point you to a qualified professional.
Step one takes about three minutes.
Answer a few questions and see which route fits and what it costs, before you pay anything. From 699 AED.
Start your will