Quick answer: # Ejari Download Online: How to Get Your Certificate If you're a Dubai tenant who needs a copy of your registered tenancy contract, the ejari download online process takes about 5 minutes — assuming your contract is already registered with the Real Estate Regulatory Agency (RERA)
If you're a Dubai tenant who needs a copy of your registered tenancy contract, the ejari download online process takes about 5 minutes — assuming your contract is already registered with the Real Estate Regulatory Agency (RERA) under the Dubai Land Department.
Here's the short version. Open the Dubai REST app or the Dubai Land Department portal, log in with UAE Pass, go to "My Properties" or "Services", find your active Ejari (the mandatory tenancy registration system in Dubai), and tap download. The certificate comes as a PDF with a QR code for verification. No fee for the re-download if it's already registered. If it isn't registered yet, you can't download anything — you have to register first.
Two official routes. Both are free for re-downloads.
Dubai REST app (easiest). Install Dubai REST from the App Store or Google Play. Log in with UAE Pass. Tap "Services" → "Real Estate Services" → "My Properties". Your active tenancy should appear. Hit the download icon. The PDF lands in your phone.
Dubai Land Department portal. Go to dubailand.gov.ae, click "Services", choose "Ejari Services", then "Print Ejari Certificate". Authenticate with UAE Pass. Same result — a PDF with a QR code at the top right that any landlord, DEWA office, or visa typing centre can scan to verify authenticity.[1][2]
Quick tip: if the property doesn't show up in REST, the registration is probably under your landlord's account or an old Emirates ID. Call the Ejari trustee centre that processed the original registration.
Then there's nothing to download. Ejari registration is mandatory under Law No. 26 of 2007 (as amended by Law No. 33 of 2008) regulating the relationship between landlords and tenants in Dubai. Without it, you can't file a rental dispute, transfer DEWA, get a residence visa linked to the lease, or enrol kids in some schools.
Registration costs AED 220 (AED 120 fee + AED 100 knowledge and innovation dirhams), typically paid by the tenant unless the contract says otherwise. You need the signed tenancy contract, Emirates IDs, passport copies, title deed, DEWA premises number, and the landlord's contact details. Done at any Ejari-approved typing centre or via the Dubai REST app's self-registration flow if your landlord has set up the property correctly.
Frankly, most disputes that land at the Rental Disputes Centre involve tenants who skipped Ejari and only realised when something broke. Don't be that tenant.
This catches people out. Ejari is Dubai-only. If you're in Abu Dhabi, your equivalent is Tawtheeq, handled through the Department of Municipalities and Transport. Sharjah uses a tenancy contract attestation through the Sharjah Municipality. Ras Al Khaimah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, and Fujairah each have their own municipal registration.
So "ejari download online" only works if your property is in Dubai. Searching for an Ejari certificate for an Abu Dhabi flat will get you nowhere.
For more on tenancy rules across the emirates, see our tenancy law category.
There's a small industry of fake Ejari certificates floating around — usually generated to satisfy a visa, school, or bank requirement without actually registering. Don't. Every legitimate Ejari PDF has a QR code linking back to the Dubai Land Department's verification page. Banks, GDRFA visa officers, and DEWA scan it. If the QR doesn't resolve to a dubailand.gov.ae record matching your name, contract number, and property, the certificate is worthless — and submitting a forged document is a criminal offence under UAE Federal Decree-Law No. 31 of 2021 on Crimes and Penalties.
Use the official download. It's free, takes 5 minutes, and you don't end up explaining yourself to a prosecutor.
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Citations
[1] Dubai Land Department — Ejari Services: https://dubailand.gov.ae/en/eservices/ejari/ [2] Dubai REST app — Dubai Land Department official app listing [3] Law No. 26 of 2007 (Dubai) regulating the relationship between landlords and tenants, as amended by Law No. 33 of 2008 [4] UAE Federal Decree-Law No. 31 of 2021 on Crimes and Penalties
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