Regulatory clearances, product registration and customs approvals
A trade licence lets you exist. It does not always let you trade. Regulated activities need clearance from the relevant authority before you can operate, and physical products usually need registration before they can be sold or imported. These approvals sit outside the licensing process and are the most common reason a launch slips.
We identify which approvals your activity and your products actually need, prepare the technical files, and run the applications through to issue, including the inspections and re-submissions that often come with them.
Service overview
SIRA and security system clearances, Dubai Municipality approvals, Civil Defence design and occupancy approvals, RERA registration for real estate activities, RTA permits for transport, media and advertising permits, product registration for food, cosmetics, chemicals and medicines, and customs code registration including ADNOC supplier onboarding.
- SIRA, Municipality, Civil Defence, RERA, RTA and media permits
- Product registration for food, cosmetics, chemicals and medicines
- Customs code registration and import or export clearance
- ADNOC supplier registration for the energy supply chain
Key features
The pattern we see most often is a company that has its licence, has signed a lease and has stock on the way, then discovers the product cannot clear customs because it was never registered, or that the premises cannot open until Civil Defence signs off on a fit-out that has already been built the wrong way.
Both are avoidable by mapping the approvals at the start. We do that before the lease is signed and before the first shipment leaves, so the sequence runs in the right order and the costs are known up front.
Not sure which route fits?
Tell us the activity, where you want to trade and how many visas you need. We will come back with a recommendation and a written quote.
