Открытие бизнеса в ОАЭ

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ОАЭ является одним из наиболее привлекательных мест для открытия и ведения бизнеса. Для ведения бизнеса в ОАЭ необходимо открытие компании и это возможно в одной из трех форм:

• Открытие компании так сказать в самой стране (onshore)
• Открытие в свободной экономической зоне
• Открытие в оффшоре

 

Открытие резидентской компании является самым невыгодным, так как в данном случае доля иностранного инвестора составляет максимум 49%, а 51% должен принадлежать гражданину ОАЭ. На практике данный гражданин, или как там их называют “локалы” просто получает определенную свою долю от прибыли и как правило не влияет на ведение бизнеса.

 

В связи с этим наиболее благоприятным и выгодным решением является открытие бизнеса в одной из свободных экономических зонах, которых в ОАЭ насчитывается более 45, и достаточно много специализированных зон, о которых я буду говорить в своих дальнейших постах.

 

В случае если кто-то будет заинтересован в создании бизнеса в ОАЭ обращайтесь. Сам некоторое время работал в Дубае, в связи с чем имеются контакты фирмы оказывающие поддержку в создании компаний в ОАЭ.

 

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AJMAN FREE ZONE

1. BACKGROUND

Ajman Free Zone, established in 1988, and was granted autonomous status under the Amiri decree No. 3 of 1996 issued by H.H. Sheikh Humaid Bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Ruler of Ajman. The formation of the Free Zone Authority in 1996 has given great impetus to industrial activity in the Free Zone which has resulted in quadruple growth in the number of companies during the last few years. Ajman Free Zone continues to develop its infrastructure and provides competitive privileges and facilities.

 

Strategically situated at the entrance of the Arabian Gulf, Ajman Free Zone is well placed to serve the eastern and western markets. It is the only downtown Free Zone strategically located in the UAE, i.e. close to major commercial cities providing an excellent access to the other Emirates. Extremely efficient international road network connects the Ajman Free Zone to Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Kuwait and beyond to Europe.

 

2. INCENTIVES

• 100% foreign ownership
• Exemption from import and export duties
• Exemption from corporate/ personal income taxes
• Repatriation of capital and profits
• Resident visa for the investors and their families

 

3. TYPES OF LICENSES

There are various packages available including different installment options depending on the type of office requirements – smart offices, executive offices and warehouses:

• General Trading / Trade License
• E-Commerce License
• Service License
• Industrial License

 

4. FACILITIES

• Smart Office- Small individual space with table & chair (eligible for 2 residence visas)
• Executive office- Office provided with telephone line, fax line, P.O. Box address and network connection (eligible for 5 residence visas)
• Warehouses- World class infrastructure new warehouses have been made for investors (eligible for residence visas as per Company’s activity)
• Business Center- opportunity to utilize state of the art facilities with security through access cards

Edited November 22, 2019 by Guest

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DUBAI AIRPORT FREE ZONE (DAFZA)

1. BACKGROUND

Dubai Airport Free Zone (DAFZA) was established in 1996 and is wholly owned by the government of Dubai. DAFZA is one of the fastest growing free zones in the region and aims to become a key contributor to Dubai’s economic diversification and development, as well as attract more foreign investors and leading multinational companies from all over the world. DAFZA is home to over 1600 international companies from various industry sectors, including aviation industry, pharmaceutical products, logistics & freight, jewelry, IT and mobile phones accessories.

 

DAFZA is located within the boundary of Dubai International Airport. The total size of the zone is 696,000 sq. meters. It provides all facilities required by multinational companies worldwide to establish their regional offices, capture business opportunities available in the neighboring markets having over 2 billion consumers.

 

In 2010, DAFZA was ranked 1st in the Middle East and 2nd in the World Free Zone of the Future by Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Magazine, published by The Financial Times Ltd.

