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Overview

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Identifiers

Collect two identifiers from each business customer in United Arab Emirates and submit them as strings on the application body. Tax ID: 15-digit number. Single TRN covers VAT and Corporate Tax. Printed on FTA TRN Certificate. Registration number: Format varies by emirate and zone. Dual-registered entities carry both a DED licence number and a zone registration number.

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Sector regulators

CBUAE · CMA · DFSA · FSRA · TDRA

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How documents combine

For each evidence area, this table shows whether the listed documents are alternatives (any one of) or a bundle (all required). The artifact-by-artifact lookup follows below.

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Documents to collect

The physical documents you’ll collect from your customer, with the evidence area each one proves. One document can prove multiple areas — for example, Brazil’s Cartão CNPJ covers both tax and business-registration proof, so it appears once with both areas listed.

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Collection notes

  • Legal Registration: Dual-registered entities must provide both.
  • Tax Registration: Single certificate covers VAT and Corporate Tax.
  • Operating Permit: Doubles as business-registration evidence for mainland entities.
  • Sector-Specific License: Collect only for regulated-sector entities.
  • Governance Records: Mainland LLC uses Mudir (Manager); JSCs and free-zone entities use Directors.
  • Signing Authority: UAE is NOT a Hague Apostille party — full legalisation chain required.
  • Address: Lease (no recency bound) or utility bill or bank statement dated within 90 days. Same document satisfies both registered-address and operating-address checks.
  • Good Standing: Mainland: request the Certificate of Good Standing from the issuing emirate’s DED (some emirates issue a ‘To Whom It May Concern’ status letter instead — accept either). Free zone: request from the zone authority (DMCC, DIFC, JAFZA, ADGM, etc.). Distinct from the Trade Licence, which proves authorisation to operate, not current standing. Banks typically require issuance within 30 days.

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Person roles

When you submit a person on the application body, set their role to one of Conduit’s canonical BusinessPersonRole values. Use this table to map a local corporate-governance title onto the right canonical role.

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Additional fields

Country-specific fields you’ll need to collect during onboarding, beyond the document uploads.

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Notes

  • UAE is NOT a Hague Apostille party (confirmed HCCH Status Table, 31-XII-2025). Foreign POAs require: home-country notarisation → UAE Embassy/Consulate attestation → MOFAIC attestation. Apostille alone is not sufficient.
  • Mainland vs. free zone are legally distinct tracks. DIFC/ADGM entities are governed by English common law under DFSA/FSRA; not subject to MoE or emirate DED jurisdiction. Collect the correct registration document for the applicable track.
  • Capital markets and securities are regulated by CMA (Federal Decree-Law No. 32 of 2025, in force 2026-01-01); CMA replaces the former SCA. Treat any pre-2026 SCA licence as a current CMA licence.
  • Cabinet Decision No. 109 of 2023 (issued 2023-11-06, in force 2023-11-16) superseded Decision No. 58 of 2020. New Decision introduced a nominee-board-member register and penalties under Cabinet Decision No. 132 of 2023. Do not cite 58/2020 as current.