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The fee is calculated as a percentage of your annual rent, not a flat charge, so higher-rent tenancies pay more up to the AED 35,000 cap — worth knowing before you assume the fee is the same for everyone. Filing without your Ejari attached effectively means filing without a tenancy the RDC can recognise, since Ejari is the record that proves the contract was registered rather than just signed.
Expect the process to run in two stages: a mediation session first, and only if that fails does the case proceed to a judge, which is why bringing full documentation to the first session can settle things well within the 30–60 day range quoted for straightforward cases. Cases that stall are usually ones missing paperwork — passport copy, contract, or evidence — where the mediator sends both parties away to gather what is missing before scheduling the next stage.