Meydan Free Zone Company Setup Consultants

Meydan Free Zone Company Setup Consultants

You want a Dubai company with full foreign ownership and no local partner. Meydan Free Zone allows that. Our Meydan Free Zone company setup consultants at ASC Global take you from choosing a licence activity to holding the trade licence, visa and bank account.

Is it a good fit? For most consultants, traders, e-commerce operators and service businesses, yes. For others, not really. We’ll get to that.

Why Businesses Work With Us

We’ve spent 30+ years in UAE business setup and advisory. Over 5,000 clients have come through our doors. That’s not a brag, it’s the reason we can tell you where a setup usually goes sideways before it does.

Here’s what most people miss: the licence isn’t the hard part. The paperwork around it is. A wrong activity code, an address that doesn’t suit your visa plans, a bank that won’t open your account. Those are the things that cost you months.

Good consultants catch those early. Honestly, that’s the whole job.

Meydan Free Zone at a Glance

A quick warning on that corporate tax line. The 0% rate isn’t automatic. It depends on meeting the conditions for a Qualifying Free Zone Person, and plenty of owners assume they’re covered when they aren’t. We check this before you sign anything, not after.

What Can You Do With a Meydan Free Zone Licence?

Licence categories cover the usual ground: trading, professional and consulting services, and e-commerce, among others. The exact list of permitted activities changes from time to time, so we confirm your activity against the authority’s current schedule before applying.

Why does that matter? Because activity choice drives everything downstream. It affects your licence cost, your visa quota, your bank’s view of you and sometimes whether you can invoice the customers you’re targeting. Pick it carelessly and you’ll pay to amend it later.

Some activities need extra approvals from other regulators. And some can’t be done from a free zone at all. If your plan depends on selling directly to customers across Dubai, say so upfront. It changes the advice.

Cost and Fee Overview

Let’s be straight. We won’t quote a single number here, because the final bill depends on your activity, the number of visas, your office choice and the authority’s current fee schedule.

Generally, expect these buckets:

• Licence application and registration fees
• Annual licence renewal
• Office or flexi-desk charges
• Visa, Emirates ID and medical costs per person
• Any approval fees for regulated activities

So ask for a full first-year and second-year breakdown, not just the headline licence price. The renewal year is where cheap-looking packages tend to get expensive. We give you both in writing before you commit.

How the Setup Works, Step by Step

1. Pick your activity and structure. This is the conversation that matters most. We’ll talk through what you actually sell and to whom.
2. Choose your office option. Flexi-desk or physical office. It depends on how many visas you want.
3. Submit the application. We prepare and file it, then handle questions from the authority.
4. Receive your licence and incorporation documents. Once approved and fees are paid, your company exists.
5. Apply for visas. Entry permit, status change if you’re in the UAE, medical test, Emirates ID.
6. Open a bank account. Often the slowest step. We’ll prepare your file properly so it doesn’t stall.
7. Register for tax. Corporate tax registration applies to free zone companies too, and VAT where your turnover or activity requires it.

Timelines vary with how complete your documents are. Missing paperwork is the number one cause of delay, by a long way.

Documents You’ll Usually Need

• Passport copies for every shareholder and manager
• Passport-size photographs
• Proof of residential address
• Emirates ID and visa copy, if you’re already a UAE resident
• A no-objection certificate, if you’re currently employed in the UAE
• Business plan or activity description
• Bank reference or source-of-funds information, which banks and the authority may request

Shareholders that are companies need more: incorporation documents, usually attested. We’ll give you the exact list for your case, since requirements can shift.

Who Should Choose Meydan Free Zone (And Who Shouldn’t)

It suits you if:

• You’re a founder, consultant or small team who wants 100% ownership
• You run an online or international business
• You want a Dubai licence without a heavy office commitment

Think twice if:

• Most of your revenue comes from selling to Dubai customers directly
• You need a licence for a heavily regulated activity
• You’re after the lowest possible cost and nothing else

We’d rather tell you that now than after you’ve paid. It happens more than you’d think, and it’s a conversation we’re happy to have.

How ASC Global Helps

We don’t just hand you a form. Our consultants map your plan to the right activity, put together a clean application, deal with the authority on your behalf and follow through on visas and banking. After setup, we can help with accounting, VAT and corporate tax compliance, so nobody’s scrambling at deadline time.

Three things we do differently. We answer the awkward questions straight. We put the full cost on paper. And we stay on the file after the licence is issued.