About Digital Marketing License:
Now is a good time to consider starting a digital marketing business in the UAE as a lot of new businesses are being set up that need digital communications specialists. Inorder to start your digital marketing company, you must obtain a digital marketing license.

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Procedure:
Key steps to get your digital marketing license in Dubai, UAE :
Choose Company Structure
Government authorities regulate the kind of formal structures a company can take to maintain uniformity across the business landscape. Whether it’s a free zone or a mainland company formation, new investors should explore the wide range of legal structures and types of business activities available in the UAE.
Choose Company Name
Choose a name for your business in the UAE after reading the do’s and don’ts of naming a company here for initial approval.
Obtain Initial Approval
Submit Necessary Documents
- passport
- visa copies of shareholders
Get Final Approval
Get a final approval from the Department of Economic Development (DED) or the Free Zone authority depending on your jurisdiction.

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Why choose Decisive Zone as your UAE business setup specialists?
- To choose the right location for your business.
- Suggest different company structures that suit you best.
- Suggest different activities you can include under the digital marketing license in order to maximize license benefit.
- We take care of the necessary paperwork and approvals required to set up your business.
General requirements
- Sponsor’s passport with residence visa and Emirates ID
- Dependents’ passport copies
- Dependents’ passport-size photo
- Attested marriage certificate (MOFA, country attestation, Arabic translation)
Minimum salary requirements:
- For male expatriates: AED 4,000 or AED 3,000 plus accommodation.
- For female expatriates: AED 10,000 or AED 8,000 plus accommodation.
- The minimum monthly salary to sponsor parents and parents-in-law is AED 20,000.
Proof of relationship and dependency:
- Marriage certificate (attested & translated copy).
- Birth certificate for children (attested & translated copy).
- With a non-objection certificate from the biological parent for stepchildren.
- With legal adoption papers for adopted children.
- Sponsor’s birth certificate for parents.
- Additional documents to show proof of parents’ dependency may be required.
A sponsor may also apply for dependent visas for parents-in-law by submitting a marriage certificate and the spouse’s birth certificate. In this way, a connection between the sponsor and the parents-in-law can be established.
Proof of domicile:
The sponsor must be able to show that the dependent will have a decent place to stay while residing in the UAE, that the domicile will have enough rooms for the number of dependents, and that the domicile actually has active utilities.
- Tenancy contract or title deed.
- At least 1 bedroom for immediate family – spouse and children.
- At least 2 bedrooms for extended family – parents or parents-in-law.
- Recent utility bills (DEWA, SEWA, ADDC, etc.)
In addition to this, family members over 18 years of age have to pass the medical fitness test from a health centre approved by the UAE government.
