How to get a Trakheesi permit in Dubai: a broker's steps

A Trakheesi permit is a per-advertisement clearance, not a one-time registration. Holding a valid broker card does not give you a permit; you generate one for each property you intend to advertise publicly. Before the Dubai Land Department's Trakheesi system will issue a permit, three things have to be ready.

• A valid real-estate licence. The permit system is tied to a registered broker with a current licence. A lapsed or suspended card blocks the application.
• The owner's marketing authorization. For a secondary-market sale that is a RERA Form A. For a rental it is a landlord NOC, and for off-plan it is a developer NOC.
• The property details. The permit is tied to a specific property, so you need the building, size, type, and the other specifics the application asks for.

Once the owner authorization is secured, the broker generates the permit through the DLD's online system. Run the steps in this order, because each one depends on the one before it.

1. 01

   Confirm your licence is current

   Check your broker card has not lapsed or been suspended before you start a new mandate. The Trakheesi system is tied to a valid registered broker, so a licence problem stops everything else.

2. 02

   Secure the owner's authorization

   For a secondary-market sale, the owner approves a RERA Form A digitally in the Dubai REST app. For a rental or off-plan property, obtain the landlord or developer NOC. This happens before you apply, not after.

3. 03

   Gather the property details

   The permit is tied to one specific property. Have the building, the size, the type, and any other specifics the application requires ready, because vague or incomplete entries stall the process.

4. 04

   Submit through the Trakheesi system and generate the permit

   Log in to the DLD's online portal, enter the property and authorization details, and generate the permit. The system returns a permit number tied to that advertisement.

5. 05

   Display the number and keep the records

   Put the permit number on or alongside the public advertisement, and store the permit together with the owner authorization, linked to the listing, so you can produce both if the advertisement is ever queried.

Almost every avoidable delay traces back to the owner authorization. An owner who agrees verbally on Tuesday and then takes ten days to open the Dubai REST app and approve Form A is ten days during which you cannot legally publish a public advertisement for their property. The application itself is not the bottleneck. The owner's action is.

The fix is to move the authorization conversation to the start. At the point of signing a mandate for a secondary-market sale, walk the owner through Form A and the Dubai REST approval while you are still in the room. For a rental or off-plan property, confirm the NOC before anything is drafted for a portal. If the owner is not familiar with the Dubai REST app, covering that step in the first meeting saves the delay later.

Getting the permit is one task. Keeping the advertisement compliant for as long as it runs is a separate one. The permit number has to appear on or alongside the advertisement in each channel where the listing is published, and the obligation does not end when the permit is issued.

Source: Dubai Land Department: real estate advertisement permit (Trakheesi)