Advice on UAE?
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Six months is not actually 6 months
UAE immigration calculates six months as 180 days. This means that a resident with a valid visa should return to UAE before 180 days. They will not able to return to enter UAE after 180 days without a special permit.
This info from a simple google search and also its true once every six months or validity expires. Secondly I have an email directly from AFZA (Ajman Freezone authority ) which does not require any office space rental for freelance visa.
UAE immigration calculates six months as 180 days. This means that a resident with a valid visa should return to UAE before 180 days. They will not able to return to enter UAE after 180 days without a special permit.
This info from a simple google search and also its true once every six months or validity expires. Secondly I have an email directly from AFZA (Ajman Freezone authority ) which does not require any office space rental for freelance visa.
Can we briefly sum up. In order to setup a company within the UAE including some banking facility it will require at min. a 6 months VISA and we travel there to open the account.
Beside that we will need to deposit minimum 100K US$ or equivalant, is that how we have to understand it so far?
Furthermore we need to take into consideration that after the first 6 months the VISA will be expired and you will need to get a new one somehow?
Beside that we will need to deposit minimum 100K US$ or equivalant, is that how we have to understand it so far?
Furthermore we need to take into consideration that after the first 6 months the VISA will be expired and you will need to get a new one somehow?
Not at all.
You only have to be in UAE for 1 day every 6 months but its actually every 175 days. You can get 1 or 3 year visa just need to be there for one day to keep it active every 175 days.
Personal account can be opened in immediately and corporate account in 2 weeks. This can be done in one meeting at the bank but you have to go there.
Minimum balance if they request it to be about 500 max.
Company can be set up before you go there so you are only opening bank accounts and residency procedures which take 5 days max.
You only have to be in UAE for 1 day every 6 months but its actually every 175 days. You can get 1 or 3 year visa just need to be there for one day to keep it active every 175 days.
Personal account can be opened in immediately and corporate account in 2 weeks. This can be done in one meeting at the bank but you have to go there.
Minimum balance if they request it to be about 500 max.
Company can be set up before you go there so you are only opening bank accounts and residency procedures which take 5 days max.
Because of Covid-19, there are certain restrictions. It is currently not possible to do it in 5 days, you need to schedule at least 2 weeks.
I have just done one you can wait but my client didn't.
Client registered a company about a month ago. She went to Fujairah on the 15th, had her blood test 16th and bank account appointment.
Personal account opened on the 17th and she left on the 21st, corporate account opened yesterday with Mashreq Bank.
You don't need to be there to wait for your bank account.
We actually sent all the documents in︀ advance for the bank account so it was just for her to present herself and︁ the originals and sign the forms.
Client registered a company about a month ago. She went to Fujairah on the 15th, had her blood test 16th and bank account appointment.
Personal account opened on the 17th and she left on the 21st, corporate account opened yesterday with Mashreq Bank.
You don't need to be there to wait for your bank account.
We actually sent all the documents in︀ advance for the bank account so it was just for her to present herself and︁ the originals and sign the forms.
No you have to take a PCR test 96 hours before departure from an approved centre.
You can still be quarantined if you have a high temperature above 43 but they isolate you first for 2 hours and then test again. If you fly through Emirates they will contribute $100 a night towards your stay at a quarantine hotel if you test positive.
Best to use an agent as the people that work at the freezones are not so helpful. Plus they have a good relationship with the︀ freezone and banks so they get more traction then you would.
You can still be quarantined if you have a high temperature above 43 but they isolate you first for 2 hours and then test again. If you fly through Emirates they will contribute $100 a night towards your stay at a quarantine hotel if you test positive.
Best to use an agent as the people that work at the freezones are not so helpful. Plus they have a good relationship with the︀ freezone and banks so they get more traction then you would.
It could depend on the free zone, but at least for some free zones, it is currently not possible to apply for the entry permit outside the country. You need to enter the country and then apply for an entry permit, that is for your visa to be changed from a tourist visa to a residency visa. During normal times, they would be able to process the entry permit while you’re outside the country, which will save you several days in the UAE.
You pay between 50-100 to convert your tourist visa to resident visa. That doesn't stop you from︀ staying there and you can leave without it and collect it when you come back.︁ The 180 day rule starts from the day you leave so be mindful of that.︂
Sure. But you said it takes 5 days and that’s currently not the case because you have to do the conversion. In usual times, you could skip that part and just apply for the residency visa while outside the UAE. So at the moment, it takes a bit longer. Just a heads up.︀
I already had the virus last month and a certificate which proves it. Can I just show this to them? Some countries let you in if you can prove that you already had it in the last 6 months...
Also, I asked my email contract from ajman gov where I can send in my documents but haven't heard back from her. I think I need some kind of login from them, but how do I get it?
Thanks for your inside information. Also how︀ much does your service cost?
Also, I asked my email contract from ajman gov where I can send in my documents but haven't heard back from her. I think I need some kind of login from them, but how do I get it?
Thanks for your inside information. Also how︀ much does your service cost?
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