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Dubai Production City and Dubai Studio City form the production cluster: film and broadcast production, print and publishing operations, and the service businesses around them. We file the licence, run KYC and handle the visa.
Dubai Production City and Studio City are the working half of the media cluster: facilities, studios and print operations rather than agency offices.
The district is built for facilities and studio space, which is the constraint most production businesses actually have.
Film, broadcast and print categories are licensed directly rather than adapted from a general media list.
Equipment, crew and service suppliers sit in the same cluster, which shortens production timelines.
The production districts sit alongside Dubai Media City, so agency clients and production teams share one ecosystem.
Full foreign ownership with no local partner requirement, as across the UAE free zones.
Qualifying Free Zone Person status keeps corporate tax at 0% on qualifying income when the structure and activity support it.
The cluster licenses production, broadcast and print activities from premises built for them. The facility you take is part of the licence and sets the visa allocation, so we scope the two together.
The production cluster suits businesses that make things — film, broadcast and print — and need space and facilities rather than a desk in a tower.
Production and post-production companies, including service producers.
Broadcast businesses and the technical services that support them.
Printing, packaging and publishing operations in the production cluster.
Equipment, crew and facility services supplying the productions themselves.
Day 1–5
Diagnostic, KYC, activity scoping, Dubai Production City name reservation.
Week 2–4
Filing, MOA, initial approval.
Week 5–6
Licence issuance, establishment card, eSignature.
Week 7–9
Investor visa: entry permit, medical, Emirates ID.
Week 8–12
Corporate bank account (varies by bank).
Final cost depends on the zone, activity and visa count.
| Feature | Dubai Production City |  Dubai Media City |   Dubai Design District |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal framework | UAE Civil Law | UAE Civil Law | UAE Civil Law |
| 100% foreign ownership | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 0% on qualifying income | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 100% profit repatriation | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Emirate | Dubai | Dubai | Dubai |
| Focus | Film, broadcast and print production | Advertising, publishing, broadcast and communications | Design, fashion and creative practice |
| Best for | Production companies, studios and print operations | Agencies, publishers and regional media HQs | Design studios, fashion labels, creative agencies |
Bank suitability depends on your activity, ownership, documents and transaction profile.
Tell us the activity and headcount. We shortlist the zones that actually accept it.
No obligation. We tell you if it is not the right route.
Sonsoto quoted us a line-item budget for the licence, visas and the bank pack up front. Nothing crept in later. That alone was worth the fee.
I’d already been rejected by two banks. Sonsoto told me why, changed the pack, and we opened with WIO in three weeks. Straight answers, no theatre.
They caught a corporate-tax filing we were about to miss and re-scoped the renewals so we stopped paying twice for the same work. Now they run everything.
We’d spoken to four firms and got four different price sheets. Sonsoto was the only one that showed us where the extras came from — and we didn’t need them.
Golden Visa done, family visas done, licence renewed. Same team, same WhatsApp thread. I don’t chase PRO agents anymore.
They told me RAK was a better fit than Dubai for our margin. I’d already paid a deposit somewhere else. They still refunded my Sonsoto retainer and helped me exit.
More clients onboarded, higher payout.
Straight to the account.
More referrals unlocks higher payouts.
