JAFZA Local /Offshore Companies

Basics:
What are JAFZA Local Agents?
 Most, if not all, of them are Legal Consultancy firms. Licensed by DED they just
registered themselves with JAFZA in order to be able to represent Offshore
Companies.
 Represents Offshore Companies in JAFZA
 Makes transactions on behalf of Offshore Companies
 May have multiple Offshore Companies registered under them
 NOT FZ companies, they do not use the normal administrative JAFZA e-services
(Visas, CEC)

What are the Dubai Trade Services available to Local Agents?

1. Offshore Letters – Local Agents can request commercial/legal letters from JAFZA on
behalf of Offshore Companies.
 Certificate of Company Name Change – Offshore
 Certificate of Good Standing Offshore
 Letter of Incumbency
 Letter for Tax Exemption – Offshore
 List of Directors (Arabic or English)
 List of Directors and Share Holders (Arabic or English)
 List of Only Share Holders (Arabic or English)
 NOC Letter to DED – Arabic
 NOC Letter to Own Property – English

2. Offshore View My Company Details – Local Agent can view details of any offshore
company registered with them,

3. E – Deposit - Local Agents can top up the Portal Deposit for Offshore Companies that
are registered with them. (Note that top-up option is only PORTAL DEPOSIT).
What are Offshore Companies?

 They are registered with JAFZA through a Local Agent. They cannot register directly
with Dubai Trade.
 Typically, they do not conduct or maintain any operations in the UAE
 Sometimes, there will be hundreds of Offshore Companies registered under one
Local Agent.
 Offshore Companies is an entirely new customer segment.

So how does this work in Dubai Trade?

This example illustrates how a Local Agent interacts with Dubai Trade and makes requests
on behalf of the Offshore Company that they are representing.

1. A Local Agent logins to Dubai Trade.

2. Local Agent Selects a service (in this example, let’s say an Offshore Company is
requesting for a Certificate of Good Standing from JAFZA)

3. Clicks on Offshore Letters- Approval

4. A Pop up will appear prompting the Local Agent to select the Offshore Company for
whom they are requesting this service for.
 5. User selects by Account Number in the drop-down menu, the Offshore Company
Name will be displayed when their Account Number is selected. Click on Select to
finalize the selection

6. User clicks on Create a New Request then select the letter (Certificate of Good
Standing) that the offshore company was requesting for.

7. The rest follows the standard procedure for submitting and paying* for requests to
JAFZA

*Each Offshore Company will maintain an individual Portal Deposit with JAFA used by Local
Agents to pay for service charges.