Request to Issue Trade license

Service Description

It is a service requested by the customer to obtain an official approved document through which he can start practicing business activities legally in the emirate. During this service, the customer can issue a memorandum of association or a service agent contract according to the legal form that is previously specified in the initial approval.

Types of trade licenses:

Normal License: It requires the existence of a Memorandum of Association (that can be obtained either electronically or manually) and a site lease contract.

Instant License: It is issued in just one step and within five minutes for a group of activities that do not need external approvals with the option to issue a memorandum of association and a virtual site for the first year. The below bundle services are issued simultaneously with this license:

Dubai chamber membership membership for commercial activities
The establishment card from the general directorate of Residency and Foreign Affairs
The establishment card from The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratization where the customer receives a text message approving the opening of the establishment card and opening an automatic file for the employment of 3 employees. This license is available for the following legal forms:

Limited Liability Company (L.L.C)
Limited liability company Single owner (L.L.C – SO)
Sole Establishment
Civil company

DED trader license: It is a sole establishment license that can be obtained by Dubai home-based businesses issued with the trade name. It can be applied through “Invest in Dubai” platform with a fee of AED 1070 (license fees and knowledge and innovation fees) + AED 300 (Dubai Chamber membership fees).

Beneficiary

Business community
Public Relations Officer and Company Incorporation Consultant

Service Structure and Type

Subsidiary
Procedural

Service Times

Invest in Dubai 24/7
Service Centers

Expected Service Completion Time

Normal License: 10 minutes/normal
Instant license: five minutes
DED trader license: five minutes

Expected Waiting Time

7 minutes

Service fees

License registration fee: AED 600
Knowledge Dirham fee: AED 10
Innovation Dirham Fee: AED 10
Trade name advertisements: AED 350
Service request form: AED 50
Foreign trade name fees: from AED 1000 to AED 3000
General trading activity fees: AED 15,000
Investment activity fees: AED 15,000
Business center fees: AED 25,000
Building contracting activities fees: AED 10,000
DED trader License: AED 1070 + AED 300 Dubai Chamber fees
Intelaq license: AED 1070
Memorandum of Association fee / service agent contract:
- AED 300 for the signature of each of the parties to the document for attestation of the signatures on the document valued does not exceed one hundred thousand Dirhams.
- 0.5% of the value of the document with a maximum of AED 15,000 for attestation of the signatures on the document valued exceeds one hundred thousand Dirhams
- AED 500 to postpone the completion of the transaction after the registration to the next day as requested by one of the partners.
- AED 500 for in case if the partners signing the document in different service centers.
- AED 100 for each partner signing the document electronically.

To know the approximate fees for issuing licenses, please visit the link: https://invest.dubai.ae/en/business-setup-recommendation

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Service Channels

Requirements by company type

Branches of companies from another emirate: a letter from the parent company to open a branch/a copy of the incorporation contract/a copy of the license
Free zones branches: a copy of the commercial register

Steps to get the service

Service Centers:

Visit one of the service centers of the Dubai Economy
Send the requirements via the center's e-mail
Pay via one of the available payment methods
Obtain the license

Invest in Dubai platform:

In case the customer has an initial approval issued in advance:

Specify location details
Send legal documents such as the memorandum of association to the concerned partners in order to sign them, and this requires the registration of all partners on the platform so that they can sign electronically.
Pay via one of the available payment methods
Obtain the final license and related documents

In case the customer will issue the license but he didn’t issue the initial approval yet:

Select the main business activity (the primary activity and the additional activities)
Add the license parties and their nationalities
Select the legal form of the company
Select the license type (normal license, instant license, DED trader license)
Add the license details
Add the partners details (partners, managers and local service agent if any) such as addresses, contact information, identification numbers (Emirates ID number, passport or unified number), tasks in the company and ownership shares.
Add Ultimate Beneficiary owners
Confirm details
Pay via one of the available payment methods
Issuance of Initial Approval
Specify location details
Send legal documents such as the memorandum of association to the concerned partners in order to sign them, and this requires the registration of all partners on the platform so that they can sign electronically.
Pay via one of the available payment methods
Obtain the final license and related documents