A service agent is not responsible to undertake any financial obligations concerning the activities of the company’s branch or office within the UAE or abroad. He should not interfere in the matters related to the company’s management or activities. His duties towards the company and others are confined to providing such services as required by the principal. These services usually include obtaining of entry/residence permits, acquiring of the necessary licenses or facilitating the processing of its transactions with the government authorities.

The service agent is remunerated in lump sum for the services rendered to the foreign company, which sum shall be the subject of an agreement between him and the company. Foreign company’s branch or representative offices are required to submit a bank guarantee of AED 50,000* favoring the ministry being part of the license processing procedure. The license of the foreign company’s branch/representative office shall be cancelled if it is not renewed within two years after the expiry date and the fee due to the ministry shall be deducted from the guarantee.