Online UAE Will for Expats

Yes. You prepare the whole Will online with Online Wills Advisor.

You answer guided questions, upload your identity documents, confirm every value the platform reads from them, and review the document before it is generated. Formal registration then happens with ADJD or DIFC.

No. Online preparation and formal registration are separate stages.

Completing the questionnaire is not what makes a Will legally valid; registration is. Both ADJD and DIFC lead to a registered Will once you complete their formal steps, which the authority handles, not us.

Yes, and the requirements differ between ADJD and DIFC.

ADJD registers non-UAE citizens of any religion. DIFC registers people who are not Muslim and never have been, are 18 or older, and own UAE assets or have minor children in Dubai or Ras Al Khaimah. Neither requires UAE residency.

Yes, you choose.

ADJD’s criteria turn on citizenship; DIFC’s on religion, age and where your assets and children are. The UAE Will guide has a five-question check that suggests which of the two may apply, or you can select one directly.

Both.

Choose a Single Will to register on your own, or Mirror Wills to register at the same appointment as your spouse, each of you receiving your own document. DIFC states that its Mirror Wills apply to a married couple registering together.

Yes. UAE property, bank and financial assets, business interests and digital assets each have their own section.

ADJD also states that funds and property located outside the country can be bequeathed, though how overseas assets are ultimately dealt with can depend on the laws where they sit.

You review everything, resolve any blocking items, then generate the document and move to registration.

The review screen lists what is outstanding section by section, so nothing generates while a required value is missing or beneficiary shares do not total 100%. You approve the final version before we submit your registration application.

Yes. How you change a registered Will depends on the authority that holds it.

For DIFC, you sign a new Will at a fresh appointment with two witnesses, and it replaces the old Will in full. DIFC publishes a modification fee of AED 550 per Will and accepts no codicils. Online Wills Advisor charges AED 550 per Will to redraft and resubmit it. For ADJD, you register a new Will and pay ADJD’s registration fee again, which is AED 950 for a Regular Will. ADJD publishes no separate amendment fee. Confirm current fees with the authority that holds your Will.

Two separate fees apply: ours, and the authority’s.

Online Wills Advisor charges a preparation fee from AED 999. ADJD and DIFC each charge their own registration fee, paid to them. The Pricing section above lists both by Will type.

Preparation can be done in one sitting. Registration depends on appointment availability with your chosen authority.

DIFC states that its registration appointment takes about 20 minutes once booked. ADJD’s appointment wait is reported too inconsistently to state as fact, so confirm current availability directly with ADJD.

Nothing read from your documents reaches your Will until you confirm it.

You can correct any value before it reaches your Will. Your data is encrypted in transit (TLS 1.2+) and at rest (AES-256), hosted on UAE servers, and kept only as long as our Privacy Policy sets out. Full details are in our Privacy Policy.