One of the most popular ways of acquiring a residency permit in the UAE is through setting up a company. The owner is under no obligation to carry out real commercial activity or trading within the territory. Gain ownership and access to the Middle East by registering under the Dubai mainland department or any of the available free zone jurisdictions.

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Why the UAE and Dubai?
The UAE is rapidly taking the lead in becoming the best financial and commercial global hub the world has ever seen. While political uncertainty in London and Hong Kong has seen the rankings of the two financial hubs fall, Dubai has emerged as the leader of a new group of global financial centres looking to disrupt the status quo. The country has year on year taken steps to improve its commercial viability without disrupting global sustainability. The UAE was ranked 16 th by the World Bank in the Ease of doing Business, the country’s ambitious project of uniting the world's leading manufacturers, startups and entrepreneurs, governments, UN agencies and philanthropists, academia and researchers, to form a community dedicated to spreading global prosperity is also slowly materializing.

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• It’s the Global hub for trade being the central point between Europe and the rest of Asia.
• One of the safest countries in the world.
• Regional headquarters for most of the Forbes Global 2000 Companies, including both the top US and Chinese banks that have offices in the region.
• Over 90% of the top regional CEOs of global companies are based out of the UAE. The UAE also has a good diplomatic relationship with China, the US, and Europe. The country is home to over 4,000 Chinese companies.
• The UAE was ranked sixteenth on the World Bank’s ease of doing business ranking this year. It is ranked first globally in the ease of getting an electricity connection, third when it comes to getting construction permits, ninth when it comes to enforcing contracts and is the tenth easiest country in the world to register property.
• When it comes to financial regulation the country has made huge strides. It has two financial centers: the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC), and Abu Dhabi Global Markets (ADGM). Both these centers have their own rules and regulations.
• DIFC is home to an internationally-recognised independent regulator and a proven judicial system, with an English common law framework. The financial center is also home to the region’s largest financial ecosystem of more than 25,600 professionals working across over 2,400 active registered companies.
• DIFC is focused on relaxed licensing and offers one of the region’s most comprehensive FinTech and venture capital environments, including easy and cheap licensing, fit-for-purpose regulation, innovative accelerator programs, and funding for growth-stage startups. It also has a regulatory sandbox, which gives startups the chance to test their products with relaxed regulations.
• ADGM has three independent authorities: the Registration Authority, the Financial Services Regulatory Authority, and ADGM Courts. The center has $26 billion in assets under management. It is uniquely positioned as a gateway into China just like Hong Kong was. This is due to the partnership agreements it has signed with state-owned Chinese entities and the opening of its first international representative office in Beijing.
• The National Development and Reform Commission China and ADGM are already in talks to explore and establish a Belt-and-Road investment and financing center to support joint projects.