Fujairah Creative CitySetup cost, licence types and visa rules
Fujairah
Long-established media free zone issuing a single multi-activity licence.
Fujairah Creative City has operated since 2007 from the Twin Towers on Sheikh Hamad Bin Abdullah Al Sharqi Street and brands itself as the UAE's oldest dedicated media free zone. Its structure is unusual: rather than separate licence categories it issues a single unified licence covering more than 1,000 listed activities spanning media and broadcasting, content production, marketing and advertising, photography and design, publishing, e-commerce, IT and software, training and events. Facilities include virtual offices, co-working and private offices plus podcast studios, meeting rooms and an exhibition hall. It is aimed at media companies, agencies, content creators and creative freelancers who want a low administrative footprint. Its official packages page was returning an error during research, so no pricing could be captured.
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How much does Fujairah Creative City cost?
Fujairah Creative City does not publish its pricing. That is the finding, not a gap in our data.
Fujairah Creative City does not publish its pricing
We checked on 22 August 2026 and found no published figure. That is a finding about Fujairah Creative City, not a gap in our data: every "from AED …" number you will see for this zone elsewhere is a consultant's quote presented as an authority price. We would rather show you nothing than show you that.
What its site does show: Not published. The page titled 'licence packages' describes inclusions (offices, meeting rooms, visa assistance, legal consultations) but states only: 'For more details about packages and prices, please contact us by sending an email to' - the address itself is truncated in the rendered page. [email protected] and +971 800-FCC-FZ are given elsewhere. The FAQ confirms annual, monthly, weekly and daily rental options exist without pricing any of them.
Get a quote for Fujairah Creative CityWhat licence types does Fujairah Creative City issue?
Fujairah Creative City publishes 1 licence type: Single unified licence covering multiple creative and commercial activities. The licence you hold sets which activities you may carry out, and in most zones it also drives the visa allocation and the workspace you are required to take.
Permitted activities
How many visas does a Fujairah Creative City licence carry?
Fujairah Creative City publishes the visa types it issues but no numeric allocation. Where a zone states no number, treat any figure you see quoted elsewhere as a consultant's assumption.
Visa types available
What office options does Fujairah Creative City offer?
Fujairah Creative City publishes 6 workspace options: Virtual office, Co-working, Private office, Podcast studio, Meeting room, Exhibition hall. Fujairah Creative City does not require a physical office, so a flexi-desk or virtual package is enough to hold the licence.
Published workspace options: Virtual office, Co-working, Private office, Podcast studio, Meeting room, Exhibition hall. Important: a virtual address or flexi-desk satisfies the free zone's own licensing rule but is a separate question from the adequate-substance test that a Qualifying Free Zone Person must meet to claim the 0% Corporate Tax rate.
Tax and compliance at Fujairah Creative City
Fujairah Creative City publishes no blanket audit obligation of its own. Separately, every free zone company in the UAE falls under Federal Decree-Law 47 of 2022: the 0% rate applies only to the qualifying income of a Qualifying Free Zone Person, and a QFZP must file audited accounts at any revenue under Ministerial Decision 84 of 2025. Non-qualifying income is taxed at 9%.
- Regulatory authority
- Creative City Free Zone Authority (CCFZ)
- Zone-level audit requirement
- Not published as a blanket requirement
Tax treatment the authority publishes
- 0% Corporate Tax on Qualifying Income for a Qualifying Free Zone Person (QFZP) - conditional, not automatic
- 9% Corporate Tax on any income that is not Qualifying Income; the AED 375,000 zero-rate band does not apply to a QFZP
- 0% personal income tax in the UAE
- 100% repatriation of capital and profits, with no UAE exchange controls
- QFZP status requires adequate free zone substance, arm's length pricing, transfer pricing documentation, audited accounts and non-qualifying revenue within the de minimis limit (lower of AED 5,000,000 or 5% of revenue)
- Small Business Relief is NOT available to a Qualifying Free Zone Person
Substance requirements
Federal position (applies to every UAE free zone): to claim the 0% Qualifying Free Zone Person rate a company must maintain adequate substance in the free zone - core income-generating activity carried out there, plus adequate assets, an adequate number of qualified full-time employees and adequate operating expenditure relative to that activity (Cabinet Decision No. 100 of 2023, Art. 8). Under Ministerial Decision No. 84 of 2025 every Qualifying Free Zone Person must prepare audited financial statements regardless of revenue; a free zone company that is not a QFZP needs audited accounts only where revenue exceeds AED 50,000,000. Economic Substance Regulations notifications and reports were cancelled for financial years ending after 31 December 2022 by Cabinet Decision No. 98 of 2024, so ESR is no longer a live annual filing. UBO disclosure under Cabinet Decision No. 109 of 2023 does still apply. Zone-level audit position: no primary source stating this zone's own audit requirement was retrievable during research. The audit_required flag is recorded as false because the field cannot express 'unknown'; do not read it as confirmation that no audit is required. The federal rules above apply in any case.
