your Gateway to Seamless Company Registration
UAE being the center point of world commerce offers a host of advantages like low or no taxes, a technologically advanced community, free trade zones, strict levels of confidentiality, and rapid development making it the best choice for doing business.
Steps of Company Registration in Dubai
- Choose your license type: To register a business, the investor must first select the type of license (trade, industrial, and/or professional) for the Dubai mainland.
- Select your business activity: The investor has to choose a business activity like trading, service, restaurant, etc.
- Choose your legal structure: After choosing a suitable activity, the investor needs to select the proper legal structure, i.e., sole establishment, Civil partnership, Limited liability Company (LLC).
- Get your Local agent: Choose a local UAE national either as a local agent or sponsor for the company. Only required for a professional business.
- Register the trade name of the business: Submit the company registration application and the proposed company name to the Department of Economic Development (DED) for initial approval. Notarize the company’s Memorandum of Association either in notary public or at Department of economic development (E notary). This step is crucial as the name you choose has to be appropriate.
- Select your office location Physical or Virtual: Choose your office location and get a lease agreement. There are multiple options available like share desk, virtual office, flexi-desk office, shared office, and standard office. The government also provides an instant business license. The investor can take up an office only from the second year onwards and does not need an office space in the first year.
- Get your company documents: File company documents with the Department for Economic Development (DED) and obtain trade license and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Make the company stamp.
- Get your visa issuance: Register a company license in the immigration department. Issue a partner or Investor visa for the owner of the company. Register a company license in the Ministry Of Human Resource And Emiratization (MOHRE). Apply for the employee visa under the company.
Documents Required for Company Registration in Dubai
- Application form
- Passport Copy
- 2 Photographs (white background)
- NOC if already in UAE residency visa
- Tenancy Contract Copy
- Location Map
- Designation Details: Higher Designation Requires Degree Certificate (Attested)
Company registration options
- Investor can either choose a Free zone or Mainland or Offshore to operate their business in Dubai.
- Company can be registered either under an individual name or under a corporate entity registered in UAE