The questions that arrive every day

There is no single number, and be wary of anyone who gives you one. The cost has two parts we never mix: the official fees, which we pass through at the exact amount with the receipt in your name, and our fee, stated separately. The total depends on the activity, the structure and the number of visas. Our calculator shows the breakdown line by line.

Not to open it. To obtain residence and an Emirates ID, yes — you must be present for the medical test and the biometrics, which usually takes a few days. Much of the process is done remotely.

No. The United Arab Emirates are not party to the Hague Apostille Convention. Every foreign document goes through the full consular legalisation chain: notary, national authentication, UAE consulate and attestation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here. Anyone who offers you “apostille for Dubai” either does not know the rule or is not telling you the truth.

No. The steps in your home country — notary, authentication and the UAE consulate — must be completed before you fly. It is the rule that most often derails people who travel unprepared.

No, and that belief is expensive. There is 9% corporate tax on profits above the threshold, VAT at 5%, and registration deadlines with fines attached. What does not exist is personal income tax on salary. Treating “no income tax” as “no tax” is how companies end up with penalties.

No, and nobody can. We arrange the account through a third party, but the bank decides on its own criteria. What we do is prepare the file the way the analyst expects to receive it — which improves the odds and guarantees nothing.

Yes. Having wealth in digital assets is not an obstacle to opening a company here, and the origin of funds is documented the same way as any other — that documentation is a legal requirement on us, not a preference.

No. The Central Bank’s Payment Token Services Regulation does not allow a business in the UAE to accept virtual assets as payment for goods or services, except a licensed Dirham Payment Token. No licence cures this, and a firm that accepts it is telling you how it treats rules.

No. We are documents clearing, activity 8299.85. Legal advice and tax representation require their own licence. When your case needs them, we refer you to a licensed firm and tell you we are referring you. They invoice you directly and pay us nothing.

The part that depends on us has a predictable rhythm. The part that depends on an authority is not ours to promise, and we do not promise it — we publish the official timeline and show the real status. A firm that guarantees a government deadline is guaranteeing something it does not control.

It depends on the deadline, and the amount is in the official table — not in our opinion. This is exactly why the panel shows the calendar with the cost of missing each item, and why we warn at 90, 60, 30 and 7 days.

Yes. We answer in Portuguese, English, Spanish and Arabic. Portuguese and Spanish are the rare part: Dubai’s Chamber of Digital Economy ran seventeen international missions in 2025 and none in Latin America.

A private, verifiable meeting: dinners and closed gatherings between verified business owners, by niche, by declared interest, or at random. Everyone at the table has already been through the verification that the law requires of us as a corporate service provider — and no ordinary networking club can say that.

No. Lawyer, accountant, hotel, agency — they all invoice you directly and pay us nothing. Our compensation comes from you, and only from you. It is the line on the invoice.

Passport and Emirates ID are personal data. They are stored encrypted, every access is logged with author, date and reason, and they are deleted when the case closes and the legal retention period ends. The security page explains exactly where they live and who can see them.