Good fit
Founders or partners who need a UAE free-zone company, can provide ownership and business documents, and want a renewable five-year residence permit tied to their partner/investor status.
United Arab Emirates · Startup / Entrepreneur · Investor / Golden Visa
Free-zone company and Green Residence — partner/investor
A company-owner route pairing DMCC free-zone company formation with Dubai's Green Residence permit for an investor or partner in a commercial project.
Status note. This fixture combines an official DMCC free-zone company setup path with the Dubai GDRFA partner/investor Green Residence service. The government portal's broader Green Visa pages remain supplementary and are not used for claims here.
Decision fit
Who this pathway serves
Important limits
Applicants seeking a passive residence route without a company or commercial-project role, or those who need a published universal setup cost, family entitlement, or permanent-residence outcome.
Minimums
Eligibility
Age
No hard age floor or ceiling is modeled.
Work experience
Minimum: Not stated years
Language
Not stated
Education
Minimum: Unknown — confirm with the official source
Assessment: Unknown — confirm with the official source
Selection threshold
Points: Not stated
Competition: Not stated
Health and character
Medical exam: Unknown — confirm with the official source
Police certificate: Unknown — confirm with the official source
Costs
Funds and fees
Settlement funds
No settlement-fund table is published.
Application fees
- 200 AEDGDRFA residence permit fee
Outcomes
Residence, work, and family
Permanent residence
The retained company-setup and Green Residence service pages do not establish a permanent-residence pathway.
Work: Yes · Study: Unknown — confirm with the official source
Family
The retained DMCC and GDRFA service pages do not establish the family sponsorship conditions for this fixture.
Partner: Unknown — confirm with the official source · Children: Unknown — confirm with the official source
Citizenship
The retained company-setup and Green Residence service pages do not establish a citizenship pathway.
Processing time
DMCC says company formation typically takes around 10 working days depending on documents and approvals. GDRFA lists 48 hours as the expected completion time for the residence service.
Modeled: Not stated–Not stated months
Sources
Official sources
Citations
Field provenance
Information only, not legal advice. Rules, fees, and processing times change. Confirm the linked official pages before acting.