Moving to Dubai · official fees
Moving to Dubai: visa and company setup costs
What a residence visa costs, who normally pays it, and what free zones charge to set up a company. Each figure comes with its official source and the date we read it.
How to read this page
Government fees are copied from the official service pages. What an authority or a free zone does not publish is shown as “Not published”, never as zero and never estimated. This is a cost guide, not legal or immigration advice: confirm with the authority before you pay.
Residence visas: official fees by route
Choose how you would live in Dubai. Fees are those of GDRFA Dubai, the authority that issues residence in this emirate.
RouteCosts on top of the visa
Almost every route also needs an Emirates ID, a medical fitness test and health insurance.
Setting up a company: free zones compared
Prices as each free zone publishes them on its own website. Packages are grouped by what they include so that you compare like with like.
Free zone by free zone
Sources and method
We read each official page on the date shown and saved its text. Every amount here is copied from that text and re-checked by a program before publishing; if the official wording no longer matches, the figure is not published. Prices we asked for by email will appear with the date of the answer.