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UAE processes

Government procedures broken into ordered steps, showing who acts at each stage, where it happens, and what it costs.

Renting a Home in Dubai and Registering Ejari

Seven steps from viewing to keys, with the official Ejari and DEWA fees, the notice periods in Dubai's tenancy law, and the two widely…

7 steps

Buying a Property in Dubai and Registering the Transfer

A Dubai purchase is only real when the Dubai Land Department records it: under Law No. 7 of 2006 a transaction that transfers a…

7 steps

Renewing Your Vehicle Registration in Dubai (Mulkiya)

A Dubai vehicle registration is renewed once a year, and three things have to be true before the system will let you pay: every…

6 steps

Registering a Branch of a Foreign Company in the UAE

A branch is not a new company. It is your existing company operating in the UAE, which means the parent carries the liability and…

6 steps

Setting Up a Media or Creative Company in a UAE Free Zone

A media free zone license does not put you outside the UAE media law. The law applies to media free zones by name, and…

5 steps

Getting Authorized to Provide Financial Services in DIFC or ADGM

In DIFC and ADGM the company registration is the easy part. What governs your timeline, your capital, and your viability is regulatory authorization, and…

6 steps

Setting Up an Industrial or Warehousing Business in a UAE Free Zone

Manufacturing, processing, and logistics are on the Qualifying Activities list, which makes this one of the few free zone routes where the 0% corporate…

6 steps

Setting Up a Free Zone E-Commerce and Fulfilment Business in the UAE

Free zone e-commerce is sold on a 0% tax promise. The decision that actually governs it is who you supply: distribution to resellers from…

6 steps

Setting Up a Mainland Professional Services Company in Dubai

A professional license is not a cheaper commercial license. It has its own legal forms, its own qualification checks, and a Local Service Agent…

6 steps

Setting Up a Solo Consultancy in a Dubai Free Zone

A free zone consultancy is quick to license and cheap to run on a flexi-desk. What almost nobody tells consultants is that advisory income…

5 steps