Applies to women only: Obtain husband’s approval to leave the marriage home
Agency: Home
As per Personal Status law, art. 71 and 72 the wife must seek her husband’s consent to leave the marital home. A wife may lose her maintenance if she refuses to move to the marital home, or leaves the home, or prevents her husband from entering the marital home, or refuses to travel with her husband, all without legitimate excuses (Art. 71). The law also requires a wife to be obedient to her husband, maintain the house and its belongings, and breastfeed infant children unless there is an impediment. A woman may be considered disobedient, with few exceptions, if she decides to engage in activities without her husband’s consent.
Time and cost: 1 day, no charge
Reserve a company name, notarize MoA and Apply for registration at the Department of Economic Development (DED)
Agency: Department of Economic Development
To obtain a general trading license and register an LLC, the entrepreneur must complete an online application using the Instant License service. This application is launched through the e-services website of the Dubai Department of Economic Development. Upon completion of the online application, the entrepreneur automatically receives an establishment card reference number from the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation. The entrepreneur is also automatically registered for membership at the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
The entrepreneur must carry out the following steps in the Instant License application:
- Select legal form
- Select business activities
- Add the partners according to the legal form, and identify the following points:
- Partners’ share in the Capital
- Distribution of profits and losses between the partners
- Reserve a new trade name through the following ways:
- Reserve a new trade name
- Use an automatically generated trade name which consists of the trade name reservation number
- Add the value of the Capital in the commercial register data of the Company, and the rest of the fields will be filled automatically
- An option will be shown to issue an electronic memorandum of association within the available electronic service, and the customer may choose this option or just skip it.
- A payment voucher shall be issued
- Pay the fees
Through the Instant License service, entrepreneurs have the option to sign an electronic memorandum of association in the same application. They can also skip this step, in which case they must provide a notarized MoA when it is time to renew their license after the first year.
Entrepreneurs do not need to have a company lease or location during the first year. However, when it is time to renew the license a year later, they need to submit a document proving they have a location and a lease contract.
The following fees must be paid as part of the Instant License application:
- Department of Economic Development fees: AED 600 (commercial license fee) + AED 100 (preliminary approval fee) + AED 600 (trade name reservation fee) + AED 2,000 (foreign name containing numbers fee) + AED 15,000 (general trading license issuing fee) + AED 30 (government cultural fee) + AED 30 (Innovation Dirham fee) + AED 50 (administrative services fee) + AED 350 (trade name advertisement fee)
- Dubai Municipality fees: AED 3,000 (market fee) + AED 1,000 (public waste-related services fees) + AED 80 (service improvement fees)
- Dubai Chamber of Commerce fees: AED 1,200
- Ministry of Economy fees: AED 3,000
- Local trade license fees: AED 100
- Commercial License – Tejari fees: AED 200
Total fees: AED 27,340
Time and cost: Less than 1 day (online procedure), see procedure details
Register native workers with the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratization and with the General Authority for Pension and Social Security
Agency: Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratization
According to Ministerial decree No 1215/2005, native workers must be registered with the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratization and with the General Authority for Pension and Social Security
The following documents are required for submission during this registration:
- 3 copies of the employment contract;
- A copy of employer’s passport;
- A copy of the trading license;
- A proof that the worker is a UAE citizen.
Time and cost: 3 days, no charge
