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Formation packageUnited Arab Emirates

UAE free-zone company formation

A free-zone company where the zone is chosen deliberately: activity list, premises option and visa allocation are decided before anything is filed.

Covers
Free Zone Company
Filing authority
Free-zone licensing authority of the chosen zone
Included items
5 included · 4 optional add-ons

Scope

What is included

Each item names who performs it: ZKCAP coordination, the appointed provider, or an external authority. Open an item for its detail.

  • ZKCAP coordinates

    A structured comparison of candidate zones against your activities, premises needs and visa requirements.

  • Qualified provider

    Name reservation, licence application and incorporation documents submitted to the zone authority by a qualified provider.

  • Qualified provider

    Constitutional documents prepared in the form the zone requires.

  • ZKCAP coordinates

    The registered premises option required by the zone is put in place.

  • ZKCAP coordinates

    Where the zone package includes it, the establishment card and visa allocation process are initiated. Individual visa decisions remain with the authorities.

Optional

Add-ons

Add-ons are separate scope with their own commercial terms. They are never quietly bundled into the package.

  • Qualified provider

    Notarisation, legalisation and attested translation of corporate and personal documents where required.

  • ZKCAP coordinates

    Support with UAE corporate tax registration, delivered by a tax provider.

  • ZKCAP coordinates

    Readiness review before approaching a UAE institution.

  • Qualified provider

    An assessment of whether the licensed activity falls within economic substance scope.

Boundary

What this package does not include

Stated before you choose, not after. Each exclusion is work that a different provider, authority or advisor owns.

Documents you end up holding

  • Free-zone licence and certificate of incorporation
  • Memorandum and articles in the zone's prescribed form
  • Registered premises arrangement for the first period
  • Establishment card and visa allocation initiation where included in the zone package
  • Corporate record set in your document vault

Outside this package

  • Visa medicals, biometrics and Emirates ID decisions
  • Mainland commercial licensing
  • Corporate tax computation and filing
  • Bank account approval — the institution decides

Your inputs

What you will be asked to supply

These are collected through a resumable intake after you choose the package. Nothing is filed until the pack is complete.

Full matrix
  • Identity evidence for every beneficial owner and director

    Certified identity and address evidence for each individual who owns or controls the company, plus corporate documents where a shareholder is itself an entity.

  • Confirmed ownership and control structure

    Shareholders and holdings, manager or director appointments, and the ultimate beneficial owners the zone records.

  • Activity selection and licence type

    Each zone publishes an activity list. The selected activities determine the licence category and can restrict where the company may contract.

  • Premises arrangement inside the zone

    Zones require a registered premises option. The option chosen can affect visa allocation.

  • Economic substance and beneficial ownership filingsConditional — Scope depends on the licensed activity

    UAE entities may be in scope for economic substance notification and must maintain beneficial ownership records with the licensing authority.

  • Description of intended business activity

    A specific description of what the company will do, in which markets, and with which counterparties. Regulated or restricted activities change both the filing path and the licensing path.

Process

How this package is delivered

The registry stages are marked. Their outcome and timing belong to the authority, and the platform reports only what the authority records.

  1. Structure confirmed

    You

    You confirm the entity type, ownership and control structure, and the intended business activity. Anything that changes the filing path is surfaced here, not after payment.

  2. Intake and document collection

    You

    A structured intake collects identity evidence, structure details and the documents the registry expects. You can save and resume it.

  3. Filing pack prepared by the appointed provider

    Qualified provider

    A qualified corporate service provider prepares the constitutional documents and the filing pack, and raises information requests where something is missing.

  4. Zone and activity decision recorded

    You

    The chosen zone, licence category and premises option are recorded, because they determine what the company may lawfully do.

  5. Filed with the registry

    Qualified provider

    The filing is submitted to the free-zone licensing authority. From this point the outcome is in the authority's hands and the platform reports its state, it does not predict it.

  6. Registry processing

    External authorityOutcome not controlled by ZKCAP

    The authority reviews the filing. It may accept it, raise an objection, or ask for further information. Each of those states is shown as it happens.

  7. Incorporation outcome recorded

    External authorityOutcome not controlled by ZKCAP

    Acceptance produces the registry documents and the company record set. A rejection or objection opens a recovery path with the provider rather than ending the project.

  8. Post-formation set-up and obligations

    ZKCAP

    Company records are assembled in your vault, first-period appointments are registered, and the recurring obligations become tracked deadlines.

After completion

Obligations that begin once the company exists

Formation is the start of a maintenance cycle. These become tracked deadlines in your workspace.

  • Free-zone licence and premises renewal

    Periodic, set by the zone

    The licence, the establishment card and the premises arrangement are renewed with the zone authority. Lapses can suspend company operations and visas.

    Authority
    Free-zone licensing authority
    Who keeps this obligation on trackpending BR-24

  • Corporate tax registration and filing

    Annual filing cycle

    UAE corporate tax obligations follow from registration and the licensed activity.

    Authority
    Federal Tax Authority
    Who keeps this obligation on trackpending BR-24

  • Economic substance notification and reporting where in scope

    Annual where in scope

    In-scope activities require notification and, where relevant, a substance report.

    Authority
    Relevant UAE regulatory authority
    Who keeps this obligation on trackpending BR-24

  • Beneficial ownership register upkeep

    On change of ownership or control

    Ownership and control changes must be updated with the licensing authority.

    Authority
    Free-zone licensing authority
    Who keeps this obligation on trackpending BR-24

Commercial terms

These values are set by business decisions that have not been taken yet. The platform shows the gap rather than an estimate, so nothing here can be mistaken for a quoted figure.

How this package is bought
Price presentation
Authority and government charges
Indicative timeline

Next

What usually follows

  • Banking readiness

    A new entity normally needs an account before it can trade. A readiness review first avoids an avoidable decline.

    Banking

  • Corporate maintenance

    Registers, filings and statutory roles can be handled continuously by a verified provider.

    Providers here

  • Compare structures

    If the entity type is still open, compare the published structures before committing to a filing.

    Compare

Nothing is charged at this step.

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