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Dubai Silicon Oasis company setup

Dubai Silicon Oasis is a technology park with a difference: it is also a residential community, with housing, schools and retail on site. That makes it practical for hardware, electronics and light-industrial businesses whose staff want to live near work, and it sits at a friendlier price point than the TECOM zones.

From AED 15,000 (typical)

Indicative first-year licence

By package and space

Residence visa allocation

Dubai Silicon Oasis

Location in Dubai

DSO at a glance

Technology park and integrated community in one

Who DSO suits:

What DSO does well

What to watch

Activities

Commonly licensed in DSO

Not seeing your activity? The catalogue is far longer than this. Describe what you do in one sentence and we will find the code — or tell you honestly that another zone licenses it better.

Process

How a DSO setup runs

Activity and package selection

We match your activities to the DSO catalogue and pick the package tier that carries the visa quota you will need in eighteen months, not today.

Name reservation and application

Three ranked name options are screened and submitted with your incorporation application and shareholder documents.

Licence issuance

The authority issues the licence, share certificate and incorporation documents. Standard activities typically clear within three to ten working days.

Establishment card and visas

We open the immigration file, apply for entry permits, and run medicals, Emirates ID and stamping for each applicant.

Banking and tax registration

Corporate bank introduction with a prepared KYC pack, then Federal Tax Authority corporate tax registration and VAT where thresholds apply.

Questions

DSO questions

Is DSO suitable for a software company?

Yes, and the pricing is friendlier than Dubai Internet City. The trade-off is ecosystem density: fewer technology neighbours, fewer sector events and a smaller local talent pool for specialist hiring.

Does DSO have warehouse space?

It offers light-industrial and warehouse units suited to electronics assembly, R&D and small-scale production. For heavy industry or containerised freight, JAFZA remains the better fit.

How long does setup in DSO take?

For standard, non-regulated activities with complete documents, expect the licence within three to ten working days. Residence visas add a further two to four weeks after issuance, and corporate bank account opening runs three to eight weeks in parallel. Regulated activities requiring external approval take longer, and we tell you how much longer before you commit.

Can Emirates Business Lounge handle a DSO setup end to end?

Yes. We handle the activity selection, name reservation, application, licence issuance, establishment and immigration cards, residence visas, corporate bank introduction, and the corporate tax and VAT registrations that follow. You get one point of contact and one itemised quote covering all of it.

Free consultation

Thinking about DSO?

We will price it properly — licence, visas, office format and the renewal figure for year two — and tell you if another zone would serve you better for less.

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B1 Mall, Shop 3, Opposite Mall of the Emirates