Business Start your company
Explore the steps involved in starting a company in Dubai, from your idea to the documents you may need.
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Your next chapter starts here.
Start your business. Build your career. Bring your family.
Choose your next move.
Pick a service to see how it works. You decide when to begin an application.
Business 
Career Start your broker career
Understand how the process of beginning a career as a real estate broker works, step by step.
Mobility Start your driving license
Understand the steps involved in getting a driving license in Dubai, from eligibility to the documents you may need.
Family Bring your family
Explore the application requirements related to bringing your spouse, children or parents to Dubai.
Residency Start your golden visa
Explore what is involved in applying for long-term residency such as the golden visa, and what you may need to prepare.
Investment Start your investor visa
Understand how residency through investment works in general terms, and what you may need to prepare before you apply.
Property Buy your first property
Learn the stages of buying your first property in Dubai, from setting a budget to the documents you may need.
Coming soon Open your bank account
Personal and business banking support. This service is not available yet.
Not available yet — applications are closed for this service.
Three steps, one clear path.
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1Choose your service
Find the right starting point.
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2Send your details
Fill in one short form.
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3Talk to our team
We contact you about the next steps.
An independent place to begin your next chapter in Dubai.
Start in Dubai explains the steps for starting a company, building a broker career or bringing your family, in plain English and Arabic. It is not a government service, and it never presents unverified information as official.
See how it works
Every move, up close.
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Start your company
Explore the steps involved in starting a company in Dubai, from your idea to the documents you may need.
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Start your broker career
Understand how the process of beginning a career as a real estate broker works, step by step.
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Start your driving license
Understand the steps involved in getting a driving license in Dubai, from eligibility to the documents you may need.
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Bring your family
Explore the application requirements related to bringing your spouse, children or parents to Dubai.
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Start your golden visa
Explore what is involved in applying for long-term residency such as the golden visa, and what you may need to prepare.
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Start your investor visa
Understand how residency through investment works in general terms, and what you may need to prepare before you apply.
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Buy your first property
Learn the stages of buying your first property in Dubai, from setting a budget to the documents you may need.
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Open your bank account
Personal and business banking support. This service is not available yet.
Not available yet — applications are closed for this service.
Coming soon
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Why Start in Dubai
Clear, honest and in your language.
Whatever you are starting in Dubai, these are the principles behind how we explain it.
Find my starting point-
One place for every beginning
Company, career and family journeys sit side by side, so you never hunt for where to start.
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Plain English and Arabic
Every screen is written in both languages, with proper right-to-left layout.
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Honest and clear
We never invent fees, timelines or outcomes.
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A real person follows up
Send your details once and our team contacts you about your next steps.
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Independent by design
Start in Dubai is not a government service and is not affiliated with any government entity.
Free consultation
Talk to us before you start.
Tell us what you are planning and we will point you to the right next step.
- Plain English and Arabic
- No obligation
- Clear next steps for your service
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