SwiftHub is a RAKEZ channel partner. We set up companies in RAKEZ, the Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone, and then look after them: the licence renewal every year, visas for owners, staff and families, changes to the licence or the shareholders, letters, and closing the company when the time comes.
RAKEZ runs almost all of it through Portal 360, its online system, and publishes its own fee for each service. This page gives those fees as RAKEZ prints them, next to what we charge for our part, so you can see which money goes to RAKEZ and which comes to us.
New family visa
AED 3,375
A spouse or a child over 18; AED 3,075 for a child under 18
Employee visa renewal
AED 3,500
RAKEZ's standard renewal, four working days; AED 6,414 for its VIP renewal in one
Licence amendment
AED 1,999
Activities, trade name, capital or officers; RAKEZ takes 30% off a second one
Licence cancellation
AED 3,000
A company on a desk or in an office; AED 4,500 with a warehouse or land
These are RAKEZ's own fees, as its service pages print them. Our fee for the work comes as a separate figure, in writing, before you pay.
Every RAKEZ service we handle
From the first licence to closing the company, these are the RAKEZ PRO services we file for our clients:
- New companies. A RAKEZ licence with one, four or eight residence visas, from AED 6,499.
- Licence renewal. Every year, with the immigration file and E-Channel renewed in the same pass.
- Visas. New, renewed, amended and cancelled visas for owners, partners and staff.
- Family visas. A spouse, children and a newborn, sponsored on your RAKEZ visa.
- Amendments. Activities, trade name, shareholders, share capital, managers and signatories.
- Letters. Salary certificates, and RAKEZ's official letters and NOCs for other authorities.
- Corporate tax and VAT. Registration with the Federal Tax Authority; every company needs corporate tax.
- A bank account. The file prepared and introduced to a UAE bank, once the licence is out.
- Closing the company. Visa cancellations, the de-registration, and a liquidator when one is needed.
RAKEZ's channel partner scheme is for corporate service providers that set companies up for their clients, and RAKEZ's own page lists an account manager and an agent portal among what partners get. For you it means the request goes in through RAKEZ's own system, filed by people who file these every week. We are channel partners of Ajman Free Zone and Ajman NuVentures too: our partners page has all three.
You can do every one of these yourself on Portal 360; RAKEZ built it for that. What a partner adds is the order things have to happen in, documents in the form RAKEZ accepts the first time, and someone watching the dates. When a renewal, two visas and an amendment fall due in the same month, the order is most of the work.
Our own fees for the work that sits next to RAKEZ's:
| Item | When it applies | Our fee |
|---|---|---|
| Visa typing | Each visa | AED 200 |
| WPI | Each visa | AED 300 |
| Health insurance | Each visa, required for a residence visa | From AED 500 |
| Immigration portal registration | Once, before the first visa | AED 300 |
| Corporate tax registration | Every company, profitable or not | AED 600 |
| Bank account assistance | If you want us to prepare and introduce the file | AED 1,000 low risk, AED 2,000 higher risk |
RAKEZ licence renewal
A RAKEZ licence renews every year on Portal 360. RAKEZ's all-inclusive package renews at the same AED 14,000 as year one; the other packages get a quote about 60 days before expiry, and a late renewal costs AED 50 a day from the expiry date. The costs, the steps, the documents and what happens after six months unrenewed are on our page of RAKEZ licence renewal.
We renew the immigration file and E-Channel in the same pass, and if another agent set up your RAKEZ company, you can still renew through us.
RAKEZ visa services and fees
RAKEZ sponsors its companies' visas and files them with immigration itself. A partner prepares the request on Portal 360, books the medical and follows it to the end. These are RAKEZ's own fees and times:
| Visa service | Time | RAKEZ's fee |
|---|---|---|
| New investor or partner visa, applicant outside the UAE | 9 business days | AED 4,520 |
| New employee visa, applicant outside the UAE | 9 business days | AED 3,800 |
| Investor or partner visa renewal | 4 working days; VIP 1 | AED 3,535; VIP AED 6,449 |
| Employee visa renewal | 4 working days; VIP 1 | AED 3,500; VIP AED 6,414 |
| Visa amendment: name or job title | 4 working days; urgent 2 | AED 1,070; urgent AED 1,570 |
| Visa moved to a new passport, same country | 4 working days | AED 585 |
| Employee visa cancellation, holder in the UAE | 4 working days | AED 385 |
| Employee visa cancellation, holder abroad | 4 working days | AED 770 |
| Investor or partner visa cancellation, holder in the UAE | 4 working days | AED 685 |
| Investor or partner visa cancellation, holder abroad | 4 working days | AED 1,070 |
A new visa costs more when the applicant is already inside the UAE, and RAKEZ adds VAT to its visa fees. Every new visa and renewal comes with Workers Protection Insurance (WPI), which RAKEZ adds automatically. Immigration also wants health insurance from an approved provider: RAKEZ sells plans through RAK Insurance, or you bring your own. The medical test is at RAKEZ's Medical Fitness Centre or any UAE-approved centre.
