Now live and work in Abu Dhabi as ADDED launches freelancer license.
Are you planning to move out of your current job and start your own consultancy? Abu Dhabi’s Department of Economic Development has just made it easier for skilled professionals, both residents and nonresidents, in specific categories to apply for a two-year permit without the need for sponsorship by a company or the assistance of a local agent or UAE citizen. The Dh 530 freelancer permit comes with a mandatory requirement for office space and allows applicants to apply for residence visas. The applicant can sponsor his/ her family in the UAE under the family visa, which will be valid for two years.
To get hold of the license, applicants can call Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED) on 02 815 8888 or register a new account with the website www.adbc.gov.ae or the app “AD Business Centre” available for Android and Apple devices. Apply for the “freelance license” under the “commercial license” category and provide details like name, passport number, mobile number, email address.
The documents needed to apply are: a proof of expertise in the economic activity chosen; and no-objection certificate for residents employed in the government sector or private sector under a permanent contract
Under the terms of the recently issued resolution, ADDED has identified 48 economic activities that can be practised with a freelancer license. These can be listed as:
- Working soap forming
- Parties and events organizing
- Tourist and recreation consultants
- Green buildings consultant
- Marketing consultancy and studies
- Information technology consultancy
- Translation publication services
- Heritage consulting
- Plastering and carving works
- Coordination of natural and artificial flowers
- Space consultancies
- Design services
- Consulting technical equipment
- .Fashion and clothes designing
- Real estate consultanc
- Public relations consultanc
- Human resource consultanc
- Marketing consultancy in the field of energy
- Computer devices and equipment domain consultancy
- Handcrafted products and environmental works
- Landscape and gardening services
- Marketing operations management
- Parliamentary consultancy
- Economic feasibility consultancy and studies
25.Administrative consultancy and studies
26.Parties and occasions photography
27.Lifestyle development consultancy
28.Calligraphers and painters
29.Agricultural extension services
30.Plague resisting consultancy
31.Procurement consulting
32.Quality, standardisation and measuring consultancy
33.Maritime consultancies services
34.Commodities designing consultancy
35.Project management services
36.Network websites designing
37.Jewellery design, jewellery
38.Statistical services consultancies
39.Personal videography
40.Gift-wrapping
41.Banking services consultancy
42.Artwork for cosmetic craft (sculpture)
43.Consultancy project development
44.Food safety consulting
45.Photography services
46.Architectural production and drawing technical consultancy
47.Fine arts consultancy
48.Logistics consultancy