Practical guides to UAE licensing, tax, attestation and visas — written from official sources and reviewed regularly.
The Central Bank publishes what a bank has to identify about a company: five recorded fields, every individual above 25 per cent, and a look-through that…
Read the guideTwo separate rules: a percentage target at 50 employees and a headcount target at 20, in 14 named sectors. The published contributions, the advertising rules and…
Read the guideNo formula is published. Four factors are named, the quota can arrive without an application, and in a free zone the number is a term of…
Read the guideThe offer comes first and the contract must match it. Six contract forms, probation and non-compete as published, and the article of the law that converted…
Read the guideTwo jobs, not one. The federal portal publishes Dubai’s two de-registration phases and exactly one fee; the Commercial Companies Law sets the liquidator, the newspapers and…
Read the guideAED 500 for the request, then it depends. Several fees are charged per party signature rather than per amendment, and above AED 100,000 the fee becomes…
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…
Read the guideThe D7 is for income you already receive; the remote-work visa is for income you still earn. How the income test is actually calculated, and why…
Read the guideThe official refusal form carries seventeen numbered reasons, not the eleven most blogs list. What each common box means, and your right of appeal.
Read the guideWhat the EU Visa Code actually requires: the four document categories, EUR 30,000 insurance, passport rules, the EUR 90 fee, and which country you must apply…
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