On our packages, health insurance from AED 500, WPI at AED 300 and visa typing at AED 200 are charged for each visa.
Three rules catch people out. A renewal is filed with the visa holder inside the UAE. An amendment needs at least seven working days left on the visa. And after a cancellation the holder has to leave the country or move to a new visa before the grace period ends, or penalties follow.
The Emirates ID renews with the visa. RAKEZ's visa advisory gives it 30 days after expiry; after that ICP fines AED 20 a day, up to AED 1,000. An owner with no visa under the company can still apply for a RAKEZ ID card. For what happens after a cancellation, from the grace period to the fines, see visa cancellation in the UAE.
Family visas on a RAKEZ visa
A RAKEZ visa holder sponsors family through RAKEZ, on the same portal. RAKEZ wants a salary of at least AED 4,000 a month, or AED 3,000 with company accommodation, and the sponsor inside the UAE when the application goes in. A new family visa takes nine working days and a renewal five.
| Family visa | RAKEZ's fee |
|---|---|
| New visa, spouse or child over 18 | AED 3,375 |
| New visa, child under 18 | AED 3,075 |
| Baby born in the UAE | AED 1,505 |
| Renewal, spouse or child over 18 | AED 1,705 |
| Renewal, child under 18 | AED 1,405 |
| Cancellation, holder in the UAE | AED 385 |
An investor or partner who sponsors family also leaves a deposit of AED 3,310 for each dependent, which RAKEZ refunds on its refund request form. Expect to need the marriage and birth certificates attested up to the UAE embassy and translated into Arabic, a tenancy contract or property in the sponsor's name, and health insurance for each person. A baby born in the UAE who has not left the country goes straight to a residence visa and Emirates ID, with no entry permit or medical.
To cancel a family visa, the company's licence, immigration file and E-Channel registration must be valid, with nothing owed to RAKEZ, and RAKEZ adds late penalties if the visa has already expired. The wider rules are in family sponsorship after setup.
Company amendments and RAKEZ's fees
Changing anything on the licence goes through RAKEZ as an amendment, and most cost the same: AED 1,999 each, with 30% off a second. A shareholder change costs AED 4,000, with the immigration file amendment and the pre-approval included.
| Amendment | Time | RAKEZ's fee |
|---|---|---|
| Activities: add, remove or replace | 5 to 7 working days | AED 1,999 |
| Trade name | 7 to 10 working days, with 3 days of newspaper notice | AED 1,999, plus AED 500 for the chamber certificate |
| Shareholders: add or remove | 8 to 10 working days | AED 4,000 |
| Share capital, increase | 5 to 7 working days | AED 1,999 |
| Share capital, decrease | 35 to 40 working days, with newspaper notice | AED 1,999 |
| Manager, directors, signatories or POA holder | 5 to 7 working days | AED 1,999 |
| Financial year | 3 to 5 working days | AED 1,999 |
| Contact details (KYC update) | 3 to 5 working days | AED 1,999 |
| Desk or office change, co-working | 1 to 2 working days | AED 1,000, plus any difference in price |
An activity outside your package's bundle is charged every year on top: AED 1,000 for a standard one, AED 5,000 for a special one.
Every amendment starts with a resolution signed by all the shareholders. Someone signing for a shareholder needs a power of attorney notarised in the UAE, or notarised and legalised up to the UAE embassy where it was signed, and a company that holds shares sends its own attested resolution. In a shareholder change, the outgoing partner's visa is cancelled before the amended licence is issued, and a new shareholder on an employee or family visa needs a no-objection letter from their sponsor.
We draft the resolution, get it signed in a form RAKEZ accepts, file the amendment and see it through to the new documents.
