Facilities:

Office space: Fujairah creative city provides office space according to the needs of the entrepreneur. There is an availability of 12 visas on this package. These offices are designed to startup a business fast and smooth with competitive rates.

Baby Business: This is an easy company set-up process for small business at minimal cost. To operate a business effectively in the UAE up to 6 visas are provided with office desk facility.

Freelancer:  Fujairah Creative City provides freelancer license to operate as a professional freelancer with the variety of business activity. The facilities like sponsoring family, hiring staff, opening a bank account and having a company name are provided with office desk.

Commercial: All Startup owners who want to start the business in easy, fast and simple steps and without visa Commercial license package could be fruitful.

Advantages  

• 100% tax free
• Dubai facsimile services.
• Flexible business packages.
• 100 % ownership of the business.
• Document Courier service available.
• 100% repetition of capital and profits.
• Meeting and conference room Access.
• Successful professional business environment.
• Prestige Dubai Business Address & Main Office in Fujairah.
• Attractive business fields such as media, consulting, events, design, marketing, music, etc.

Process/Timeline Title

Day 1: Submit completed and signed application forms along with the requirements from the shareholder(s) and make payment.

Day 5: Trade License released by the Free Zone and scanned copy of the original will be sent to you via email.

You may start operating your Company from this point. Application for Pre-Approval is submitted.

Day 6: Original Trade License, Articles of Incorporation, Certificate of Incorporation, Share Certificate, Lease Agreement (if applicable) are issued and ready for collection at Trust Genic Office.

Day 15: Security pre-approval is obtained from Immigration to proceed with the Immigration card application.

Day 23: Company Immigration card issued. E-channel registration is launched (if payment is made) and you may apply for your visa once registration is completed.

Day 23: Complete and submit visa application forms and supporting documents and passport copy photos to Trust Genic Office.

Day 33: Entry Visa issued (Pink Colored Visa) and a copy emailed to you.

 If you are outside the country when your entry visa is issued, you will need to enter the country on your new entry visa, you will NOT be allowed to enter the country on a tourist visa or visit visa or visa on arrival.

Day 33: Collect your original Pink Colored Entry Visa from Trust Genic office  and carry out change of status (In/Out Stamp) either by exiting and re-entering the country border (if applicable), or by submitting your passport and payment to Trust Genic office to carry out the same without having to leave the country.

Day 36: Proceed to Al Baraha Hospital in Dubai for your Emirates ID Card process followed by your medical test if this is your first visa and first Emirates ID, you will need to carry out your Emirates ID Card process in Fujairah.

If you have done your change of status yourself by exiting country then following day you can proceed for medical and Emirates ID process.

Day 39: Collect medical test results from Al Baraha Hospital and deliver the same to Trust Genic Office  along with your passport, completed signed and stamped original employment contract, Emirates ID Card receipt, entry visa (with change of status stamp) along with 8 alternate passport size photos on white background,  which will be submitted to Immigration for residency stamping.

Day 49: Passport with stamped residency visa available for collection at Trust Genic Management Consultancy.

Please Note:

• Above mentioned Time Frame is subjected to working days only not the calendar date.
• Day 1 of your license application is from the time of receiving the timeline from Trust Genic.
• If pre-approval (security approval) required for establishment card or visa please add 10 to 15 days.
• The above timelines are collated based on the average processing times and hence are not exact and in reality may be shorter or longer.
• The indicated days on timeframe may be subject to delay during periods in and around Ramadan, days of mourning, Eid and other National and Religious Holidays.
• The indicated timelines commence upon realization of payment.
• There may be chances of delay in case of additional documents required or addition inquiry needed by any government authorities. 

