You can set up your business in the UAE in just 15 minutes using the Basher eService.
Basher is an integrated eService, which enables investors to establish their businesses in the UAE within 15 minutes through a unified online platform. This platform is connected with federal and local government entities which provide commercial licence services.
For getting a business licence through Basher, same standard fees apply as defined by the relevant Departments of Economic Development (DED) and other respective local and federal entities involved for business licensing.
Through Basher, the investor is offered the following bundle services:
The Basher platform provides other supporting services including:
After submitting the application and paying the fees, documents will be issued electronically, and the investor can immediately start doing business.
At the time of applying for the service all the investors should have:
To speed up the process, please ready the following information before applying for the service:
No documents have to be submitted at the service application phase. After issuance of the commercial licence and other documents, investor will have a grace period of:
Basher covers five main functions as follows:
Providing trade names registry – Basher provides an automated verification of trade names throughout the Departments of Economic Development and other entities concerned
Restructuring official procedures by providing registration and payment services online and notifying electronically to the entities concerned about licence status
Setting mechanisms to unify the registration process - by this procedure, a new company registered in economic departments and municipalities will be registered in other entities. It will enable customers to get commercial licence and establishment card and update other entities about any amendments to the commercial licence
Setting mechanisms for issuance of company licences and certificates electronically by economic departments and municipalities and improvement of economic departments’ data
Covering legal aspect: it covers plans and timelines for finishing legal updates and related policies and submitting them for approval by the authorities concerned.
To activate the Basher service, the UAE government implemented the following associated projects:
Digital signature: activating digital signature in the UAE as a secured means for eTransactions
One-time application: centralising personal information of the customer with privacy protection and making it available for government entities concerned
Dissemination and exchange of data: approving a policy or law for dissemination and exchange of data in the federal government, in coordination with local governments
Digital transaction strategy: defining aspects of digital transactions strategy, frame of governance and government usages and initiatives.
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