Company Setup with Fujairah Creative City in Fujairah

A media, creative or consulting licence on the UAE's east coast (from AED 9,000/year)

Fujairah Creative City is a freezone built for media, creative and consulting businesses, including publishing, production, marketing, and advisory work. Indicative pricing starts from AED 9,000/year, and your exact figure depends on your activity and how many visas you need. We handle the whole thing end to end, so you get a real UAE company without wrestling the paperwork yourself.

We have started 1,400+ companies over 19+ years. That experience is the difference between a licence that goes through cleanly the first time and one that stalls on a detail nobody flagged.

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What Fujairah Creative City licenses

The freezone is geared toward:

• Media: production, broadcasting, digital media
• Consulting: advisory and professional services
• Publishing: print and online

If your work sits in one of these areas and you are serving international clients, it is a straightforward, cost-effective way to hold a UAE licence. Tell us what you actually do and we will confirm the right activity and the precise cost.

What it costs, and what the figure depends on

The from AED 9,000/year figure is indicative. Your real number moves with:

• your chosen business activity
• how many residence visas you need
• any add-ons, such as office space or extra shareholders

We give you a transparent breakdown of the authority fee and our service fee before you engage, meaning there are no surprises mid-process. The fastest way to your exact price is a short call.

Timelines and documents

Most freezone setups complete in 3 to 15 working days once your documents are submitted, depending on the package and authority. Freezone incorporations typically run 3 to 7 working days after submission. We confirm a realistic timeline for your specific case at the start rather than quoting a headline number.

For a freezone company you will generally need:

• passport copies for each shareholder
• passport photos
• proof of address
• a short company profile or description of your activity

Exact requirements vary by authority and activity, so we confirm your precise list up front, before anything is submitted.

The bank account matters as much as the licence

A licence without a working bank account is not much use, and this is where a lot of setups get stuck. We have named account-opening officers and relationship managers at 10+ UAE banks and have opened 1,000+ corporate accounts. We know exactly what each bank's compliance team will ask (company profile, source of funds, expected transaction pattern) because we have done it a thousand times.

We cannot promise any bank will approve you. That decision rests with the bank, which applies its own compliance criteria. What we control is the quality of your file, which is what most rejections come down to. See our bank account opening service for how that works.

Some freezones carry materially stronger banking relationships than others, and that affects both how fast an account opens and whether it opens at all. Before you commit to a zone, let us weigh your activity, your visa needs and where you will bank, and recommend the setup that actually fits.

How simply we handle it

You tell us what you are building. We recommend the right zone and activity, prepare and submit your file to exact specifications, and manage the licence, visas and bank introductions through to your company being live. Most clients then keep us on for accounting, VAT and corporate tax filings, and renewals. The same team that set you up keeps you compliant.

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