Register a company in Hamriyah Free Zone

HFZA's pages do not say whether the whole set-up can be done from abroad, and its document list asks for copies of the shareholders' and manager's visit or tourist visas. We prepare the file with you remotely and confirm the licence stage with HFZA before you book anything. The visa stage - medical test, Emirates ID and stamping - needs you in the UAE.

Our registration work starts from $2,900; with a UAE bank account set up, from $5,400. Zone fees come on top: HFZA's FAQ gives AED 11,000 as the basic licence cost, on an undated page, and the zone publishes no full price list, so we quote its office, visa and other fees for your case. The licence is paid every year. For warehouse packages HFZA lists indicative extras of AED 3,500 (licence) and AED 5,000 (service fee) a year, a one-time AED 9,000 incorporation fee and a refundable AED 5,000 deposit, with visa costs excluded.

Corporate tax is 0% on taxable income up to AED 375,000 and 9% above it. HFZA states that Hamriyah is a qualified free zone for corporate tax, so a company here can be a Qualifying Free Zone Person and pay 0% on qualifying income if it meets the conditions, among them adequate substance in the UAE, audited accounts, the transfer-pricing rules and non-qualifying revenue within 5% of total revenue or AED 5,000,000, whichever is lower. Other taxable income is taxed at 9%. VAT is 5%, withholding tax is 0% and there is no personal income tax.

HFZA says it can issue a licence within an hour once every document is in, and it rejects incomplete applications, so most of the time goes into the file. After the licence come security approval and the establishment card, then the e-channel account and the visas. The FTA's processing time for corporate tax registration is 20 business days from a complete application, and the bank sets its own pace. We put dates for your case in the quote.

Yes, on the bank's terms. HFZA's FAQ mentions branches of leading banks among the zone's facilities but gives no account-opening guidance. Banks look at the licence and lease, who owns the company, where the money comes from and what the business will do. Our Company + Bank Account package builds that KYC file, prepares you for the bank meeting and shortlists the UAE banks and EMIs that fit your profile before you pay.

For an FZC, yes. Its rules require individual directors and an individual secretary, with at least one director and the secretary resident in the UAE - one person can hold both posts. An FZE also needs at least one director and a secretary, and we confirm the officer set-up for your form before filing. No local partner or local shareholder is required.

Not directly. Federal guidance says a free zone company reaches the mainland through a licensed mainland distributor or through a mainland branch or company, and HFZA's pages describe no mainland permit or dual licence. Goods moved into the mainland market pay UAE customs duty, and a mainland branch's income is taxed at 9%, not 0%. Separately, HFZA has an NOC application for individuals (shareholders, directors, managers or employees) who start a business outside the zone, with a fee of AED 1,500 for a shareholder and AED 3,000 for the others.

It depends on the work. The Start Up package lists no office area and carries one visa. Smart offices are 10 sqm with 4 to 7 visas, Deluxe starts at 12 sqm with 2, and Supreme goes up to 40 sqm with 12. Pre-built warehouses of 200, 400 and 600 sqm carry 25, 40 and 50 visas, and land from 2,500 sqm comes with a flexible quota. HFZA still processes visas on the project's actual needs and performance, at its discretion.

Yes. HFZA's rules require every FZE and FZC to file annual accounts with a signed report from an HFZA-approved auditor within three months of the year-end, unless HFZA allows longer. The licence is renewed against those accounts or against a written undertaking to file them, and a missed filing brings penalties. A temporary waiver is possible on an undertaking, but its fee is not refunded. Separately, a Qualifying Free Zone Person needs audited financial statements for corporate tax.

HFZA's rules set no minimum amount. Capital is stated in dirhams, in shares of AED 1,000 or multiples, and paid in cash unless HFZA allows contributions in kind; in an FZC no share is issued until the capital is fully paid. The site does not say how capital is proven, so we confirm the amount and the evidence HFZA expects for your project.