This page is your starting point for everything we have written about free zones. The list of guides follows this introduction. It is grouped by sub-topic, and within each group the newest guide appears at the top, so you can see recent additions without searching. Each guide looks in more depth at a particular part of free zones, so you can read only what is relevant to you.

The main choice you face is which route or option under this topic fits your situation, and where to find the official rules that apply to it. Each guide is written to help you with that decision. The guides help you ask the right questions and show you where the official pages explain the details.

A practical way to work through them is to begin with the general guide on choosing, then draw up a shortlist of the options that seem to suit you. Read the official pages for each option on your shortlist, since the authority’s own wording is the source to rely on. If anything is unclear, or you are unsure how a guide applies to your case, ask us and we will help you work out your next step.

For the official picture, see u.ae’s official pages.

The guides

Choosing a free zone

IFZA

Meydan

JAFZA and Dubai free zones

Sharjah and other emirates

More guides

How Al Ain Business Center helps

Al Ain Business Center can talk you through the choice and the paperwork for your own case. Tell us what you are planning and we will point you to the right guide and the next step.