 

2. INCENTIVES

• 100% foreign ownership
• 100% corporate/personal tax exemption
• 100% import & export Tax exemption
• 100% repatriation of capital and profits
• No customs duty
• Eligibility for residence visa
• Shorter Cargo Clearance Services
• Cold-storage warehouses

 

3. TYPES OF LICENSES:

• General Trading / Trade License
• Service License
• Industrial License

 

4. FACILITIES

• Standard offices: DAFZA offers a wide range of high quality, free-sized offices, available for rent on an annual basis – including coworking spaces, serviced offices, and packages
• Light Industrial Units (LIU): High quality, thermally insulated, purpose-built units are available for rent on an annual basis. Investors are allowed to choose between using their LIU as either, a warehouse for storage and distribution, or as a factory for assembly and light production
• Business and conference facilities: conference rooms, lecture hall, business lounge, presentation equipment

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DUBAI INTERNET CITY (DIC)

1. BACKGROUND

Established in 2000, Dubai Internet City (DIC) has emerged as Middle East and North Africa’s largest Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Business Park. Its numbers have swollen to become a host to local and international companies.

 

The global ICT giants like Facebook, LinkedIn, Google, Dell, Microsoft, Oracle Corporation, Tata Consultancy, SAP, HP, IBM, Dell, Siemens, Canon, Logica, Sony Ericsson, Schlumberger and Cisco, as well as many small and medium enterprises and entrepreneurial ventures are based in DIC. The ICT cluster in Dubai Internet City comprises companies from sectors like software development, business services, e-commerce, consultancy and sales and marketing.

 

DIC is regulated by an independent government body, Dubai Creative Clusters Authority (‘DCCA’) which is responsible for the establishment and registration of companies in the free zone. DCCA develops and implements transparent regulations, in accordance with international standards, which ensure that the companies operating in the free zone can compete effectively and globally.

 

2. INCENTIVES

• 100% foreign ownership
• 100% import and export tax exemption
• 100% corporate/ personal income tax exemption
• 100% repatriation of capital and profits
• No customs duties, assessments or tolls
• Eligibility for a residence visa
• Digital voice and high speed data service offered at competitive rates
• Metro Ethernet environment
• Communications infrastructure based on next-generation technologies

 

3. TYPES OF LICENSES

• Commercial License
• Freelance Permit – offers the ability to operate as a freelance professional. The Permit identifies the investor as a sole practitioner and enables him to conduct business in his birth name as opposed to a brand name

 

4. FACILITIES

• Commercial office: state of the art commercial offices, suited for all business types having an innovative design that offers easy communication between the operational, administration and decision-making entities of the business- and has over 25 buildings- with low-rise, mid-rise and high-rise options to choose from
• Land: offers tailored land plots for both sale and lease in areas with infrastructural provisions of road, power, water, telecommunications and sewerage. DIC’s land offerings give businesses the flexibility of designing and constructing office spaces exactly the way they need
• First Steps Business Centre- are short-term and long-term office space leasing arrangements with minimum commitment and sunk costs, minimizing the costs associated with entering a new market and has flexible spaces with great amenities that businesses need
• Conference facilities: offers a variety of modern meeting and conference room facilities. Out venues setting are perfectly suited for senior executive meetings, work lunches, training, conferences, etc.

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DUBAI KNOWLEDGE VILLAGE (DKV)

1. BACKGROUND

Dubai Knowledge Village (DKV) launched in September 2003, provides an advanced infrastructure and environment for a variety of organizations to create and disseminate knowledge. DKV is a vibrant, connected learning community that develops the region’s talent pool and accelerate its move to the knowledge economy. This new education and training hub also complements the Free Zone’s other two clusters: Dubai Internet City, as the IT hub, and Dubai Media City, as the media hub.

 

DKV is an educational free trade zone campus in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates and is the world’s only Free Zone area dedicated to Human Resource Management and learning excellence. It has over 400 institutions operating within it, which includes universities, training centers, professional centers and HR companies.

