| Time Efficient | The company gets incorporated in two or three business days. |
| Defined Procedures | The incorporation process is made easier by the free zone's reduced procedures. |
| Tax Free | Take advantage of zero percent personal and company tax. |
| Repatriation of Funds | Since you can repatriate your profits and capital without incurring any taxes, they are your own. |
| Ownership | A Creative City Free Zone business can be entirely owned by non-UAE nationals. |
| Time Zone | World time zone that is convenient: GMT +04:00 |
| Paid Up Capital Requirement | Absence of a minimum amount for paid-up capital |
| Time zone | World time zone that's convenient: GMT+4. |
| Paid up capital requirement | No paid-up capital requirement exists. |
| No Office Space Requirement | It is not required for all businesses to lease office space. | Buy Now |
Fujairah’s Creative City Free Zone is a free zone that permits businesses to establish themselves in the United Arab Emirates’ Fujairah. Since its 2007 inauguration, Creative City has established an exceptional name for itself as a free zone. The Creative City Free Zone primarily permits the establishment of businesses engaged in professional activities including publishing, broadcasting, advertising, business and administration, accounting, and finance, among others. Industrial and general trading licenses are not granted by Creative City Free Zone.
One of the advantages of Creative City Free Zone is its rapid company setup process. Among the advantages of establishing a business in the Creative City Free Zone are:
- One of the fastest company set up process of two to three (2 – 3) working days.
- 100 % foreign ownership is allowed.
- Zero (0) capital requirement for company formation.
- Full repatriation of capital and profits.
- Post incorporation support services.
- Zero (0) financial compliance and auditing requirements.
- Creative City Free Zone offers company formation packages that easily adapt to the requirement of every company.
- Bank account services for your company. Companies formed with Creative City Free Zone can set up bank accounts anywhere in the UAE.
- Creative City Free Zone companies are offered tax incentives such as zero (0) corporate or personal tax.
- Structured fees for company formation, renewals, and visa applications. There is no hidden cost to shock and surprise you.
- Leasing an office is not mandatory.
- Customizable office set up options are available.
- No restrictions on currency.
Step 1
Choose your preferred bundle and complete the online form.
Step 2
Our advisors will submit an application to form your business.
Step 3
We will incorporate your business into Creative City Free Zone.
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Commercial license: FZ LLC (for up to 50 individual shareholder) |
No visa allocations. |
Flexi desks are an option for companies with fewer than fifteen visas. A dedicated office space is an option for companies who have more than fifteen visas. |
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Commercial license: FZE (for a single owner) |
No visa allocations |
Company can opt for a flexi desk. |
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Commercial: C + 1 (for a single owner) |
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Freelancer company |
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Baby Business |
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Commercial license: FZE (for a single owner)
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The aforementioned license types allow for the execution of a wide range of commercial operations. The following is a description of the approved business activities:
- Audio and visual business: This covers television production, radio management, audio and visual production, and broadcasting management.
- Broadcasting business: This covers web streaming, radio broadcasting, and television broadcasting.
- Media and marketing business: Direct marketing, outdoor advertising, media representation, specialized communications and public relations, advertising agencies, international copyright collection agencies, marketing research services, online marketing, media services, marketing services, public relations services, and e-commerce are all included in this.
- Publishing business: Newspapers, periodicals, consumer and instructional books, advertising material, electronic and web content, e-books, directories, and guides are examples of this.
- Event management business: This covers managing athletic events, conferences, organizing and managing events, producing and selling tickets for events, organizing and managing exhibitions, organizing and managing festivals, managing and promoting live theatrical productions, managing performing arts, and choreography.
- Media support services: Media monitoring, graphic design, media archiving and distribution, photography, photographic services, press services, printing services, media equipment rentals, and media creation are all included in the list of media services.
- Consultancy: This covers consulting services for marketing, market research, concept and design, media and marketing, media, lifestyle, accounting and auditing, architecture, technical, education, legal, business, travel and tourism, project management, human resources, engineering, management, beauty, fashion design, hospitality management, investment, membership, and logistics.
