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Fujairah Free Zone sits on the Port of Fujairah, the UAE's east-coast gateway outside the Strait of Hormuz — bunkering, marine services, commodities and re-export. We file the licence, run KYC and handle the visa, with a written scope up front.
Fujairah's advantage is geography: the UAE's only major port outside the Strait of Hormuz, with a cost base well below the Dubai industrial zones.
The zone sits on the Port of Fujairah, outside the Strait of Hormuz, which is the reason most of its tenants are there.
Bunkering, shipping and marine services concentrate around the port, which helps with suppliers and with crew.
Premises here generally price well below the Dubai industrial zones, which matters for storage-heavy operations.
Free-zone customs treatment is built into how goods enter, are held and leave the zone.
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.
Fujairah issues trading, service, logistics and industrial licences with premises from offices to warehouse units on the port. The premises decision drives the licence category and the visa allocation, and banking takes more preparation from this address.
Fujairah suits marine, commodities and re-export businesses that want an east-coast base — outside the Strait of Hormuz and away from the Dubai cost base.
Import, export and re-export through the east-coast port.
Shipping, bunkering and marine support businesses.
Freight, storage and distribution operations in the zone.
Assembly, processing and light manufacturing in units.
Day 1–5
Diagnostic, KYC, activity scoping, Fujairah Free Zone 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 | Fujairah Free Zone |   Hamriyah Free Zone |   Fujairah Creative City |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Warehouse & industrial units | Yes | Yes | No |
| Flexi-desk option | No | No | Yes |
| Emirate | Fujairah | Sharjah | Fujairah |
| Best for | Marine services, commodities and east-coast re-export | Warehousing, light manufacturing and packaging | Freelancers, small studios and consultants |
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.
