General Trading License
General Trading Company
Type of Transaction: Instance License (Now you can get General Trading License in Dubai within 5 minutes (Without court agreement and without Tenancy Contract).
Activity Description:Â Includes commercial firms engaged in importing, trading and re-exporting of any of the goods and products mentioned in details in trade category, except activities need special approvals.
Commercial Name Reservation from DED Counter.
DED Head Office is at Business Village near Clock Tower, Muraqabat. DED has many counters in different Tas’heel Centers.
Documents required: Any one of the partners’ passport copy and list of proposed names. Name Reservation can be completed same time.
FEES IN AEDÂ : 741
Initial approval: Type (BR1) form, get signature of the partners and submit at Economic Department (DED) Counter. Form can be filled from Typing Centre.
NOTE:Â Presence of UAE national sponsor is must at the time of initial aproval.
Attachments: Name Reservation Certificate, BR1 Form and Passport copies of partners, NOC from sponsor for expatriate partner who holds Employment Visa Residence Visa. Visit Tourist Visa holder can attach his/her visa copy. No need NOC for Partner/Investor visa holders.
Instant license will be issued then and there after paying Dh 35140. The following procedures are required before you start applying for Partner visa and Employment Visa. At the time submitting Ejari and LLC court agreement, DED will issue another payment voucher of Dh570 mentioning Location change.
+ Payment Voucher Transaction Fee:Â Dh105Â extra.
+ If you want to add Telephone / Fax / P.O.Box number in the license:Â Dh105Â extra.
FEES IN AEDÂ : 300
Type LLC Agreement (MoA) from a legal translator and get attested from Notary Public at Al Tawar Centre or Al Barsha or DED at Business Village near Clock Tower. Legal translator’s seal is not required if the the agreement is only in Arabic.
(This is step is not required at the time of issuing the license. You can do this latter before you start applying for Partner and Employment Visa).
CAPITAL: You can write the capital amount in LLC Agreement as much as you want. No need to show Capital deposit certificate from bank. Notary will charge a small percentage at the time of attestation according to the Capital amount and number of partners. Standard capital amount is Dh300,000 out of which 51% (Dh153,000) should be allocated to National partner and remaining 49% can be divided among expatriate partners. If the expatriate partners are two, you can divide the remaining shares to 25% (Dh75,000) & 24% (Dh72,000). If the expatriate partners are more, you can increase the capital. A partner’s share value should be Dh70,000 or more to apply for Partner Visa.
FEES IN AED : Agreement Typing Charge 400 (Approx)
Type LLC Agreement (MoA) from a legal translator and get attested from Notary Public at Al Tawar Centre or Al Barsha or DED at Business Village near Clock Tower. Legal translator’s seal is not required if the the agreement is only in Arabic.
(This is step is not required at the time of issuing the license. You can do this latter before you start applying for Partner and Employment Visa).
CAPITAL: You can write the capital amount in LLC Agreement as much as you want. No need to show Capital deposit certificate from bank. Notary will charge a small percentage at the time of attestation according to the Capital amount and number of partners. Standard capital amount is Dh300,000 out of which 51% (Dh153,000) should be allocated to National partner and remaining 49% can be divided among expatriate partners. If the expatriate partners are two, you can divide the remaining shares to 25% (Dh75,000) & 24% (Dh72,000). If the expatriate partners are more, you can increase the capital. A partner’s share value should be Dh70,000 or more to apply for Partner Visa.
FEES IN AED : Agreement Typing Charge 400 (Approx)
All Partners or Attorney have to attend at Notary to sign the Court Agreement
Attestation fee at the court (Notary Public)
FEES IN AEDÂ : 1720 (Approx)
Make ready Tenancy contract of the office/shop and register through EJARI only system. EJARI can be prepared from authorized Typing Centre.
(Ejari is required before you)
FEES IN AED : 215 for Ejari
Submit the attested LLC Agreement (one original copy), BR1 form, Name Reservation Certificate, Initial Approval, EJARI Registration Certificate, passport copies of partners and NOC for partners (if any), at any branch of DED. Payment voucher (Dh570) will be issued same time. Make payment at the counter and get the license. You can also pay using Credit Card/Direct Debit through DED website after issued the payment voucher.
+ Payment Voucher Transaction Fee:Â Dh105Â extra.
+ If you want to add Telephone / Fax / P.O.Box number in the license:Â Dh105Â extra.
Approximate fees for General Trading License at DED : 31640
GENERAL TRADING INSTANT LICENSE COST BREAK-UP
License Fees-Commercial | 600.00 |
Initial Approval | 100.00 |
Foreign Company Name Fees | 2000.00 |
General Trading Special Fees | 15000.00 |
Govt. Cultural Fees | 10.00 |
Innovation Fees | 20.00 |
Administrative Service Fees | 50.00 |
Trade Name Advertisement Fees | 350.00 |
Total Fee for Department of Economic Development-DED | 18,140.00 |
Market Fees (Muicipality) | 5000.00 |
License owner Accommodation Fees | 1000.00 |
Public Waste Management Fees | 1000.00 |
Service Improvement Fees | 400.00 |
Total Fee for Dubai Municipality | 7400.00 |
Ministry of Economy & Commerce Fees | 3000.00 |
Smart Social Responsibility Platform Fees | 1500.00 |
Total Fee for Ministry of Economy | 4500.00 |
Local Fees – Trade License | 200.00 |
Commercial License – Tejari | 200.00 |
Total Fees for License | 31640 |