- New Media Services: Web design, web hosting, technical services, system development management, software development management, animation, photography, digital design, digital media management, interactive services, multimedia management, digital media services, interactive services, multimedia development, and so on.
- Business information: News agencies, information services, research services, risk management, strategy advice services, translation services, help desk services, and strategy planning consultants fall under this category.
- Production: This covers the following: distribution and production of art; film production and distribution; post-production; program management; program management; video design services; and videography.
- Music and Entertainment: This covers publication, music label rights management, distribution, promotion, publishing, recording and production of music, theme park management, and music education.
- Information Technology (IT): This covers media technology, import/export (IT-related), network management services, IT security management, IT solutions, virtualization, IT strategy services, AUTOCAD, IT consulting, and IT services.
- Design: This covers architectural services, space planning design, interior design advice or services, commercial interior design, and design services.
- Education: This covers training in the performing arts, business, online learning, education, and consulting services for education.
Not all businesses established within the Creative City Free Zone are required to have office space. The amount of office space needed typically varies with the number of visas granted. Certain license types occasionally need for a particular style of office space as well. For businesses who need office space or want to operate at the Creative City Free Zone, there are two (2) possibilities for office space. Businesses can select one of the options listed below:
Flexi Desk
This option allows business owners who want to operate out of the Creative City Free Zone to have access to a desk. A corporation does not have a designated desk space. Flexi desk assignments are made based on what is available each day. Flexi workstations are pre-configured with a PO box, internet connectivity, signboard, and online assistance. By purchasing a flexi desk, one can also gain access to conference rooms and PRO services. Companies who want to apply for up to fifteen (15) visa allocations have the option of using flexi desks.
Actual Office Space
This is a business space that is vacant and has enough capacity to house a large crew. These offices can also be found at Fujairah’s Creative City. These office spaces are between 900 and 1,300 square feet in size. There is an additional charge for the office rent, which ranges from AED 44,000 to AED 57,000 per year. Up to four(4) installments may be required to be paid for the rent. For businesses looking to apply for more than fifteen (15) visa allocations, this option is appropriate.
The Creative City Free Zone was founded in 2007. Since then, the Creative City Free Zone has gained in the rankings purely due to its mentality of helping businesses by comprehending their changing demands. The following is a list of some of the ways that the Fujairah Creative City Free Zone’s operations benefit the businesses that operate there:
No bar on ownership
When people start thinking about starting a business, they start their preliminary online investigation. Some people are upset to learn that in order to start their company, they must work with a UAE national, most of whom are not citizens of the UAE. This is a result of their lack of acquaintances who are eager to start a business and who are citizens of the United Arab Emirates. This is also a result of the fact that they have no UAE nationals among their friends. Prospective entrepreneurs are even more dissatisfied to learn that they can only possess a 49% part in their UAE company, which prevents them from holding controlling ownership.
All of that might be true to some extent, but creating a free zone company at Creative City Free Zone in Fujairah is the answer. There are no limitations on a company’s ownership in this free zone. A Creative City Free Zone Company may be fully owned by foreigners since they are permitted to own 100% of the shares.
Keep all your profits!
When starting a business abroad, one’s main concerns are always about obtaining funding and making a profit. There is concern that the infusion of capital may become immobilized in a foreign bank located in an uncharted territory. Concerns regarding tax compliance and the amount of revenues they will really receive are also shared by business owners.
Upon forming a corporation with the Creative City Free Zone, these concerns vanish. This is so because the UAE, a tax-free nation, is home to the Creative City Free Zone. Both corporate and personal taxes are zero (0). The UAE also adheres to the 100% repatriation of profits and capital. This implies that you will keep all earnings generated by your Creative City Free Zone.
Fast processing
Encouraging ease of doing business is another way the Creative City Free Zone supports the expansion of businesses. Creative City Free Zone doesn’t believe in holding issues up in-house as part of its ease of doing business philosophy. Professionals at the free zone respond to businesses quickly and with lightning-fast speed. Companies can register with Creative City Free Zone in two to three days. Even the services provided after a company is incorporated are simple and fast.
