Your IFZA estimate
Two visas, a 2-year licence, applying from abroad: AED 42,600 in priced lines. Health insurance is extra, from AED 1,000, arranged by you. It then renews at AED 19,100 a year.
Priced lines, year one
AED 42,600
Line by line
Gross amounts, VAT included. A line without an amount is a cost still to confirm, not a zero.
- Licence including visa allocation
- AED 21,700
- Licence registration: 2 year(s)
- AED 7,000
- Company establishment card: first year
- AED 2,000
- Establishment card: years 2–2
- AED 2,200
- Two-year residence administration
- AED 2,890
- Two-year residence processing (gross)
- AED 860
- Initial medical fitness test
- AED 750
- Emirates ID typing
- AED 350
- Two-year residence administration
- AED 2,890
- Two-year residence processing (gross)
- AED 860
- Initial medical fitness test
- AED 750
- Emirates ID typing
- AED 350
- Priced lines
- AED 42,600
Still to confirm
- Health insurance, arranged by youFrom AED 1,000
- Premises, activity-specific approvals and operating costsNot priced
Priced for one individual shareholder and a professional activity. Bank fees and deposits are separate.
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.
- Licence3–5 business days
- Establishment card3–5 business days
- 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.
- Medical testSame day
- Biometrics1–4 days
- Residence visa approval2–3 business days
- Emirates ID printing1 business day
- 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
- Ajman Free ZoneAED 17,171
Published package, two visas, 12 months
- Dubai mainlandAED 14,000+
Licence only · plus 5% of rent; visas priced separately
Then each year
- Licence and registration, yearly
- AED 16,900
- Establishment card, yearly
- AED 2,200
- Employment visa, every 2 years, per person
- AED 3,750