Working as an accountant in the United Arab Emirates
What official sources say about working as an accountant in the United Arab Emirates: how foreign qualifications are recognised.
Accountant is a regulated profession in the United Arab Emirates. Foreign qualifications go through: For Chartered Accountant practice, obtain the professional licence under Federal Decree by Law 41/2023 and applicable executive rules through the competent local authority.
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- For Chartered Accountant practice, obtain the professional licence under Federal Decree by Law 41/2023 and applicable executive rules through the competent local authority.
Regulation and recognition
Accountant is a regulated profession in the United Arab Emirates.
- Recognition route
- For Chartered Accountant practice, obtain the professional licence under Federal Decree by Law 41/2023 and applicable executive rules through the competent local authority.
- Recognition authority
- For statutory Chartered Accountant practice: Ministry of Economy and the concerned local authority in the relevant Emirate within their assigned powers.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Accountant in the United Arab Emirates: recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 01464b21acf018d0855b5f62ee638788]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/accountant/united-arab-emirates/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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