Powers of attorney for use in Sudan go through the embassy, and they matter more than usual right now: for many families, someone abroad acting through a relative at home is the only way a property, banking or inheritance matter moves at all.
Quick facts
Bring your national number. As with every other Sudanese procedure, it is the identifier the system is built around, and an instrument without it is unlikely to be acted on.
Fees breakdown
| Item | Cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Power of attorney | Published tariff | General or special |
| Declaration or certified copy | Published tariff | Per document |
| Arabic translation | Per page | Where required |
| Registration in Sudan | Charged there | Where the matter requires it |
| Courier | Carrier’s charge | Both directions |
Inheritance is governed by the personal status law applying to the family, which determines the shares and therefore who has to sign. Where heirs are scattered across several countries, that coordination is the slow part.
How to apply
- Ask the lawyer or relative in Sudan exactly what the matter requires.
- Establish whether the property or account is currently accessible at all.
- Collect the national numbers of everyone named.
- Attend within consular hours, or file as the embassy directs.
- Pay the tariff in the accepted form.
- Send the original by a tracked service and keep a scan.
Required documents
- Sudanese passport and national number.
- The wording required by the authority or lawyer in Sudan.
- National numbers of everyone named.
- Property or case references.
- Supporting certificates where obtainable.
- Payment in the accepted form.
Where to apply
At the embassy in Washington, within its consular hours.
Additional notes
Check what is actually possible
Before drafting anything, establish whether the registry, bank or court involved is currently functioning where the property is. It saves preparing a document nobody can use.
Be specific
Name the property and the acts authorised as precisely as the records allow.
Coordinate heirs early
Documents from several countries take months to assemble.
Revocation
Revoking requires a further act through the same route, with notice to whoever holds the original.