Minimal paperwork
Minimal paperwork is another aspect of Creative City Free Zone’s ease of doing business. You won’t ever become bogged down with pointless paperwork. The free zone offers an internet platform to handle the different needs of the businesses. Even the physical forms are simple and limited to only what is required. The amount of paperwork required to handle requests is greatly reduced. The main reason Creative City Free Zone moves quickly is because of this.
Focused view
People who possess every quality might occasionally be masters of none. Based on our observations, the same holds true for the UAE’s free zones. Free zones possess the capacity to accommodate a plethora of business operations, even in the absence of prior experience in managing these operations. Creative City Free Zone has taken a less-traveled path in order to assist its businesses. It aspires to be the epitome of several qualities. As a result, the free zone concentrates on operating a select few commercial operations under particular permits. Being the center of attention for media and creative enterprises, Creative City Free Zone has become one of the most sought-after free zones in this area.
No mandatory office space
Commercial office space is an additional expense, particularly for businesses that do not require it. In order to incorporate a company in the UAE, business entrepreneurs frequently need to rent office space. This could be a designated area, a shared desk, or a shared office. In an effort to lower its businesses’ expenses, Creative City Free Zone has made an effort to alleviate this issue. For various licenses and for up to fifteen (15) visa allocations, the free zone does not require an office space. The free zone offers flexible and cost-effective office space alternatives, even for licenses that demand it and for more than fifteen (15) visa allocations. Creative City Free Zone provides specialized spaces and flexible desks based on necessity.
Please get in touch with us if you are certain that the Creative City Free Zone is the best place for you to form a company for your upcoming venture. Additionally, you can contact us through our website. Our advisors have the necessary expertise incorporating businesses in the Creative City Free Zone. A2z Setup Zone provides quick and simple methods for forming a corporation.
In order to incorporate a business with individual shareholders, the following documents must be submitted:
- colored copies of each shareholder’s passport.
- Emirates ID if the shareholder lives in the United Arab Emirates.
- Family book (available to citizens of the United Arab Emirates).
- An overview of the business activity in brief.
The following documents must be submitted in order to incorporate a business with corporate shareholders:
- Parent company’s certificate of incorporation (for corporate shareholder).
- Parent company’s license (for corporate shareholder).
- Parent company’s memorandum of association (for corporate shareholder).
- Parent company’s share certificate (for corporate shareholder).
- copies of the parent company’s owners’ colored passports (for corporate shareholder).
- Parent company’s certificate of good standing (for corporate shareholder).
- Resolution from the board (for corporate shareholder).
- Certificate of no objection from the parent company’s licensing authority (for corporate shareholder).
Company creation packages offered by Fujairah Creative City are among the most affordable. Kindly navigate above to view the packages.
To establish a business, you are not required to be in the United Arab Emirates. For the Creative City company creation packages with residency visa, you must have traveled to the United Arab Emirates at least once. You can still establish the firm even if you haven’t been to the UAE at all if all you want is a trade license for it.
We will put you in touch with the banks that we collaborate closely with after your Fujairah Creative City business has been formed. Among these banks are:
- RAKBank
- Noor Bank
- Emirates Islamic Bank
- Emirates NBD
There are certain nationalities that Fujairah Creative City would require visa pre-approval before proceeding with the company formation. Once this pre-approval is obtained, the chances of any visa rejection are reduced significantly.
No, a local sponsor is not required to establish a business in Fujairah Creative City. Being the sole owner of your business is just one of the many advantages of establishing one at Fujairah Creative City.
After signing and submitting the application papers and the necessary documents, you have two to three working days to establish a company in Fujairah Creative City. The steps involved in issuing a visa are described in our section above on timelines.
Numerous media-related services, including broadcasting, public relations, consulting, and advertising, are provided by Fujairah Creative City. When choosing the activity for your firm setup, you can select from a range of sub-sectors of these activities.
It is not mandatory to have an office to establish a business in Fujairah Creative City. One of the primary benefits of establishing a business in Fujairah Creative City is this. There is a flexible desk option offered in visa package deals.
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