Customs treatment
This zone does not appear on the compiled VAT Designated Zone list and was not explicitly excluded from it, so its Designated Zone status is recorded as unknown rather than as 'no'. Goods held inside a customs-controlled free zone area are generally not subject to UAE customs duty until they enter the mainland, at which point 5% import VAT and any applicable duty arise. Verify Designated Zone status with the FTA before relying on it for goods movements.
Profit repatriation
The UAE imposes no exchange controls and no restrictions on repatriating capital or profits from a free zone company, and there is no personal income tax on distributions to individuals. Corporate Tax is assessed on the company, not on the remittance.
Ownership
100% foreign ownership is permitted. No UAE national shareholder, local sponsor or service agent is required.
- Local partner
- Not required
Why there is no banking section
We publish no per-zone bank lists, acceptance rates or account-opening timelines, here or anywhere else on the site. No bank and no regulator publishes that data by free zone. Account opening is a decision each bank makes on your shareholders and your activity — it is not a property of the zone you register in, and any site that scores it per zone is inventing a fact.
Who Fujairah Creative City suits
Every line below is a restatement of something Fujairah Creative City publishes, not a recommendation we were paid to make. We are not a reseller for any zone on this site, which is why the right-hand column exists at all.
Consider it if
- You want to hold a licence without leasing physical space — no physical presence is required.
- You want 100% foreign ownership with no local partner.
Don't pick this if
- You want a firm number before you talk to anyone: this zone publishes none, so you will have to request a quote.
Key benefits, as Fujairah Creative City states them
These are the selling points the authority publishes about itself. We reproduce them; we do not endorse them.
Common questions about Fujairah Creative City
Does Fujairah Creative City publish its setup cost?
Fujairah Creative City does not publish its pricing. That is the finding, not a gap in our data. Not published. The page titled 'licence packages' describes inclusions (offices, meeting rooms, visa assistance, legal consultations) but states only: 'For more details about packages and prices, please contact us by sending an email to' - the address itself is truncated in the rendered page. [email protected] and +971 800-FCC-FZ are given elsewhere. The FAQ confirms annual, monthly, weekly and daily rental options exist without pricing any of them.
What licence types does Fujairah Creative City issue?
Fujairah Creative City publishes 1 licence type: Single unified licence covering multiple creative and commercial activities.
Can a foreign investor own 100% of a company in Fujairah Creative City?
100% foreign ownership is permitted. No UAE national shareholder, local sponsor or service agent is required.
What tax treatment applies to a Fujairah Creative City company?
Fujairah Creative City publishes the following: 0% Corporate Tax on Qualifying Income for a Qualifying Free Zone Person (QFZP) - conditional, not automatic, 9% Corporate Tax on any income that is not Qualifying Income; the AED 375,000 zero-rate band does not apply to a QFZP, 0% personal income tax in the UAE, 100% repatriation of capital and profits, with no UAE exchange controls, QFZP status requires adequate free zone substance, arm's length pricing, transfer pricing documentation, audited accounts and non-qualifying revenue within the de minimis limit (lower of AED 5,000,000 or 5% of revenue) and Small Business Relief is NOT available to a Qualifying Free Zone Person. The 0% federal rate applies only to the qualifying income of a Qualifying Free Zone Person; other income is taxed at 9%.
Where is Fujairah Creative City located?
Fujairah Creative City is a free zone in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates.
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Guides that cover Fujairah and this zone's situation
- UAE Free Zone Hidden Costs: The 19 Zones That Won't Tell You What They Charge
We tried to price all 40 UAE free zones. Nineteen still publish nothing usable. Here is exactly what blocks each one, and how to get a written quote.
- 0% Free Zone Corporate Tax: The Eight QFZP Conditions as a Checklist
Free zone 0% corporate tax has eight conditions, and all must be met. The full checklist, including the audit rule with no revenue threshold.
- Ministerial Decision 229 of 2025: Qualifying Activities, and Why MD 265 Content Is Stale
Ministerial Decision 229 of 2025 repealed MD 265 of 2023 retroactively from June 2023. The current qualifying activities list and what expanded.
Cost data for Fujairah Creative City was last checked against Creative City Free Zone Authority's own site on 22 August 2026. We publish no figure for this zone rather than repeat one we cannot source. We do not charge to be listed, to be listed accurately, or to be ranked. If something here is wrong or out of date, send us the page that says so and we will correct it and re-date the record.