Overview
Ajman Offshore is the Ajman international companies registry, and the lightest of the three UAE offshore options on cost.
What it can and cannot do
An offshore company is a holding vehicle. It cannot trade in the UAE, it cannot carry on a licensed activity, and it does not generate residence visas. Attempting to use one as an operating company is not a structuring choice; it is a licensing breach.
What it can do is own things: the shares of a licensed UAE operating company, intellectual property, and in the case of the Dubai registry, real estate.
It is chosen where a simple holding vehicle is needed and neither property holding nor counterparty familiarity is a driver.
Where it fits in a crypto structure
The pattern that works is a holding layer above a licensed operating entity. The operating company holds the licence and answers to its regulator. The offshore company holds the operating company. Founders hold the offshore company.
That separation is useful for succession, for admitting investors without disturbing the licensed entity, and for keeping intellectual property outside the entity most exposed to regulatory risk.
It does not make the group invisible. Ultimate beneficial ownership is reportable, and a regulator assessing a licence application will follow the chain to natural persons regardless of how many layers sit between.
Ongoing obligations
A registered agent and registered office must be maintained. Registers of members and directors must be kept. Ultimate beneficial owner information must be filed and kept current. Economic substance reporting applies depending on the activities carried on, and the current scope of that regime should be confirmed rather than assumed.
How we help
We advise on whether an offshore layer is worth its cost before it is incorporated, structure the holding chain so the licensed entity remains clean, handle incorporation and registered agent arrangements, and keep the UBO and substance filings current.
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Structuring
Activity mapping, regulator selection, group and holding structure.
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Entity incorporation
Trade name, initial approval, lease, corporate documents.
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费用
这些是持牌人实际需要承担的费用。在与主管机关公布的收费表逐项核对之前，金额一律留空 — 未经核实的数字比没有数字更糟。
Incorporation
一次性
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Registered agent, annual
年度
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Registered office, annual
年度
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UBO and register filings
年度
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文件
示意性分类。具体材料因业务类型而异，监管机构可能要求补充。
- 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 — 需办理认证链
- Source of wealth and source of funds evidence
- UAE entry stamp or visa page
- Certificate of incorporation — 需办理认证链
- Memorandum and articles of association — 需办理认证链
- Certificate of incumbency or good standing — 需办理认证链
- Board resolution approving the UAE entity — 需办理认证链
- Register of members and directors
- Ultimate beneficial owner declaration
- Group structure chart to natural persons
- Power of attorney for the UAE representative — 需办理认证链
与其他监管机构的关系
常见问题
Can a Ajman Offshore company hold a crypto licence?
No. An offshore company cannot carry on a regulated virtual-asset activity in the UAE. It can own the shares of a company that does.
Does an offshore company give residence visas?
No. There is no establishment card and no visa quota. Residence comes from a free-zone or mainland entity, or from another route entirely.
Is an offshore layer worth the cost?
Sometimes. It earns its place when it solves a real problem — separating founders from the operating company, isolating intellectual property, or holding property. Added because it sounds sophisticated, it is a recurring cost and an extra set of filings for nothing.
资料来源
- Ajman Free Zone Offshore — registry and registered agent requirements
- UAE economic substance and ultimate beneficial owner reporting requirements — Current scope of the economic substance regime to be confirmed