UAE Free Zone: RAKEZ
Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone: the budget UAE free zone for e-commerce, service, and trading businesses. Lowest entry point of any UAE free zone with credible 100% foreign ownership and zero-visa flexibility. Filed through RAKEZ's direct Corporate Service Provider program.
What's included
- RAKEZ Free Zone license fee: we file and pay it on your behalf
- Memorandum of Association (UAE Free Zone variant)
- Establishment Card
- Share Certificate and Register of Members
- Initial Resolution appointing director
- First-year corporate-services support from our licensed UAE partner
- Sanctions screen + Tier 1 KYC
What's NOT included
- UAE residence visa packages (sold separately if needed)
- Office or flexi-desk lease beyond the bundled minimum
- Year-2+ license renewal (~$1,899/yr)
- UAE corporate-tax registration with the FTA
- Local bank account opening (separate post-formation flow)
- Mail forwarding
We list what's not included on every product page so there are no checkout surprises.
Timeline & terms
- Formation
- 14 business days
- KYC tier
- Tier 1
Operator-grade use case
RAKEZ (Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone) is the budget UAE free zone: meaningfully cheaper than IFZA or Meydan with full 100% foreign ownership and zero-visa flexibility. Strong fit for e-commerce, trading, and service businesses where the UAE-corporate-presence signal matters more than a Dubai postal address.
Common deployments: cross-border e-commerce operators who want a UAE entity as an alternative to the US-LLC plus US-domiciled payments stack, consultants invoicing GCC clients, and trading companies routing through Jebel Ali (with the right activity license).
Less ideal for: operators who specifically need a Dubai address for brand reasons (RAK is a 45-min drive from Dubai), regulated activities, or businesses whose clients map 'UAE company' onto 'Dubai company' and would balk at the RAK origin.
What you'll need to hand us
- Email address
- Country of residence
- Intended use statement (free-text)
- Government-issued photo ID (passport or national ID)
- Proof of address (utility bill, bank statement, or government letter, dated within 90 days)
- Source-of-funds attestation (drop-down + free text)
- Optional: PEP and adverse-media screening consent
- Everything in Tier 1
- Beneficial owner declaration for every party with 25%+ ownership
- Source-of-wealth documentation (tax return, employment letter, salary, asset proof)
- Manual enhanced-due-diligence reviewer notes from our KYC partner