إنهاء عقد إيجار صادر من مكتب توثيق قبل انتهاء مدته

Dear Questioner,

Please note that what you are trying to do is illegal. Having a valid license issued by the Department of Economic Development that has the company's official office address and cancelling the contract before renting another office and before changing the address on the license is Illegal. All companies operating in the UAE must keep an official formal address at all time.

Based on the above, Yes. What the management is informing you is 100% correct and legal and you MUST rent a new office and apply to change the address and issue a new license with the new office address before you can cancel Tawtheeq which is "the registration of the office lease".

On the other hand, the Management is not allowed to re-rent the office again before having the Tawtheq cancelled because this is a government requirement to control fraud such as companies remaining active with no offices or offices being rented for several unrelated tenants.

I would highly recommend you to consult a legal adviser before attempting any further steps that may lead you to a non-compliant status.

Let me know if I can be of any help or assistance.

Best regards,

Ahmed Elnaggar

aelnaggar@LKMBgroup.com