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Licences longer than a year are priced line by line only for two employment visas from outside the UAE. Choose a one-year licence, or two visas.

Not priced for this choice

Licences longer than a year are priced line by line only for two employment visas from outside the UAE. Choose a one-year licence, or two visas.

Price the same visas on a one-year licence

How long it takes

Each step on one day scale

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.

  1. Licence3–5 business days
  2. Establishment card3–5 business days
  3. Entry visa approval3–5 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.

  1. Medical testSame day
  2. Biometrics1–4 days
  3. Residence visa approval2–3 business days
  4. Emirates ID printing1 business day
  5. Emirates ID delivery3 days

Fast-track options and the step-by-step wording are in the IFZA setup steps.

What to prepare

Individual shareholder5 documents
  • Passport copy
  • Digital passport photograph
  • Application form including UBO information
  • Emirates ID and visa copy for UAE residents
  • Related third-party approvals when required
Corporate shareholder8 documents
  • Passport copies and digital photographs of every shareholder and the General Manager
  • Application form including UBO information
  • Emirates ID and visa copies for UAE-resident shareholders
  • Board resolution
  • Memorandum and Articles of Association or equivalent
  • Valid trade licence or equivalent
  • Certificate of incorporation or formation
  • Related third-party approvals when required

Your nationality can add steps; the application lists them for each shareholder.

The same setup elsewhere