Ejari Renewal and Download
How to Renew, Retrieve and Print Your Certificate
Registering an Ejari for the first time is the part every Dubai tenant hears about. Renewing it each year, and getting a copy of the certificate when a bank, a school or DEWA asks for one, is the part nobody explains. Here are the official fees, the three ways to download your certificate, and what to do when you cannot find your Ejari number.
What an Ejari Renewal Actually Is
Ejari is the Dubai Land Department system that records tenancy contracts in the emirate. A registration is tied to a contract period rather than to a property or a person, which is the single fact that explains everything else about renewal. When your lease rolls into a new term, the old registration does not stretch to cover it. You are registering a new contract period, and the system treats that as a fresh submission.
That is why the price does not change. The Dubai Land Department lists registration and renewal as one service — Register/Renew Tenancy Contract — and charges the same fee either way. There is no loyalty discount for a tenant who has been in the same apartment for six years, and no reduced rate for a contract that has simply been rolled forward on identical terms.
The output of a successful submission is an e-Contract Registration Certificate, issued by email. That certificate, not the tenancy contract itself, is the document institutions ask to see. It is what DEWA wants before it will open an account, and it is requested routinely in visa processing, school admission and bank onboarding. Keeping a current copy within reach matters more than most tenants realise until the moment they need one.
Renewal is also the point at which a rent increase, if there is one, has to be reflected. The figure that goes into the renewed contract is the figure the system records. If you are checking whether a proposed increase is lawful before you sign, that is a separate question governed by the rent index — see our guide to the Dubai rental index and the legal rent-increase bands. If you are not renewing at all, the process you need is Ejari cancellation rather than renewal.
Ejari Renewal at a Glance
Official fees and conditions for the Register/Renew Tenancy Contract service
Where the AED 177.75 Goes
Three of the four components are fixed government charges. Only the service partner fee changes with the channel you choose, and it is the entire reason the two prices differ.
| Component | Via App / DLD Website | Via Trustee Centre | What It Is |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract registration | AED 100 | AED 100 | The core registration charge for recording the tenancy period. |
| Knowledge fee | AED 10 | AED 10 | Fixed A standard Dubai government levy applied across services. |
| Innovation fee | AED 10 | AED 10 | Fixed The second standard government levy on the transaction. |
| Service partner fee | AED 55 + VAT | AED 95 + VAT | The only variable Paid to the channel that processes the submission. |
| Total published | AED 177.75 | AED 220 | The price the Dubai Land Department lists for each channel. |
Fees, components, documents and the 25-minute service time are as published by the Dubai Land Department on its Register/Renew Tenancy Contract (Ejari) service page, retrieved 18 September 2026. The online total is itemised by DLD as AED 100 + 10 + 10 + 55 + AED 2.75 VAT. Verify the current fee on the DLD service page before paying, as published fees can change.
Six Things to Get Right
Renewal and download are two different jobs. These are the checks that cover both, and the one condition that quietly blocks submissions.
Renewing, moving or buying instead?
TruHauz handles the tenancy paperwork end to end — and if this renewal is the year you stop renting, we will show you what the same budget buys.
Which Renewal Route Fits You
All three channels produce the same registration and the same certificate. What separates them is what you have to hand and whether anything about the contract is likely to need a human.
Dubai REST App
The default for a clean renewal. Log in with UAE PASS, upload a copy of the Unified Tenancy Contract, pay, and wait for system review. The same app is where you later download the certificate, which makes it the tidiest end-to-end option.
DLD Website
Identical price and identical process, run from a desktop rather than a phone. It is also the route that issues certificate downloads to anyone holding the Ejari contract number and a DEWA premise or municipality number.
Trustee Centre
Worth the extra when something is irregular — a Power of Attorney, a company landlord, owner data that needs correcting, or a contract a counter agent should look at. DLD states 25 minutes of service time, excluding waiting time.
Frequently Asked Questions
What Dubai tenants ask most often about renewing an Ejari and getting hold of the certificate.
Thinking of Buying Instead of Renewing?
Every renewal is a decision to keep paying rent for another year. If you want to see what the same annual figure looks like as a mortgage payment, tell us your budget and we will run the comparison.
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