Overview
Dubai Airport Free Zone sits beside Dubai International Airport and is oriented to trading, technology and logistics businesses that benefit from the location.
What the licence does, and does not do
A free-zone licence does three things: it incorporates the company, it permits the activities printed on it, and it supports residence visas against the office arrangement.
It does not authorise a regulated virtual-asset activity. That is the single most expensive misunderstanding in this market, and it is usually discovered after the office has been leased and the visas issued.
DAFZA is in Dubai, so a regulated virtual-asset activity carried on from a DAFZA company needs a VARA licence in addition to the free-zone licence.
Activities
Trading, technology services, consultancy and regional headquarters activities, with digital-asset activity codes available.
DAFZA suits a group whose physical operations and people matter — regional headquarters, staff who travel constantly, hardware that arrives by air. For a purely digital business the location premium buys little.
Substance and cost
Licence and renewal, company registration, establishment card, an office arrangement ranging from a flexi-desk to dedicated premises, and a visa quota tied to that office. Indicative amounts are listed below and are not yet verified.
Note that a flexi-desk sufficient for the zone may be insufficient for the regulator. Where a virtual-asset licence is in contemplation, the substance required by the regulator should drive the office decision, not the other way round.
How we help
We choose the zone on the activity the business actually needs, not on the headline package price. We incorporate, run the attestation chain for foreign shareholder documents, and sequence the zone licence against the regulatory application so the company is not paying rent on a licence it cannot yet use.
- 01
Structuring
Activity mapping, regulator selection, group and holding structure.
Noch nicht verifiziert
- 02
Entity incorporation
Trade name, initial approval, lease, corporate documents.
Noch nicht verifiziert
Incorporation alone. It does not confer permission to carry on a virtual-asset activity.
Gebühren
Dies sind die Kosten, die ein Lizenznehmer tatsächlich trägt. Die Beträge bleiben leer, bis jeder einzelne gegen das veröffentlichte Gebührenverzeichnis der Behörde geprüft wurde — eine ungeprüfte Zahl ist schlechter als gar keine.
Free-zone commercial licence (year one)
Einmalig
Noch nicht verifiziert
Licence renewal
Jährlich
Noch nicht verifiziert
Company registration and incorporation
Einmalig
Noch nicht verifiziert
Establishment card
Jährlich
Noch nicht verifiziert
Flexi-desk or shared workspace
Jährlich
Noch nicht verifiziert
Residence visa, per person
Variabel
Noch nicht verifiziert
Unterlagen
Richtwerte. Der genaue Satz hängt von der Tätigkeit ab, und die Aufsichtsbehörde kann mehr verlangen.
- Passport copy, valid at least six months
- Passport photograph, white background
- Proof of residential address, dated within three months
- Curriculum vitae
- Bank or professional reference letter
- Police clearance or good conduct certificate — Legalisationskette erforderlich
- Source of wealth and source of funds evidence
- UAE entry stamp or visa page
- Certificate of incorporation — Legalisationskette erforderlich
- Memorandum and articles of association — Legalisationskette erforderlich
- Certificate of incumbency or good standing — Legalisationskette erforderlich
- Board resolution approving the UAE entity — Legalisationskette erforderlich
- Register of members and directors
- Ultimate beneficial owner declaration
- Group structure chart to natural persons
- Audited financial statements, most recent two years
- Power of attorney for the UAE representative — Legalisationskette erforderlich
Zusammenspiel mit anderen Aufsichtsbehörden
Häufige Fragen
Is a DAFZA licence enough to run a crypto business?
No. A free-zone licence incorporates the company and permits the activity printed on it. Carrying on a regulated virtual-asset activity is a separate permission from a separate authority, and both must be held.
Why does DAFZA show a grey status pip rather than a brass one?
Because the pip marks a dedicated virtual-asset framework in force. Commercial free zones incorporate companies; they do not operate virtual-asset regimes. The pip is a statement about the zone's role, not about its quality.
Quellen
- Dubai Airport Free Zone Authority — activity list and licensing
- Free-zone incorporation does not confer regulatory authorisation — Confirm the current activity list and any zone-specific digital-asset conditions