 

The Free Zone is regulated by an independent government body, Dubai Creative Clusters Authority (‘DCCA’) who is responsible for the establishment and registration of companies in Dubai Internet City. DCCA develops and implements transparent regulations, in accordance with international standards, which ensure that the companies operating in the Free Zone can compete effectively, globally.

 

2. INCENTIVES

• 100% foreign ownership
• 100% import and export tax exemption
• 100% corporate/ personal income tax exemption
• 100% repatriation of capital and profits
• Eligibility for residence visa
• No customs duties, assessments or tolls
• State of the art technical and community infrastructure to support and foster the growth of the cluster
• Work campus dedicated to the industry for businesses across industry to interact and collaborate effectively

 

3. TYPES OF LICENSES

• DKV License can be obtained as a Free Zone Limited Liability Company (FZ-LLC), with natural or corporate shareholder(s) or as a Branch of a foreign/ UAE Company
• Freelance Permit – offers the ability to operate as a freelance professional. The Permit identifies the investor as a sole practitioner and enables the investor to conduct business in their birth name as opposed to a brand name

 

4. FACILITIES

• Commercial Offices: office/ floor spaces which usually are core and shell and left for investors to fit out and furnish their office to suit their business requirements.
• Executive Office: furnished with one executive desk and chair, visitor chairs, a storage cabinet and pedestal. Typical office sizes range from 100 to 250 sq ft.
• Executive Suite: a full-fledged furnished office environment, within the business centre, which includes an executive office, a private reception area and a small meeting room for six persons.
• Retail space and Kiosks are available for companies offering support services such as newsagents, restaurants, vending machines, pharmacies, etc.

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DUBAI MEDIA CITY (DMC)

1. BACKGROUND

Dubai Media City (DMC) was built by the Dubai government to establish UAE’s media foothold. Since its official opening in 2001, it has fast become a regional hub for media organizations including news agencies, publishing, online media, advertising, production, and broadcast facilities. The business park offers an environment for media companies and individuals to operate with collective synergy and freedom while enjoying value added services such as networking opportunities, venue management services, industry building programs and government services. DMC has become a major hub with more around 1,500 companies being registered under the Free Zone, from where they serve the entire region, with around 142 nationalities and 25000+ workforce.

 

DMC is regulated by an independent government body, Dubai Creative Clusters Authority (‘DCCA’) which is responsible for the establishment and registration of companies in the free zone. DCCA develops and implements transparent regulations, in accordance with international standards, which ensure that the companies operating in the free zone can compete effectively and globally.

 

2. INCENTIVES

• 100% foreign ownership
• 100% import and export tax exemption
• 100% corporate/ personal income tax exemption
• 100% repatriation of capital and profits
• No customs duties, assessments or tolls
• Eligibility for residence visa
• Quick access to Knowledge Workers due to fast-track immigration process
• 24-hour visa service
• A unique cluster environment where businesses across the industry value chain share a work campus dedicated to their industry, and can interact and collaborate effectively
• One-stop-shop service that provides business partners with a variety of government services , including licensing, visa, traffic and postal services

 

3. TYPES OF LICENSES

• DMC License can be obtained as a Free Zone Limited Liability Company (FZ-LLC), with natural or corporate shareholder(s) or as a Branch of a foreign/ UAE Company
• Freelance Permit – offers the ability to operate as a freelance professional. The Permit identifies the investor as a sole practitioner and enables him to conduct business in his birth name as opposed to a brand name.