General Note

• Any documents or application handed into our office are a drop off and pick up point only, no document clearing or document processing takes place in Office.
• The quoted prices are subject to adjustments in compliance with any act of government or Free Zone Authority and are stated in UAE Dirhams. All prices are subject to change without notice. Trust Genic reserves the right to add to the sales price of a trade license and associated service fees, an amount equivalent to any new taxes or variations of same, as imposed by the government or Free Zone Authorities. These additional taxes and/or fees will be clearly outlined at the initial point of payment or will be invoiced retrospectively.
• Any payments received by Trust Genic towards any product or service are non-refundable unless agreed otherwise. This condition is valid even if the payment received isn’t for the full amount of the service or product subscribed for and/or the customer has yet to provide Trust Genic with all the correct documentary requirements for said product or service and/or their application is rejected by the licensing authority for any reason.
• Day 1 of your license application is from the time of receiving the timeline from Trust Genic.
• Any regular mail received will be kept for 30 calendar days and will be discarded thereafter if not collected.
• Should you subscribe to PO BOX with Empost for your company, you will not be able to cancel the PO BOX unless you also close down your company.
• All procedures, timelines and costs are valid at the time of going to print, however may become subject to change without notice.
• Please note the prices quoted in this proposal are specific to the products and services mentioned, they do not include any ancillary services i.e. driving license transfers, liquor license, dependents visas etc. – please contact us if you would like pricing and procedures for ?the same.
• Access to our banking directory, Trust Genic will simply provide a list of banking contacts, after which the onus is on the client to contact the banking representative directly and organize a meeting at a time and venue of the client and banking representative’s choosing. Trust Genic aren’t involved beyond providing the list of banking contacts, furthermore Trust Genic do not provide any assurances that the company bank account will be successfully opened or how long it will take for the bank account to be opened, the onus is on the client to liaise with the banking representative and satisfy the requirements and protocols of the bank in order to successfully open and maintain their company bank account. Also, note that the client is not obliged to open their company bank account through our banking contacts, and is free to utilize their own banking accounts at any bank of their choosing.
• You will NOT be able to open your company bank account in absent of any partners/shareholders – all relevant parties will need to be physically present in the UAE when meeting with the banker.

License

• Please note the registered address for your new company will be Creative Tower, P.O. Box 4422, Fujairah as per what will appear on your Trade License and what will feature on your company stamp and furthermore should be used on all official company correspondence i.e. contracts, invoices etc.
• If you would like to amend your Trade License from 1 individual shareholder (FZE) to more than 1 individual shareholder or a corporate ?shareholder (FZ LLC) the amendment charges will apply. Please contact us for charges and more information.
• The words ‘Dubai’, ‘Abu Dhabi’, ‘Sharjah’, ‘RAK’, ‘Ras Al Khaimah’, ‘Ajman’, ‘Fujairah’, ‘Umm Al-Quwain’, ‘UAE’, ‘Emirates’, ‘Limited’ or ‘Ltd, Financial cannot be used in Company Names, neither can the words ‘Islam’, ‘Islamic’ or any other words related to any religion. other words like ‘‘Bomb’, ‘Import’, ‘Export’ or ‘Manufacturing’ also cannot be used.
• If you select the business activities ‘Legal Consultancy’, ’Accounting & Auditing Consultancy’ and ‘Education Consultancy & Training’, you will need to submit your original attested degree certificate in order to process the application for the company Trade License.
• Company Immigration Card (electronic) is retained by the Free Zone and a copy can be provided to you upon request.
• You may not downgrade your license option i.e. from Baby Business to Freelancer to Company license or any combination of the same.
• Should you fail to renew your trade license at 45 days prior to its expiry, all services from Free Zone will be suspended. You will not able to apply for any visa or NOC etc. until you carry out renewal. Further you will be charged a penalty of AED 105 per day after the day of expires until you either renew or complete the closing/cancellation procedure, you will be liable to pay any applicable government fees. (Closing/ cancelling fees and late for closing/cancelling after the expiry date of license, or late fees for renewing your license after the expiry date of the license) for the same.
• In addition to the relevant late renewal penalties imposed by the Free Zone, the cancellation fees also apply to expired licenses.
• Companies registered with Fujairah Creative City Free Zone, part of Fujairah Media, are permitted to carry out business activities with companies within the Free Zone or with companies with other Free Zone in the UAE or with companies outside the UAE. Should the company wish to contact business Government entities or local companies within the UAE they should either establish a local branch office or transact through a local commercial agent or check with the related authorities.
• Under the Commercial License only setup option all shareholders need to be individuals.
• The other company shareholders (i.e. excluding the shareholder who took up the position of ‘person in charge’) or company employees or company officers wishing to take up UAE residency and to be employed in a Managerial position (i.e. Marketing Manager, Operations Manager, Sales Manager etc.) will need to submit their original degree certificate attested from the country of origin as well as from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the UAE and legally translated into Arabic. Furthermore, please note in order to obtain ‘visa on arrival’ to GCC countries it is necessary to hold a Managerial Position on your visa.
• The maximum number of Managerial Designations per company is 3.
• The other company shareholders (i.e. excluding the shareholder who took up the position of ‘person in charge’) who don’t hold attested degree certificates, may still apply for a visa on the company, but will only be able to apply for administrative related positions or that of a Sales or Marketing Representative.

