Your Ajman Free Zone estimate
One visa, a 12-month licence: AED 11,000 for the AFZ Lighter package. Health insurance is extra, from AED 400, arranged by you. It then renews at AED 11,000 a year.
Published package, 12 months
AED 11,000
- Business licence
- Office
- Up to 3 mix-and-match commercial, service and e-commerce activities
- Maximum 2 shareholders
- One residence visa
What the AFZ Lighter package includes
Ajman Free Zone prices one package per visa count rather than line by line. Anything not listed is priced separately, and the setup team confirms it in writing.
- Business licence
- Office
- Up to 3 mix-and-match commercial, service and e-commerce activities
- Maximum 2 shareholders
- One residence visa
- Package, 12 months
- AED 11,000
- Each renewal, 12 months
- AED 11,000
- Health insurance, arranged by you
- From AED 400
The Ajman Free Zone costs section lists every package and visa count.
How long it takes
Drawn one after another for scale: solid is the shortest published time, faded the longest. Some steps can overlap, so this is not a total.
Remote
Done from abroad, before you travel.
- Licence<24h
- Security approval1–2 business days
- Establishment card1–2 business days
- E-channel1–2 business days
- Entry visa approval1–3 business days
In person, in the UAE
Once you enter on the entry visa, you stay in the UAE until the residence visa is issued.
- Medical testSame day
- Biometrics3–4 days
- Residence visa approval1–3 days
- Emirates ID printing1 day
- Emirates ID delivery2–3 days
Fast-track options and the step-by-step wording are in the Ajman Free Zone setup steps.
What to prepare
Individual shareholder4 documents
- Passport copy valid for at least six months
- Colour photograph
- No-objection letter from sponsor when the applicant is a UAE resident
- Visa copy or UID
Corporate shareholder7 documents
- Valid passport copy of manager
- Residence visa copy of manager if available
- Colour photograph of manager on a white background
- Manager declaration, incorporation resolution, and specimen signature generated by the system
- Parent company incorporation certificate
- Certificate of continuity, existence, or good standing
- Parent company Articles or Memorandum of Association
Branch of an existing company6 documents
- Passport copy of company manager valid for at least six months
- Colour photograph of company manager
- Visa copy or UID of company manager
- Trade licence copy
- Memorandum of Association copy
- Board resolution copy
Your nationality can add steps; the application lists them for each shareholder.
The same setup elsewhere
- IFZAAED 20,650
Published package, one visa, 12 months
- Dubai mainlandAED 14,000+
Licence only · plus 5% of rent; visas priced separately