 

4. FACILITIES

• Shell and core offices: office with area ranging from 700 – 2000 sq ft.ranging from AED 95 per sq ft. to AED 190 per sq ft.- visa quotas are 1 per 80 sq ft.
• Small Executive offices: these are available within the business center starting from AED 72,000 (max of 3 visas) and upto AED 188,000 (7 visas)

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DUBAI MULTI COMMODITIES CENTRE (DMCC)

1. BACKGROUND

The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) was established in 2002, with a mandate to provide the physical, market and financial infrastructure required to set up a commodities market place in Dubai. It offers a unique opportunity for market participants in a wide range of commodities industries in four broad sectors including precious commodities (gold, diamonds, coloured stones and pearls), energy related sectors (Liquid Natural Gas (LNG), reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, and development of oil storage infrastructure and plastics), Steel and Base metals and Soft agricultural commodities (tea, cotton and others).

 

DMCC is the master developer and licensing authority for the Jumeirah Lakes Towers (JLT) Free Zone, one of the largest mixed use free zone developments in Dubai. Situated in the heart of new dubai and serviced by two metro stations within the community, the JLT free zone is located on Sheikh Zayed Road, the main arterial connecting Dubai and Abu Dubai, and in close proximity to Jebel Ali Free Zone and ports, Al Maktoum International Airport, and Dubai Logistics Corridor.

 

Rated ‘A’ by Standard & Poor’s, the world’s foremost provider of independent credit ratings, DMCC is a free zone authority offering 100% business ownership, a guaranteed 50 year tax holiday and freehold property options.

 

Until January 2014, the DMCC Authority offered two types of licenses: DMCC and JLT. DMCC Free Zone companies operate in the commodities and related sectors, while JLT Free Zone companies operate across non-commodities related sectors. From February 2014, the authority licenses all activities under the one DMCC license. All companies previously licensed under the JLT license will progressively transfer to a DMCC license.

 

2. INCENTIVES

100% import and export tax exemption

• 100% foreign ownership
• 100% corporate/ personal income tax exemption
• 100% repatriation of capital and profits
• No customs duty
• Eligibility for residence visa
• Preferential freight rates
• No foreign exchange controls or barriers to entry
• Offers freehold commercial and residential property
• Property prices are some of the most competitive in the market
• Single window clearances (licensing, immigration, etc.)

 

3. TYPES OF LICENSES:

DMCC offers the following types of Licenses-

• Trade License
• Service License
• Industrial License

 

4. FACILITIES

• Flexi-Desk (sharing) and Full time Desk Service (up to 3 visas)- shared and networked workstations. Flexi Desks are available for 4 hours a week and a maximum of 16 hours a month, which are ideal for self-employed businessmen, small businesses or professionals newly entering the UAE market or not requiring a permanent office space.
• Serviced Office (up to 4 to 5 visas)- These are fully serviced offices available on an annual rent basis
• Physical Office for lease / sale are available starting from AED 80 sq. ft. per year and AED 700 sq. ft. respectively
• Warehouses- are available with DMCC’s partner- The Box Self Storage
• Land- JLT is already developed. However, a limited number of land plots are still available for development.

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FUJAIRAH CREATIVE CITY (FCC)

1. BACKGROUND

Creative City is completely a new media innovation cluster and an addition to the media-hubs in the region after Dubai Media City and twofour54 of Abu Dhabi. The Creative City is targeting smaller players who are trying to establish new businesses or benefit from a new location for their existing operations.

 

Creative City, having 40,000 sq. meters of dedicated land area, will complement existing media clusters in the region, and further facilitate creativity in all fields, for both freelancers as well as companies in a variety of specialties, such as training, media production, media services and technology.

 

Fujairah Creative City is managed by Fujairah Culture and Media Authority under the chairmanship of His Highness Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamad Al Sharqi and operated by Fujairah Media.