A FREE ZONE ESTABLISHMENT (FZE)

A new business entity established in Fujairah Creative City with 1 shareholder is intended to FZE.

1. Passport copy valid for 6 month.
2. Passport size photograph.
3. Entry stamp page copy (or) entry visa copy if the applicant is on visit visa.
4. Three proposed name for new company setup in Fujairah Creative City.
5. Signed  Company Incorporation Form (Will be provided by Trust Genic office)

A FREE ZONE COMPANY (FZ LLC)

A new business entity established in Fujairah Creative City with 2 or more then 2 shareholders is intended to FZ LLC.

1. Passport copy valid for 6 month.
2. Passport size photograph
3. Entry stamp page copy (or) entry visa copy if the applicant is on visit visa
4. Three proposed name for new company setup in Fujairah Creative City.
5. Signed  Company Incorporation Form (Will be provided by Trust Genic office).

A BRANCH OF A LOCAL COMPANY

Creative City Fujairah provides the local company branch license to local companies having the valid license issued by a UAE license authority and intending to open a branch inside the free zone.

1. Passport copy valid for 6 month.
2. Passport size photograph
3. Original valid trade license
4. Original Trade Register Certificate
5. Original Certificate of membership
6. Board Resolution

A BRANCH OF A FOREIGN COMPANY

Creative City Fujairah provides the Foreign Company Branch license to foreign companies established outside UAE and intending to open a branch or representative office by which they can practice business.?

1. A certificate of Incorporation of the parent company
2. A copy of Memorandum of the company.
3. Original Certificate of membership
4. A valid passport copy for the representative or manager of the company
5. Passport size photograph

Note: For foreign companies the documents of the parent company shall be attested by the UAE Embassy in the concerned country and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the UAE.

General Note

• Any documents or application handed into our office are a drop off and pick up point only, no document clearing or document processing takes place in Office.
• The quoted prices are subject to adjustments in compliance with any act of government or Free Zone Authority and are stated in UAE Dirhams. All prices are subject to change without notice. Trust Genic reserves the right to add to the sales price of a trade license and associated service fees, an amount equivalent to any new taxes or variations of same, as imposed by the government or Free Zone Authorities. These additional taxes and/or fees will be clearly outlined at the initial point of payment or will be invoiced retrospectively.
• Any payments received by Trust Genic towards any product or service are non-refundable unless agreed otherwise. This condition is valid even if the payment received isn’t for the full amount of the service or product subscribed for and/or the customer has yet to provide Trust Genic with all the correct documentary requirements for said product or service and/or their application is rejected by the licensing authority for any reason.
• Any regular mail received will be kept for 30 calendar days and will be discarded thereafter if not collected.
• Should you subscribe to PO BOX with Empost for your company, you will not be able to cancel the PO BOX unless you also close down your company.
• All procedures, timelines and costs are valid at the time of going to print, however may become subject to change without notice.
• Please note the prices quoted in this proposal are specific to the products and services mentioned, they do not include any ancillary services i.e. driving license transfers, liquor license, dependents visas etc. – please contact us if you would like pricing and procedures for ?the same.
• Access to our banking directory, Trust Genic will simply provide a list of banking contacts, after which the onus is on the client to contact the banking representative directly and organize a meeting at a time and venue of the client and banking representative’s choosing. Trust Genic aren’t involved beyond providing the list of banking contacts, furthermore Trust Genic do not provide any assurances that the company bank account will be successfully opened or how long it will take for the bank account to be opened, the onus is on the client to liaise with the banking representative and satisfy the requirements and protocols of the bank in order to successfully open and maintain their company bank account. Also, note that the client is not obliged to open their company bank account through our banking contacts, and is free to utilize their own banking accounts at any bank of their choosing.
• You will NOT be able to open your company bank account in absent of any partners/shareholders – all relevant parties will need to be physically present in the UAE when meeting with the banker.

