Practical guides to UAE licensing, tax, attestation and visas — written from official sources and reviewed regularly.
AED 375,000 makes VAT registration mandatory and AED 187,500 makes it voluntary, but the rule that catches people is the 30 days you have to apply.…
Read the guideThe landlord is obliged to register the tenancy and the tenant is the one who files it. What Ejari gates, what it costs, and the two…
Read the guideThe establishment card creates your company file with the immigration authority. The three documents that share the name, the Dubai fee and fine, and why no…
Read the guideForeign ownership stopped being the difference in 2021. What remains is where you may trade, who sponsors your staff, which labour law applies, and a corporate…
Read the guideResidents renew in the final six months or after expiry, with a 30-day grace period and then AED 20 a day up to AED 1,000. The…
Read the guideThe salary rule, who counts as family, the sixty-day clock after arrival, the medical test, and why sponsoring parents in Dubai is a different procedure with…
Read the guideThe 180 days are a moving window, not a fixed block. How the count works under Article 6 of the Schengen Borders Code, what the Entry/Exit…
Read the guideThe visa lets you enter; the permit is applied for from inside Portugal, within four months. Who AIMA is, what the law does and does not…
Read the guidePortuguese law sets out exactly what a bank must collect from you, and it expressly allows for an applicant with no Portuguese tax number. What it…
Read the guideThe Portuguese tax number, and why a residence visa now comes with a provisional one. The three official routes, the documents, and the tax representative rule…
Read the guidePortugal issues a social security number only where there is a reason for one. What counts as a reason, the online-only request, the documents for third-country…
Read the guideWhether you need a visa or an ETA depends on your passport, not your Emirates ID. Fees, the three-week target, priority options and what gov.uk really…
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