100% foreign ownership, 0% tax on qualifying income, and a licence issued in days — most of it handled online, from wherever you are.
100% foreign ownership. No local partner or sponsor at any stage.
No personal income tax, and 0% corporate tax on qualifying free zone income.
Full repatriation of capital and profits, with no currency restrictions.
Import and re-export through the free zone without duty.
A paperless process. Most licences issue within days of payment.
Licence, establishment card, visas and workspace handled together.
Prices as per the MCFZ tariff of 31 July 2026 and include VAT. A national register fee of AED 10 per year applies. Your exact total is calculated before you pay — nothing is added afterwards.
Most of it, yes. The application, documents and payment are all online. You come in person for the visa medical and Emirates ID once your licence is issued.
Your provisional approval arrives the same day. The licence follows once your company name clears the national register and the manager approval comes back from immigration.
A passport. We read the details from it, so there is very little to type. If you are a UAE resident we will also ask for your Emirates ID and residence visa.
Yes. We will ask who owns that company, and continue until we reach the people behind it — that is a requirement of UAE company law, not a preference.
A Masdar City licence is accepted by UAE banks. Account opening is the bank's own decision and depends on your activity and shareholders.