The Dubai Land Department, working with DEWA and Digital Dubai, has put the whole Ejari tenancy process into the DubaiNow app. The Ejari certificate is issued as soon as a contract is approved, and the electricity and water deposit is paid in the same flow.
The Dubai Land Department has brought Ejari, the city's tenancy contract registration system, onto DubaiNow, the government's main services app. Tenants and landlords can now create and register new contracts, renew existing ones and cancel them, with the Ejari certificate issued the moment a contract is approved.
The new flow also folds in the utilities step: after registering the lease, a tenant can pay the DEWA security deposit in the same process to switch on electricity and water. Both parties sign in with UAE PASS. The service was built jointly by DLD, the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority and Digital Dubai.
The change touches a large market. DLD figures show 118,385 new tenancy contracts and 135,607 renewals in the first quarter of 2026, close to 254,000 contracts worth about AED 32.2 billion in total.
Source: Gulf News
