Obtain your own Postal Address
Postal Services
You decide how and when you want your mail or parcel forwarded. Daily, weekly or monthly, or perhaps you may elect to have your items stored securely until you are ready to have them sent on.
GLOBAL MAIL FORWARDING
You decide how and when you want your mail or parcel forwarded. Daily, weekly or monthly, or perhaps you may elect to have your items stored securely until you are ready to have them sent on.
MAIL FORWARDING INTERVALS
You are free to choose when you wish to have your mail dispatched. This can be done weekly, monthly or on demand. Simply provide your chosen method at the time of registration.
DAILY DISPATCH
Choosing the Daily Dispatch option will dispatch your mail within 48 hours of receipt, on the next available working day.
'ON DEMAND' DISPATCH
Urgent mail can be dispatched on a priority basis, even if you elect to choose any other option of dispatch. This will not affect your normal scheduled dispatch, but will allow for urgent items to be sent as a priority.
HOLDING MAIL
Should you choose to have your mail 'held' we can store your mail at no extra charges while you consider your forwarding options.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
- All business partners to be present at DED with their Emirates ID for those who are not registered in MYID (only the presence of one partner (or the manager) is sufficient in case other partners are already registered in MYID)
- Provide passport copy of all license partners (including the manager)
- Provide copy of Emirates ID of all license partners (including the manager)
- Provide copy of residency visa and NOC from sponsor for foreign partners (Non-local, non-GCC)
- Provide copy of visit visa for foreign partners.
PROCEDURES
- All partners will be registered in MYID.
- Trade name will be reserved for the business license (pre-reserved trade name can be used)
- Initial approval will be issued for the business license (pre-issued initial approval can be used)
- Electronic memorandum of association will be issued (Attesting from Notary Public is NOT required)
- Start Business certificate shall be issued with 6 months validity.
Once the customer provides tenancy contract for the business location attested by RERA (Ejari), the trade license will be issued automatically and SMS notification will be sent to the mobile number registered in the license details. The customer can get the license once the fees are paid at any payment channel.
Frequently Asked Questions
General
No. Business registration and licensing procedures are associated with smart services which require Emirates ID.
• Reserve a trade name
• Obtain a preliminary approval
• Obtain an approval from other authorities if the activity deems necessary
• Obtain the Memorandum of Association of the companies
• Provide a certificate of authenticity of the lease contract issued from the Real Estate Regulatory Agency
Yes, except in the case of engineering consultancy.
No
• Filling a registration and license application form and reserving a trade name.
• A copy of the service agent’s passport (with the details of residence/Visa for non-GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) nationals)
• A copy of the service agent’s identity card and family book
• A copy of the responsible director’s passport and a no objection letter from his current sponsor
• Approval of other governmental agencies concerned with the activity of the company
• The Board of Directors’ decision to open a branch and to appoint a director
• A copy of the Memorandum of Association and the Commercial Register which should be duly certified by the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the UAE embassy of the country in which the company is incorporated.
Conditions of licensing the activity of the business center:
• The total site area of the business center shouldn’t be less than 5000 feet where the area of each office is not less than 250 feet including hallways and facilities. The net area per office shouldn’t be less than 200 square feet.
• Having a lease agreement between the property owner and the business center of a period not less than 4 years.
• A written consent by the property owner authorizing the business center to sublease the property during the period of the lease contract.
• Submitting schemes for the site showing the number and the distribution of offices until the allowed number of establishments that can be registered in the site is determined by the commercial register sector in accordance with the aforementioned information in paragraph (A) of this article.
• An annual fee of 25,000 twenty five thousand AED is calculated for every site allocated for the business center activities.
Having educational qualifications, experience, and obtaining external approvals.
Professional activities are the activities that depend on mental and physical effort to be practiced. They include agriculture, fishing, education, health, social work, and community, social and personal services.
Issuing of a Business License
• Reserving a trade name
• Obtaining a preliminary approval
• Obtaining an approval of other authorities if the activity deems necessary
• Obtaining a Memorandum of Association of the companies
• Obtaining a service agent contract for occupational licenses
• Lease contract issued from the Real Estate Regulatory Agency.
• Reserve a trade name
• Obtain a preliminary approval
• Obtain an approval from other authorities if the activity deems necessary
• Obtain the Memorandum of Association of the companies
• Provide a certificate of authenticity of the lease contract issued from the Real Estate Regulatory Agency.
Yes, except in the case of engineering consultancy.
no
• Filling a registration and license application form and reserving a trade name.
• A copy of the responsible director’s passport and a no objection letter from his current sponsor
• Approval of other governmental agencies concerned with the activity of the company
• The Board of Directors’ decision to open a branch and to appoint a director and a copy of the Memorandum of Association and the Commercial Register
• The Ministry of Economy approval for the commercial and industrial companies where the rate of nationals is less than 51%
• The total site area of the business center shouldn’t be less than 5000 feet where the area of each office is not less than 250 feet including hallways and facilities. The net area per office shouldn’t be less than 200 square feet.
• Having a lease agreement between the property owner and the business center of a period not less than 4 years.
• A written consent by the property owner authorizing the business center to sublease the property during the period of the lease contract.
