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Rizwan Chaudhary

UAE Business Setup and Corporate Services Specialist

Rizwan writes the mainland setup guidance on this site: the licence routes, the cost breakdowns, the document lists and the process pages.

Every figure on them comes from files his team has actually filed, not from a summary of the regulations.

Rizwan Chaudhary

UAE business advisor

15+Years advising

10,000+Businesses supported

50+Nationalities served

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Areas of expertise

Topics Rizwan covers across UAE business setup, licensing, taxation and immigration.

Business setup
Mainland routes, what the licence actually permits, and what it costs in year one.
26 pages
Company formation
LLCs, sole establishments, branches and subsidiaries, and which one survives your activity.
18 pages
Trade licensing
DET licence types, activity codes, external approvals and the renewals that follow.
12 pages
Corporate tax and accounting
Corporate tax registration, VAT, bookkeeping and what an FTA audit actually asks for.
3 pages
UAE visas
Investor and employment visas, quota, and the Ejari office that sets it.
3 pages
Banking and compliance
Corporate bank account preparation, PRO work, and staying compliant after launch.
4 pages