Register a company in Ajman Media City

For the company, AMC says yes: it takes applications, payments and renewals online and describes formation as 100% digital. Visas are different. The residence steps start once you have entered the UAE, include a medical test and must be completed within 60 days of entry. We found no AMC statement on whether any other visit is needed, so we confirm that for your structure before you book travel.

Our registration work starts from $2,900; with a UAE bank account set up, from $5,400. Zone fees come on top: AMC's Business Club package is AED 4,999 a year with no visa, and Visionary, with one residence visa, is AED 12,999. Renewal is AED 4,999 a year for Business Club and AED 8,999 for Visionary, and AMC says prices may change, so your quote uses the list in force when you apply.

No. Corporate tax is 0% on taxable income up to AED 375,000 and 9% above. The free zone 0% applies only to the qualifying income of a Qualifying Free Zone Person that keeps substance in the zone, has audited accounts and keeps non-qualifying revenue within the de minimis of 5% of the total or AED 5,000,000, whichever is lower. Fees from other free zone companies can qualify. Media, marketing and consulting fees from mainland or overseas clients count only within that de minimis, and sales to individuals are an excluded activity. We work from the QFZP rules in force, including Cabinet Decision No. 100 of 2023 and Ministerial Decision No. 229 of 2025. VAT is 5%, withholding tax is 0% and there is no personal income tax.

AMC gives no timeline in days - its site talks of a licence 'in one click' - so we put dates in your quote rather than invent a number. The licence stage is online. Visa packages then need the establishment card and e-channel registration, investor security approval, visa status change, the medical and the Emirates ID. Corporate tax registration is due within three months of incorporation under FTA Decision No. 3 of 2024, and the FTA's processing time is 20 business days.

Yes, if a bank accepts your file; the decision is the bank's. We found no AMC banking rule, and AMC's own blog notes that opening a corporate account 'usually involves due diligence and supporting documentation'. We shortlist UAE banks and EMIs that suit your activity and profile, build the KYC file with source of funds, contracts and a business plan, and support the meeting in person or by video where the bank allows. The bank sets the timeline; we tell you where you stand.

Business Club (AED 4,999) gives the licence and a co-working lease with no visa. Visionary (AED 12,999) adds one residence visa with the establishment card, e-channel, medical and Emirates ID; Pioneer (AED 17,999) has two visas and Innovator (AED 22,999) three. AMC advertises packages with up to 10 shareholder visas and says a company licence does not automatically give unlimited employee visas. Business Club can be upgraded later, but choose for the visas you need in year one.

We found none on AMC's pages or the FZA's, and no paid-up or proof-of-capital rule either. That is not the same as a confirmed zero, so we check what the registry expects for your form before you sign.

Not directly. Federal guidance says a free zone company reaches the mainland through a licensed mainland distributor or by setting up a mainland branch or company, and we found no mainland permit of AMC's own. For a QFZP, the income of a mainland branch is taxed at 9%.

For one person selling one service, it can be. AMC's freelance licence is a Sole Professional Licence with a lease and one approved activity, from AED 6,150, with visa, immigration and related government charges calculated separately. The holder may be eligible for one residence visa and must work only within the licensed activity. It licenses an individual, not an incorporated company, and a natural person in business becomes subject to corporate tax once turnover from that business exceeds AED 1,000,000.

The licence and package are renewed each year online, at AED 4,999 to AED 14,999 depending on the package. The company keeps its UBO and shareholder registers, updating the UBO register within 15 days of a change, registers once for corporate tax and files the return within nine months of the year-end. Audited accounts are required for a QFZP or above AED 50,000,000 of revenue. We found no AMC rule on filing audited accounts, but the FZA's inspection checklist asks most of its companies for last year's financial report or six months of bank statements, and DNFBPs under the AML rules for an audit report.