--- title: "Inheritance Documents Translation UAE Home Country" description: "Cross-border inheritance means POA, death certificates, and property documents need translation both ways. How to handle it from Dubai." url: "https://onlinetranslation.ae/blog/inherited-property-two-countries/" lang: "en-AE" --- [](/blog)Back to Blog*Daily Blog* # You Inherited Property Back Home. Settling It from Dubai Requires Paperwork in Two Countries. 4 min read Someone in your family passed away. They left property back home. You're in Dubai. You can't just fly back and handle it — you have a job, a visa, a life here. But the inheritance won't settle itself. And settling it from abroad means paperwork that flows in two directions, through two legal systems, in two languages. ## Documents going from UAE to your home country To manage the inheritance from Dubai, you'll likely need to authorize someone back home to act on your behalf. That means a [](/legal/corporate/poa)Power of Attorney. - POA execution. You can execute the POA at a UAE notary public or at your home country's embassy in the UAE. Each option has different language and format requirements. - POA translation. If the POA is executed in Arabic at a UAE notary, it needs translation into your home country's language. If executed at the embassy, it may be bilingual. - Attestation for use abroad. The POA needs MOFA attestation in the UAE, then authentication by your home country's embassy. This is the reverse of the usual attestation chain — UAE documents going out instead of foreign documents coming in. If a family member passed away in the UAE, you also need the [](/personal/vital-records/death)UAE death certificate translated and attested for use in the home country. The death certificate is issued in Arabic by the UAE health authority. Your home country's inheritance court needs it in their language. ## Documents coming from your home country to the UAE If you need to register the inheritance with UAE authorities — for example, if the deceased owned property in the UAE — documents from your home country need to come here: - Will or succession certificate. Needs [](/services/attestation)attestation from the issuing country and MOJ-certified Arabic translation for UAE courts. - Death certificate from abroad. Same attestation and translation chain as any foreign document entering the UAE system. - Property documents. Title deeds, inheritance court orders, and distribution agreements — all need Arabic translation if they're being filed with [](/blog/property-spa-arabic-40-pages)DLD or UAE courts. ## The two-direction problem Cross-border inheritance is uniquely complex because documents move both ways. A POA drafted in Arabic needs to be understood in India. An Indian succession certificate needs to be understood by a UAE court. Each document crosses a language barrier and a legal-system barrier simultaneously. Getting the translation right isn't just about language. Legal terminology differs between systems. A "succession certificate" in Indian law, a "grant of probate" in UK law, and an "إعلام وراثة" in UAE law are not identical concepts. The translator needs to handle these distinctions accurately. If you're handling a cross-border inheritance from Dubai and need documents translated in either direction, send them on WhatsApp — [+971 50 862 0217](https://wa.me/971508620217). We handle Arabic ↔ English and Arabic ↔ other languages for both UAE and home-country submission. ## Common questions ### What documents do I need to settle an inheritance from Dubai? Death certificate, [](/legal/corporate/poa)Power of Attorney, will or succession certificate, and property documents. Each may need translation and attestation for use in both countries. ### Can I issue a POA from the UAE for property abroad? Yes. Execute it at a UAE notary or your embassy. If in Arabic, it needs translation into your home country's language plus MOFA attestation and embassy authentication. ### Does a UAE death certificate need translation for use abroad? Yes. UAE death certificates are in Arabic. They need certified translation and MOFA attestation, then embassy authentication for use in your home country. ### Cross-border inheritance paperwork? Send your documents via WhatsApp. We translate in both directions — Arabic to English and English to Arabic. [WhatsApp Your Documents](https://wa.me/971508620217) +971 50 862 0217 [Your document concierge](/about/#concierge-model) — we review before you pay. ## Related [](/legal/corporate/poa) ### Power of Attorney POA translation for UAE and international use [](/personal/vital-records/death) ### Death Certificate Translation MOJ-certified translation for estate proceedings [](/legal/wills) ### Will Translation Will and inheritance document translation