Straight answers on setting up in the UAE
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Free Zone Visa Quota: How Many Visas Your Package Really Includes
Visa quota is tied to workspace, not headcount you wish for. How the allocation actually works, and how to avoid paying for an upgrade later.
Ali Jasim··10 min read Industry Playbooks
How to Start an IT or Software Company in Dubai
The professional licence, free zone choices and rare extra approvals behind starting an IT or software company in Dubai.
Ali Jasim··10 min read Visas and Residency
UAE Visa Status Change Without Leaving the Country
How an in-country status change works, which visa categories qualify, which require exit and re-entry instead, and the full process.
Ali Jasim··10 min read Offshore and Holding
UAE Holding Company Structure for Asset Protection
How a UAE holding company separates ownership from operating risk, the structures available, and the real limits of what asset protection means.
Ali Jasim··11 min read Company Formation
Memorandum of Association in the UAE: What It Is and Why It Matters
The MOA is the founding document of your UAE LLC. What it must include, how it is notarised, and the clauses that cause disputes later.
Ali Jasim··10 min read Trade Licences and Activities
E-commerce Licence in Dubai: Selling Online Legally
What an e-commerce licence covers, which jurisdiction fits an online store, and the real steps, VAT rules and cost for selling online in the UAE.
Ali Jasim··10 min read Corporate Tax and VAT
Corporate Tax for Free Zone Companies: The 0% Conditions Explained
Free zone companies are not automatically exempt from corporate tax. The Qualifying Free Zone Person conditions, qualifying income, and what breaks the 0% rate.
Ali Jasim··10 min read Free Zones
Free Zone Company Renewal in the UAE: Costs and the Deadline Trap
Renewal is not optional and the grace period is shorter than most founders assume. What actually renews, what it costs, and how the deadline trap works.
Ali Jasim··10 min read Banking and Finance
Opening a UAE Bank Account for a Free Zone Company
What makes opening a bank account for a UAE free zone company different, the extra scrutiny to expect, and how to prepare for it properly.
Ali Jasim··10 min read Visas and Residency
How to Cancel a UAE Residence Visa the Right Way
The correct order to cancel a UAE residence visa, who can cancel it, the grace period that follows, and what happens if you skip steps.
Ali Jasim··10 min read Industry Playbooks
How to Start a Trading Company in Dubai
The commercial licence, general trading option, customs registration and warehouse choices behind a Dubai trading company.
Ali Jasim··10 min read Compliance and UAE Law
The UAE Compliance Calendar: Deadlines That Carry Fines
Every recurring UAE compliance deadline in one place: licence renewal, corporate tax, VAT, ESR, UBO, WPS and visa cycles, and how to calendar them.
Ali Jasim··11 min readKnow your exact setup cost
Guides give you the lay of the land. The calculator gives you your number, itemised to the fils, from our real price book.