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Move From France to Dubai : Business, Visa and Family Sorted
Set up your Dubai company with Quickplus, secure your Investor Visa, and get your Emirates ID, Banking, and Family Visas sorted, all before you fly.
Why French Nationals Are Choosing Dubai
0% personal income tax on salary and dividends
0% corporate tax on qualifying free zone income
Company setup in as little as 3 to 7 working days
No UAE job offer needed, your own company sponsors your visa
Established Francophone community, French lycées (AEFE network) and French-speaking professionals
Direct flights to Paris under 7 hours
Set Up Your Business in Dubai, Sponsor Your Own Visa
Most French founders and consultants do not wait on a job offer. They form a UAE company and use it to sponsor their own investor residency instead.
Quickplus Business Consultant matches your activity and structure to how you actually invoice, not just what is fastest to set up.
Mainland vs Free Zone:
Pick the Setup That Matches How You'll Trade
Free zone and mainland both offer full ownership; the difference is where and how you can operate.
- 100% ownership, no UAE national partner required
- Fast processing, often just a few working days
- Suited to consultants, e-commerce and export-led businesses
- Selling directly into the mainland needs a distributor or added licensing
Residency options available with eligible company setups
- Full access to the UAE market, including public sector contracts
- Operate from anywhere in the UAE, no zone restrictions
- Better fit for local offices, shops or client-facing businesses
- Corporate tax applies once profits cross the threshold
Residency options available with eligible company setups
Quickplus Business Consultant looks at how you actually plan to invoice and operate before recommending a free zone or mainland, rather than defaulting to whichever is quicker to set up.
The Network Behind Your Setup
From banking to licensing, Quickplus works with the partners who get your business officially up and running.
Will You Still Pay French Tax?
Your French tax obligations depend on where you are considered a tax resident, not simply where you live. Quickplus Business Consultant helps you plan your Dubai business setup around your French tax residency position.
France generally treats you as tax resident if your main home, main professional activity or centre of economic interests stays in France
Spend fewer than 183 days in France in a calendar year and keep your main ties (home, work, family) outside it, and you are typically non-resident for that year
The France-UAE double tax treaty helps prevent double taxation on income already taxed in the UAE
Once you are genuinely non-resident, foreign-sourced income typically sits outside French tax. French-sourced income (French property, French-registered pensions in some cases) generally does not.
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Quickplus works alongside your French accountant or notaire to structure your UAE company correctly from day one.
Discuss Your Residency Options
UAE Company registration and the early visa steps can start online, from France. You only need to be in Dubai for your medical test and biometrics
Route
Best for
Sponsor
Investor visa
Founders, consultants
Your own company
Employer visa
Job offer in hand
Your UAE employer
Remote work visa
Employed overseas
Self, 1-year term
Bring Your Family Over
Quickplus Business Consultant helps with family sponsorship in Dubai, from document preparation to visa processing, so your family can join you smoothly.
Have French civil status documents (marriage, birth certificates) apostilled and translated into Arabic or English before you leave
Secure a registered tenancy first, family sponsorship needs proof of housing
Budget for mandatory health insurance per dependant
Apply early to French curriculum schools in Dubai (AEFE-accredited lycées), places fill fast
Your Route To Residency
Which Dubai Visa Route Fits You?
Employer Route
Your employer sponsors the visa and controls the process
Best for
have a UAE job offer
Pro
Good if you're already hired locally
Note
Less control over timing
Sponsor Myself
Form your own UAE company and use it as the base for investor residency
Best for
want to set up own company
Pro
No job offer required
Note
Business license included, opens a pathway to sponsor family
Remote Worker
A remote work visa can fit employees who aren’t setting up a UAE business
Best for
work for an overseas company
Pro
One-year route
Note
Not always the best fit for founders
What It Costs, Roughly, To Start Your Business in Dubai
- Business license and government fees
- Investor visa and Emirates ID processing
- Mandatory health insurance
- 1 to 4 rent cheques upfront, plus deposit and agency fee
- DEWA connection and deposit
Get a number specific to your activity and visa count, not a generic estimate.
Dubai Business Setup Costs: A Quick Overview
Get a clear overview of the estimated costs involved in starting your business in Dubai.
Special Offer
Your Business Setup Package Costs in 4 Installments
Frequently Asked Questions?
No. Setting up your own company and sponsoring yourself is the standard route for founders.
 Yes. Your tax treatment depends on your personal residency and where the work is done, not who your clients are.
 Yes, generally through your final French tax return covering the year of departure, declaring your change of residence. It notifies the authorities, it does not by itself decide your tax status.
4 to 8 weeks from decision to Emirates ID, for most applicants.
Yes. Company setup and early visa steps run online. Medical test and biometrics need you in Dubai.
 Yes, for every dependant you sponsor. Required before Emirates ID issuance, not optional.
 One point of contact for setup, visa and PRO work, structured around your French tax position from day one.
Verification & Independence
Quickplus Business Consultants operates under QUICK PLUS FOR CORPORATE SERVICES PROVIDERS EST., licensed by the Dubai Department of Economy & Tourism. Quickplus is a privately owned corporate services provider and is not a UAE government entity.
We provide business setup advisory, documentation support and administrative assistance. Business licences, visas, Emirates ID and other government approvals are issued and approved solely by the relevant UAE authorities and remain subject to their eligibility requirements, procedures and approval.
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