License

• Please note the registered address for your new company will be Creative Tower, P.O. Box 4422, Fujairah as per what will appear on your Trade License and what will feature on your company stamp and furthermore should be used on all official company correspondence i.e. contracts, invoices etc.
• If you would like to amend your Trade License from 1 individual shareholder (FZE) to more than 1 individual shareholder or a corporate ?shareholder (FZ LLC) the amendment charges will apply. Please contact us for charges and more information.
• The words ‘Dubai’, ‘Abu Dhabi’, ‘Sharjah’, ‘RAK’, ‘Ras Al Khaimah’, ‘Ajman’, ‘Fujairah’, ‘Umm Al-Quwain’, ‘UAE’, ‘Emirates’, ‘Limited’ or ‘Ltd, Financial cannot be used in Company Names, neither can the words ‘Islam’, ‘Islamic’ or any other words related to any religion. other words like ‘‘Bomb’, ‘Import’, ‘Export’ or ‘Manufacturing’ also cannot be used.
• If you select the business activities ‘Legal Consultancy’, ’Accounting & Auditing Consultancy’ and ‘Education Consultancy & Training’, you will need to submit your original attested degree certificate in order to process the application for the company Trade License.
• Company Immigration Card (electronic) is retained by the Free Zone and a copy can be provided to you upon request.
• You may not downgrade your license option i.e. from Baby Business to Freelancer to Company license or any combination of the same.
• Should you fail to renew your trade license at 45 days prior to its expiry, all services from Free Zone will be suspended. You will not able to apply for any visa or NOC etc. until you carry out renewal. Further you will be charged a penalty of AED 105 per day after the day of expires until you either renew or complete the closing/cancellation procedure, you will be liable to pay any applicable government fees. (Closing/ cancelling fees and late for closing/cancelling after the expiry date of license, or late fees for renewing your license after the expiry date of the license) for the same.
• In addition to the relevant late renewal penalties imposed by the Free Zone, the cancellation fees also apply to expired licenses.
• Companies registered with Fujairah Creative City Free Zone, part of Fujairah Media, are permitted to carry out business activities with companies within the Free Zone or with companies with other Free Zone in the UAE or with companies outside the UAE. Should the company wish to contact business Government entities or local companies within the UAE they should either establish a local branch office or transact through a local commercial agent or check with the related authorities.
• Under the Commercial License only setup option all shareholders need to be individuals.
• The other company shareholders (i.e. excluding the shareholder who took up the position of ‘person in charge’) or company employees or company officers wishing to take up UAE residency and to be employed in a Managerial position (i.e. Marketing Manager, Operations Manager, Sales Manager etc.) will need to submit their original degree certificate attested from the country of origin as well as from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the UAE and legally translated into Arabic. Furthermore, please note in order to obtain ‘visa on arrival’ to GCC countries it is necessary to hold a Managerial Position on your visa.
• The maximum number of Managerial Designations per company is 3.
• The other company shareholders (i.e. excluding the shareholder who took up the position of ‘person in charge’) who don’t hold attested degree certificates, may still apply for a visa on the company, but will only be able to apply for administrative related positions or that of a Sales or Marketing Representative.

