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Hold for three seconds. We send for help.

ELA is a legal emergency membership for UAE residents: if you’re arrested, one hold on your iPhone or Apple Watch tells a vetted law firm, your consulate and your family.

Get the app

Available on iPhone and Apple Watch.

From AED 24.99 a week, billed through the App Store.

Phone locked, dead, or taken: it still runs.

Press and hold the disc.

That’s the hold.

In the app, the countdown starts now. Nothing was sent from this page.

See the countdown
The ELA app’s settled home: You’re protected, the keyhole disc labelled Hold to arm

Demo with the real app. Nothing is sent from this page.

What happens when you hold.

After the hold, a 30-second countdown.It sends on its own.

If the moment passes, slide “I’m safe” and nothing happens. If you can’t, ELA sends.

“Send help now” sends at once.

Your location and profile go to the response team automatically. You don’t need to do anything.

The app’s countdown: Sending help in 0:28, the note that your location and profile go to the response team automatically, a Send help now button and the slider Slide to cancel, I’m safe

We take it from here.

  • A vetted law firm is notified. Engaged the moment it accepts. If it can’t act, ELA is already finding another.
  • Your consulate is informed. Your consulate’s emergency desk gets the case brief.
  • Your family gets a private live link. Sent only to the people you chose.
  • A human team tracks the case. Real people, on chat and voice.

Example timeline. Timings vary by case.

The live case screen: Your response is running, We’re reaching your law firm, then Case opened, Law firm reaching now, consulate duty desk notified, trusted contact notified, ELA response team queued

The link your family opens.

Live location, each milestone, and the name of the lawyer acting for you.

They don’t need the app. It opens in a browser.

The private link’s location view: the live location pin in Dubai Marina on Google Maps
The location view, as the link opens it.

Your Apple Watch holds too.

The same three seconds, from your wrist, with your phone in a bag or on a desk. The case shows there too.

ELA on Apple Watch, Your case: Case opened, Law firm reaching, Lawyer will call, with the case reference and a Dictate control

Your case,in one thread.

Send a voice note, get a reply from the team, and see the moment your lawyer makes contact.

From the hold to your lawyer’s first contact, the case never waits on your phone.

Timings vary by case.

The case thread with ELA Ops: a three-second voice note sent, the reply Got it, a law firm has taken on your case and will be in touch shortly, then Your lawyer has made contact

Phone locked, dead, or taken: it still runs.

Once the hold commits, the response runs on ELA’s servers, not on your phone.

If you’re arrested in the UAE, you’re not on your own.

The launch film. 45 seconds, with sound.

One membership. The same response for every member.

Weekly, monthly or yearly: the hold, the response and the team are the same whichever you choose.

Get the app
AED 24.99
a week
AED 79.99
a month
AED 749.99
a year

Legal fees are agreed between you and the law firm.

Billed through the App Store. Cancel any time in your Apple ID settings.

  • The three-second hold on iPhone and Apple Watch
  • A vetted law firm notified with your case brief
  • Your consulate’s emergency desk informed
  • A private live link for the people you choose
  • A human team on every case, by chat and voice

After you join, you can add Shield. Shield membership includes legal-fee insurance, underwritten by a regulated UAE insurer.

If the worst happens, you won’t face it alone.

The ELA app icon: a mint keyhole on deep green
Get the app

Available on iPhone and Apple Watch.