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Sharjah Publishing City Free Zone

Setup: Licence in as little as 24 hours on eligible packages; visa in 5-10 working days.Remote setup possibleOfficial site

Sharjah free zone established in 2017 as a subsidiary of the Sharjah Book Authority, built around publishing and now licensing 2,000+ activities.

Packages

Year-1 prices as published. The agency confirms the final price.

Licence only · E-Publishing licence, 'starting from'Includes: Licence with up to 5 activities from all categories, flexi-desk, unlimited visa quota.Not included: Government visa fees, establishment card, e-channel, medical, insurance if visas are added.
4,999 AEDOfficial
Licence only · E-commerce licence, 'starting from'Includes: Licence with up to 5 activities, flexi-desk, up to 100 shareholders.Not included: Government visa fees, establishment card, e-channel, medical, insurance if visas are added.
5,750 AEDOfficial
Licence only · Standard licence (professional, commercial, general trading), 'starting from'Includes: Licence with up to 5 activities, flexi-desk, up to 100 shareholders.Not included: Government visa fees, establishment card, e-channel, medical, insurance if visas are added.
6,875 AEDOfficial

Fees not in the package price

Change of status (inside UAE)
700 AEDOfficial
Health insurance (mandatory), per month, from
450 AEDOfficial

What each residence visa adds

Fees on top of the licence, as the zone publishes them. "Per visa" is paid for each person, "per company" once.

Visa allocation, per visaper visa
1,600 AEDOfficial
Establishment card, 2 yearsper company
640 AEDOfficial
E-channel registrationper company
2,280 AEDOfficial
Investor visa including Emirates IDper visa
2,530 AEDOfficial
Change of status (inside UAE)per visa
700 AEDOfficial
Medical testper visa
365 AEDOfficial
Health insurance, mandatory, per month, fromper visa
450 AEDOfficial

Renewal

Not stated on the pages read.
Not published

The licence

Office. Every package includes a flexi-desk; the blog says it is accepted for licensing and banking and allows unlimited visa allocation, paid per visa.

Activities. Services, Trading, E-commerce, Media. Up to 5 activities from 2,000+, up to 100 shareholders. Publishing, printing, e-commerce, consulting, general trading, media and technology are named.

Trading on the mainland. A dual licence lets a free zone company also hold a Sharjah mainland licence; it covers the Sharjah mainland only.

Bank account. SPC Plus banking assistance for a fee; partner banks listed; account opening about 3 business days after licensing. Approval stays with the bank.

Side by side

Know before you choose

  • No 1-visa or 2-visa package price is published; visas are priced fee by fee. The blog says a solo founder with one investor visa should budget roughly AED 14,000-15,000 in year one; that is an estimate, not a package price.
  • SPC and SHAMS publish the same 5,750 and 6,875 entry prices.
  • Blog dated 18 September 2026.

Not published

We could not find these on the sources we read: a 1-visa package price, a 2-visa package price, the renewal price, the number of visas without an office.

Sources

Read on 2 Oct 2026.