Licence Renewal
A UAE trade licence is valid for one year and must be renewed before it expires. Late renewal attracts fines from the licensing authority and can block visa and labour transactions until the file is clean. Here is what the renewal involves and how we handle it end to end.
Requirements vary by authority and activity; a mainland DET renewal typically needs the following.
We run the sequence for you and confirm at each stage.
Licensing authorities apply escalating penalties on expired licences, and an expired establishment card stops new visa and labour applications. If your licence has already lapsed, we can still renew it — send us the licence copy and we will confirm the position and any accrued fines before you commit.
Free zone authorities such as IFZA, DMCC, Meydan, RAKEZ and SHAMS run their own portals with their own renewal windows, flexi-desk or office requirements and immigration card cycles. We hold portal access for our clients and manage the renewal inside the authority's own system.
Renew the Ejari tenancy contract, submit the renewal application to the licensing authority with your licence and shareholder documents, pay the authority fees and collect the renewed licence, then renew the establishment card. EasyPRO can run the whole sequence on your behalf.
Start around 30 days before expiry. That leaves room to renew Ejari, settle any fines and clear amendments before the licence lapses.
For a mainland Dubai licence, a valid registered tenancy contract (Ejari) covering the licensed premises is normally required. Free zone licences instead rely on the lease or flexi-desk package issued by the authority.
Yes, but the authority applies late penalties and your establishment card will be blocked until the file is regularised. Send us the licence copy and we will confirm the current position first.
Send us your trade licence copy and expiry date. We confirm what is required, quote authority fees at cost and handle the submission.