If you are a new buyer in Dubai, AML is the first real conversation you will have with your brokerage. It is not paperwork you can sidestep, and it is not something the agent can “handle on your behalf.” You will need to hand over your passport, your Emirates ID if you hold one, and documents that explain where the purchase money came from — bank statements, sale of a previous asset, salary history, dividend records, anything the auditor can follow back to a legitimate source.
The rule I give clients: start the AML file the week you decide to buy, not the week you find the unit. Brokerages that skip it are not doing you a favour; they are setting up a deal that the DLD can unwind later, and that happens more often than people think.
Crypto-funded purchases need a separate trail — exchange records, wallet history, the original fiat conversion. I have walked away from two deals in the past year where the buyer could not produce that chain.
Related: Beneficial Owner, Source of Funds, KYC.
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