Formation of Branch of Sharjah Free Zone (SAIF) Company in Sharjah Mainland

SAIF Zone:- SAIF zone is established in the year 1995. SAIF zone is home to more than 6000 companies. Located near Sharjah International Airport and it provides continuous services related to licensing. There are lot of advantages related to warehouses, storage areas, container parking, bunkers, Excellent air, land and air links, back up service provided by Sharjah Economic Department (SED) and Sharjah Expo, labour accommodation at better pricing. Companies with different industries prefer to go with SAIF zone because of their proximity to Sharjah Airport; competitive pricing of license; flexibility of choosing between warehouse along with office for trading license. SAIF zone offers flexible package ranging from single office space to starting companies to entire manufacturing facilities for industrial licensing companies, they have options designed to accommodate every business. SAIF Zone offers licensing options for – Commercial and General Trading; Service License; Industrial License. It covers a wide range of industries from IT, consumer durables, media, light to medium manufacturing and host of other companies. With focus of industrialization getting shifted to Sharjah, there is a impressive growth year on year growth Formation of Branch of SAIF zone company in Sharjah Mainland:- For Fresh Entrepreneurs free zone offers a good starting opportunity to gauge the market with comparatively lesser incorporation cost and 100% ownership. Company can learn nuances of trade and in later stages after understanding the market they would prefer to expand the business by opening a branch of free zone Company in mainland. There are many companies in SAIF zone who wish to form a branch in Sharjah – Mainland. The main advantage of forming a branch of free zone Company in mainland is companies can trade in mainland without appointing distributors as in the case of Free zone companies. Branch of Free zone companies will be only restricted to undertake activities same as the free zone company. Process of Formation:- Initially Free Zone Company would require to obtain NOC from SAIF zone to initiate the company formation activity. In case branch of SAIF zone in mainland then the UAE national will be service agent and the company will be 100% owner. There will be a Board resolution which will be signed by the partners of SAIF Zone Company agreeing to form free zone Company in mainland. In case the partners of company in SAIF zone are a holding company, then partners of the holding company also should sign the board resolution appointing a manager to take care of activities in Mainland. With regard to the cost structure for forming the branch of SAIF zone in mainland it will be similar to the other mainland depending on the activity. As far as Trade name is concerned it will be the same name as Parent company (SAIF Zone Company); all documents of parent company need to submitted to the Sharjah economic department. This blog post is written by Mr. Ashwin from FLYING COLOUR BUSINESS SET SERVICES is well known name in UAE, we are established in UAE for more than a decade and formed more than hundreds of companies and also helped with bank accounts. With a team of experienced consultants and staffs for processing, FLYING COLOURS team will assist A to Z in formation of company. Our Team will keep you updated about your process in different stages of company formation.