 

2. INCENTIVES

• A cost-effective alternative to other media hubs in the region
• Lowest operating costs
• Business-friendly regulations
• Art Production equipment
• High tech communication facilities
• 100% foreign ownership
• 100% income and corporate tax exemption
• 100% capital & profits repatriation

 

3. TYPES OF LICENSES

FCC offers different types of Licenses as follows-

• Commercial License
• Single Owner Commercial License – for all individual start-up owner
• Free Lancer – enables you to operate as a freelance professional offering a service from a variety of business activities available at Creative City. Freelancer package provides you with an opportunity to sponsor your family, hire staff, open a bank account and have a company name.
• These licenses can be obtained for a variety of activities including-
• Publishing
• Management of broadcasting
• Marketing & Media Services
• Music & Entertainment
• Consultancy
• Broadcasting
• Production/Post production/Filming
• Information Technology Service
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4. FACILITIES:

• Business Center- a modern fully- equipped office solution which is cost-effective- 24*7 access, meeting room access, Wi-Fi and LAN, Receptionist, etc.
• Furnished Offices- provides an instant fully furnished office solution with multiple packages
• Fitted Offices- affordable various sized open planned office space to create your own office

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JEBEL ALI FREE ZONE AUTHORITY (JAFZA)

1. BACKGROUND

Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority (JAFZA) was established in 1985. Being one of the world’s largest and the fastest growing free zones, it is a leading driver of the burgeoning UAE economy. It has a business climate where ambitions of an investor have opportunities to grow to any length. JAFZA has successfully been attracting investors in all business sectors from all over the world by sheer force of its unique value added offerings and propositions.

 

It is the leading business hub of the Middle East and it focuses on long-term customer relationships and foster alliances with global investors by providing them with world class infrastructure supported with value-added services and incentives. JAFZA’s deep commitment to service excellence has enabled it to gain ISO 9001:2000 certification in 1996, making it the world’s first ISO certified free zone.

 

JAFZA stands for innovation, customer centricity, transparent operations and entrepreneurial dynamism and has an impeccable track record. JAFZA has a vibrant networking atmosphere where new relationships and opportunities present themselves with refreshing regularity.

 

2. INCENTIVES

• 100% foreign ownership
• 100% import and export tax exemption
• 100% corporate/ personal income tax exemption
• 100% repatriation of capital and profits
• No customs duties, assessments or tolls
• Eligibility for obtaining resident visa
• Support service from Dubai Ports Authority’s two modern terminal
• In-house e-business support “Dubai Trade Portal”
• On-site chamber of commerce, international banks, insurance companies, consultancies, etc
• Access to abundant energy makes it viable for investors to make production
• An entity that has built its own facility may mortgage its premises to a bank or finance company for some of its debts or liabilities

 

3. TYPES OF LICENSES:

• Trading License- To carry out trading activities
• Industrial License- To carry out manufacturing activities
• Service License- To carry out services activities
• E-commerce License- To carry out buying and selling of goods and services over electronic networks via any electronic means
• National Industrial License- To carry out manufacturing activities at least 51% of the ownership is of national(s) of a GCC country
• Innovation License- To carry out development if new products and services
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4. FACILITIES

• Standard Warehouse: offers pre-built facilities for warehouses and factories to investors to meet their needs for high quality storage and light manufacturing. These warehouses are thermally insulated purpose-built units available on a rental basis and are fitted with office space
• Build-to-suit Warehouse: customized as per the investor’s specifications
• Offices: lease any area of office space as desired, from a floor in a high rise to an entire building
• Office space can be tailored to suit the specific requirements of the businesses with value-added features like payer room, 24-hour security with CCTV, broadband internet and telephone ready, amenities, common / covered/ open parking facilities, etc.
• JAFZA One: is JAFZA’s flagship commercial property, a premium ‘one-stop-shop’ business facility, designed to satisfy a comprehensive range of corporate requirements, with the Hotel – a luxury accommodation of 320-rooms, 11 conference and meeting rooms, convention centre and exhibition hall, and a 600-seat auditorium that can be divided into two separate smaller venues
• Land: ready infrastructure plots of various sizes to construct one’s own facilities such as warehouses, factories or offices
• On-site residential: an accommodation within JAFZA which is provided for company employees that are established within the zone. Its proximity and facilities such as recreational activities, supermarkets and restaurants provide an ideal environment for the investor and his employees