Closing a RAKEZ company
Closing a RAKEZ company is a de-registration. RAKEZ charges AED 3,000 for a company on a desk or in an office and AED 4,500 for one with a warehouse or land, plus outside fees such as immigration and the Chamber of Commerce, and processes it in five working days once everything is in.
- Cancel the staff visas. Every employee visa goes first. The owners', partners' and manager's visas are cancelled during the de-registration itself.
- Liquidate, if the company needs it. RAKEZ does not liquidate companies: an approved liquidator does the audit, the reports and a 45-day notice in two newspapers, one English and one Arabic.
- File the de-registration. On Portal 360, with the shareholders' resolution, the manager's resignation letter confirming they were paid, and the liquidator's documents where there is one.
- Pay and collect the certificate. RAKEZ emails the invoice; once it is paid, RAKEZ issues the cancellation certificate.
RAKEZ's de-registration card for a co-working company lists a 14-day newspaper notice rather than the liquidator's 45 days. A company with a warehouse or land also needs clearances first, among them RAK Customs, the Public Services Department, the electricity and water provider and Civil Defence.
RAKEZ service questions
AED 1,999 for most amendments, including activities, trade name, share capital, officers and the financial year, and AED 4,000 for a shareholder change. RAKEZ takes 30% off a second amendment.
Yes. It is a licence amendment at AED 1,999, done in 5 to 7 working days. An activity outside your package's bundle also costs AED 1,000 a year, or AED 5,000 for a special one.
Four working days on RAKEZ's standard renewal and one working day on its VIP renewal, which costs AED 6,414 for an employee against AED 3,500 standard.
No. RAKEZ's renewal needs the visa holder inside the UAE when it is filed, and for a family visa the sponsor as well.
AED 385 for an employee inside the UAE and AED 770 for one abroad; AED 685 or AED 1,070 for an investor or partner. RAKEZ processes a cancellation in four working days.
AED 3,375 for a spouse or a child over 18 and AED 3,075 for a child under 18. A sponsor who is an investor or partner also leaves a refundable AED 3,310 deposit for each dependent.
In four steps: cancel the staff visas, have an approved liquidator wind the company up if it needs one, apply for de-registration on Portal 360, and pay RAKEZ's invoice for the cancellation certificate. RAKEZ's fee is AED 3,000 for a desk or office company and AED 4,500 with a warehouse or land.
Yes. SwiftHub is a RAKEZ channel partner: we set up RAKEZ companies for our clients and file their renewals, visas and amendments with RAKEZ.
Yes. We do the PRO work a RAKEZ company has after setup: the licence renewal, visas and family visas, amendments, letters and closing, plus corporate tax registration and the bank account.
Sources
- RAKEZ company services: renewal, amendments and de-registration. Read 4 November 2026.
- RAKEZ licence renewal, free zone: the steps, the documents and what RAKEZ issues. Read 4 November 2026.
- RAKEZ FAQ: the late renewal penalty and the renewal quote. Read 4 November 2026.
- RAKEZ all-inclusive business set-up: the same renewal price guaranteed. Read 4 November 2026.
- RAKEZ, how to renew your trade licence: the penalty from the expiry date, the outside fines, the changes accepted only before expiry and E-Channel. Read 4 November 2026.
- RAKEZ's amendment cards: licence, trade name, shareholders, share capital, officers, financial year, KYC update and co-working lease: fees, times and documents. Read 4 November 2026.
- RAKEZ liquidation and de-registration, co-working: the steps, documents, fees and notice periods. Read 4 November 2026.
- RAKEZ's visa cards: employee renewal, investor or partner renewal, amendments, employee cancellation and investor or partner cancellation: fees, times and conditions. Read 4 November 2026.
- RAKEZ's family visa cards: new, renewal and cancellation: the salary rule, fees, deposit and documents. Read 4 November 2026.
- RAKEZ e-services, employment visa: new visa fees and the nine business days. Read 4 November 2026.
- RAKEZ visa updates and FAQs: WPI on every new visa and renewal, health insurance through RAK Insurance. Read 4 November 2026.
- RAKEZ e-services, other services: official letters and NOCs, refunds and the RAKEZ ID card. Read 4 November 2026.
- RAKEZ channel partners: the scheme for corporate service providers, the account manager and the agent portal. Read 4 November 2026.
- ICP, Emirates ID: the fine for a late Emirates ID renewal.