• Submitting schemes for the site showing the number and the distribution of offices until the allowed number of establishments that can be registered in the site is determined by the commercial register sector in accordance with the aforementioned information in paragraph (A) of this article.
• An annual fee of 25,000 twenty five thousand AED is calculated for every site allocated for the business center activities.
Having educational qualifications, experience, and obtaining external approvals.
The same usual conditions in addition to paying 500 AED. Yes. No
Yes
Paying 50 million and having a legal form as a limited liability company.
Commercial activities are the activities that require a capital to be practiced. They include wholesale and retail trade, construction, transportation, stockpiling, communication, financial intermediation, real estate, and leasing.
Industrial activities are the activities that require a capital to be practiced. They include manufacturing, mining, quarrying, electricity, gas, and water.
Professional activities are the activities that depend on mental and physical effort to be practiced. They include agriculture, fishing, education, health, social work, and community, social and personal services.
No, but the owner can.
Yes
You can apply for a trade name online or go through an authorized document cearing office or approved lawirm. Please note that to access online services, you need a user account.
It includes the trade of all kinds of goods and products that are mentioned in full details in the trade category of the activity classification guidebook except for those that require an external approval from concerned authorities.
To be qualified, and to have an experience in the required consultation field. The requirements of the consultations that require an external approval are determined by concerned authorities.
Manage Business License
• Providing a letter from the company or the institution requesting to stop the licensing temporarily
• Providing a letter from the Ministry of Labor indicating the absence of sponsored people on the license
• Providing a report from the inspection division in Dubai DED.
Providing a certificate of authenticity of the lease contract issued from the Real Estate Regulatory Agency and an appendix of the Memorandum of Association when modifying the status of partners.
Providing a certificate of authenticity of the lease contract issued from the Real Estate Regulatory Agency and an appendix of the Memorandum of Association when modifying the status of partners.
Cancel Business License
If the partnership has ended more than 2 years ago.
• The license expiration date should have ended for more than 2 years.
• The national partner shall acknowledge his liability towards the company.
• Providing supporting documents that strengthens the dissolution request such as the escape of a partner
• Providing a letter from the Ministry of Labor indicating the absence of sponsored people on the license
• For sole proprietorships, a no objection letter from the Ministry of Labor is required in addition to a residence cancellation proof for non-Gulf nationals.
• For civil works companies, a no objection letter from the Ministry of Labor is required in addition to dissolution of partnership contract from the notary public.
• For commercial companies, a no objection letter from the Ministry of Labor is required in addition to a residence cancellation proof for non-Gulf nationals, the minutes of Annual General Meeting to liquidate the company and appoint a liquidator, a letter from the liquidator of accepting the liquidation, and announcing the liquidation in the newspaper.
ANONYMOUS EMAIL ADDRESS
First Postbox will provide you with a FREE secure and anonymous cloud email address when you REGISTER for discrete communications.
CREATING YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS
Creating your private email address only takes a few simple steps and it's completely free.
Once you have registered your details First Postbox will provide you with your own Virtual Suite Number, along with your email address.
PRIVACY AND ANONYMITY
For your anonymity, after creating your account, all written communication will be carried out using your private email address. This will ensure that only you will have access to your confidential documents.
SCAN AND SEND
Where correspondence is urgent, we also offer you the option to have an item of mail scanned and sent electronically to your secure First Postbox email address.
SIMPLE AND EASY ACCESS
If you are living abroad, travelling or working in several locations globally, receiving mail can be difficult to organize at the best of times. Why not consolidate your mail to be sent to one central location and allow First Postbox to take care of the rest. Simply use your smart phone, tablet devise or PC to access your secure personalized account and control your mail – wherever you are in the world.
SCAN AND SEND SERVICES
Scan Envelope
Initially First Postbox will scan any mail received and send a copy to your private email address.
Scan and Send
On your instruction First Postbox will open any mail required and scan it to your private email address.
Scan and Save
First Postbox can scan and store your mail and await further instructions.
Scan and Forward
Re-mailing can be done simply at your discression.
Scan and Shred
Any mail can be shredded when necessary.
COMMERCIAL LOGISTICS & DISTRIBUTION
For those trading product from outside of the UAE and in need of Emirates postal logistics.
RE-MAILING
If you are trading products into the region from abroad, the cost of fulfilling orders individually can be prohibitive and very expensive.
By making use of First Postbox re-mailing service you can combine all your pre-addressed and packaged orders into a single consignment.
MAIL REDISTRIBUTION
Courier your single consignment to First Postbox Dubai, at a fraction of the international mailing price per-address.
First Postbox will de-consolidate your delivery and forward each package on. You will benefit by only being charged at local post or courier rates for each document distributed to addresses throughout the UAE and Gulf States.
PRICING
SERVICE FEE'S AND CHARGES
Our cost effective payment options make it easy to choose your desired services. Using First Postbox, you can also choose from a variety of easy payment methods too...
PAYMENT METHODS
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TOP UP ACCOUNT
First Postbox provides an easy ‘top-up’ service that ensures that there are no delays in any of the services that you have chosen.
EARLY NOTICE
First Postbox will inform you well in advance if your account is running low, so that you are able to keep your account running smoothly and all your important mail delivered on time.