Visa 

• Please note that we are legally obliged to keep the application notified of all steps and progress reports concerning their visa process and release the visa and passport directly to them unless they instruct us otherwise. We not able to release the passport or visa to anyone else, including the company owner/’s, unless expressly directed to do so by the application.
• If you are out of the country when your entry visa is issued, you will need to enter the country on your new entry visa, you will NOT be allowed to enter the country on a tourist visa or visit visa or visa on arrival.
• In order to maintain your UAE residency, you will need to enter the country at least once in 6 month.
• Change of status (in/out stamp) would need to be carried out prior to proceeding for your Emirates ID Card.
• E-channel (Tahaluf System) registration is a mandatory requirement from Ministry of Interior for all visa-eligible license packages once the Immigration Card is released. In order for these companies to launch any visa-related applications, registration and miscellaneous fees and a refundable bank deposit will have to be carried out by the company to register. Registration will have to be made annually as per Federal regulation.
• Your residency visa and those of your employees and dependents are valid for 3 years, please note that you will not be sent any reminder ?from Trust Genic prior to the expiry of the residency visas, you will need to contact Trust Genic yourselves at least 30 working days before the residency visas expire to commence the renewal process.
•  Any overstay fines will have to be paid prior to your entry permit being issued. Once the fine is paid and the entry visa issued, you MUST do in country change of status and possible fine would be paid from the day the visa is issued until change of status is completed. You will not be able to carry out the change of status by exiting and re-entering the country either by land or air as you will again pay the overstaying fines previously paid.
• Once your complete change of status you will NOT be able to travel outside of the UAE until your passport has been stamped with your residency visa.
• Please note that if you have never held a previous driving license in the UAE, you will need to visit Fujairah to either transfer your overseas driving license (if applicable) or take your driving lessons and test.
• All outstanding traffic fines have to be settled prior to applying for your visa as well as cancelling your visa.
• If you choose to cancel or abort your visa process at any stage, or let your entry visa expire or lapse you will not be eligible for any refund - the whole visa process will need to be restarted and a fresh payment made.
• Women are NOT able to sponsor dependents (spouse, children, housemaid)
• Neither stepchildren nor adopt children nor children out of wedlock can be sponsored by the respective stepparent/adoptive / biological parent.
• If you have been issued a passport which is valid for less than 3 years, than you will only be issued a visa for the same length of time i.e. if your passport carries a validity of 2 years, then your visa will also only be for 2 years.
• If your passport validity is less then what is normally given by your country authority, Fujairah Immigration may need to coordinate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and your country’s embassy / consulate for passport certification which may increase the processing timeline of up to 3 months.
• As per requirement of UAE government, a Certificate of Good Conduct is a prerequisite in obtaining new employment visa applications. The certificate must be provided by the government authorities of country of origin of the applicant, or country where he/she has lived for the past five years. The Certificate of Good Conduct obtained from outside the UAE should then be attested by the UAE diplomatic mission, as well as in the UAE- Ministry of Foreign Affairs. For now it is postponed for sometime which may re-issued any time.
• Should you submit a new or different passport at the time of residency visa stamping (different from the one whose details you submitted at the time of applying for your entry visa) there will be additional charges.  Please contact us for charges and more information.
• In case where a Person In-Charge would like to cancel his/her visa under the company, a security deposit of AED 3,000 should be made (this can be adjusted against License cancellation fee or for applying for PIC visa in the future) in additional to visa cancellation fee of AED 1,050.
• If Medical result is out with 1-year validity, then residence visa by Fujairah Immigration will be issued with the same validity of 1 year as per the result released by the government hospital to the employee.
• The other company shareholder (i.e. excluding the shareholder who took up the position of ‘person in charge’) who hold attested degree certificates, may still apply for a visa on the company, but will only be able to apply for administrative related position or that of Sales or Marketing Representative.
• If the application for your entry visa is rejected as a result of not clearing ‘Security approval’, you will be ineligible to apply for and secure a tourist visa in the future, this does not apply to nationals of the restricted 51 countries who are granted visa on arrival.
• Should you choose to cancel or abort your visa process at any stage, or let your entry visa expire or lapse you will not be eligible for any refund- the whole visa process will need to be restarted and a fresh payment made.
• Visa holding passport of Sri Lankan and Indonesian passport need to carry out their medical test in their home country and have the result of said medical attested at the UAE Consulate in their home country prior to applying for their visa, unless they are currently in the country on a cancelled residency visa.
• We hold no responsibility for the issuance or delivery or delay related to Emirates ID cards, or if the applicant is requested by the Emirates ID Card Authority to return to the ID center to redo the Bio data procedure.
• The other Company Shareholder (i.e. excluding the shareholder who took up the position of ‘person in charge’) or company employee or company officers wishing to take UAE residency and to be employed in a Managerial position (i.e. Marketing Manager, Operation Manager, Sales Manager etc.) will need to submit their original degree certificate attested from country of origin as well as from the Ministry of Foreign Affair in the UAE and legally translated into Arabic. Furthermore, please note in order to obtain ‘visa on arrival’ to GCC countries it is necessary to hold a Managerial Position on your visa.
• Certain restrictions potentially exist for passport holders from the following countries to obtain visas on the company (they can however still obtain visas as dependents without issue): Iran (also to act as company shareholder), Israel (also to act as a company shareholder), Turkey (also to act as a company shareholder), Bangladesh (also to act as a company shareholder), Afghanistan (also to act as a company shareholder), Kenya, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Iraq, Cuba, Palestine, Lebanon, Libya, Syria, Sudan, Ethiopia (won’t be granted a visa even as a dependent), Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Egypt, Somalia, and Yemen.
• Furthermore, please note that for those who are eligible to apply for driving license transfers in the UAE, the Fujairah Traffic Department requires you to surrender your original driving license from your home country before handing over the UAE driving license. This is applicable for the following countries: Netherlands, Poland, Austria, Romania, Portugal, Luxemburg and Slovakia. The Fujairah Traffic Department will send this to the issuing authority in your home country for you to retrieve.