Licence activities
Confirm activities still match the business and identify additions or removals.
UAE TRADE LICENCE RENEWAL
Renew your UAE trade licence with deadlines and dependencies under control.
Coordinate licence, facility, establishment and company-document requirements before expiry and identify changes that should be handled with the renewal.
RENEW BEFORE EXPIRY
A renewal can involve more than paying the licence fee.
The authority may require valid facility documents, shareholder or manager records, immigration-file actions, outstanding approvals or other company information.
Start early enough to resolve changes and avoid relying on last-minute processing.
RENEWAL CHECK
What should be reviewed.
Facility
Check lease, flexible facility or premises evidence and its validity period.
Ownership and management
Record shareholder, UBO, manager or signatory changes correctly.
Immigration file
Review establishment validity and dependencies affecting company-sponsored visas.
Authority obligations
Resolve required filings, approvals or outstanding items before completion.
Compliance calendar
Keep tax, VAT, bookkeeping and other deadlines separate from licence renewal.
RENEWAL PROCESS
A visible sequence from review to renewed documents.
Review
Licence, facility, ownership, visas and requested changes.
Confirm scope
Authority charges, supporting documents and service fee.
Submit
Renewal and related changes coordinated with the authority.
Record
Renewed documents organised and next deadlines updated.
IMPORTANT
Licence renewal is not the same as tax compliance.
A renewed trade licence does not by itself satisfy Corporate Tax, VAT, bookkeeping or other reporting obligations. These operate under separate rules and deadlines.
PLAN THE NEXT YEAR