Consultancy licence
Ajman NuVentures Centre Licence for Consultancy
A professional licence covers the provision of expertise rather than the sale of goods. It is the most common category we register, it carries the lowest operating overhead, and it banks more easily than any trading activity.
In short
A consultancy licence covers providing expertise rather than selling goods. It is the simplest category to register and the easiest to bank, because the money flows are straightforward to document.
- Licence type
- Professional or service
- Licence from
- AED 4,888
- With one visa
- AED 10,800
- Outside approval
- Yes, see below
Figures on this page were last checked on 2026-10-04. Government fees can change without notice.
What this licence covers
The activity list is what the licence actually permits. Everything else follows from it.
Included
- Management, strategy and business consultancy
- Marketing and communications advisory
- HR, recruitment and training consultancy
- Technical and engineering advisory where no licence to practise is required
- Project management
Not included
- Regulated advice such as legal, audit, tax agency or financial advisory
- Medical or clinical consultancy
- Engineering work requiring a licensed practitioner
- Selling goods alongside the advice, which needs a separate commercial activity
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Approvals and the customs position
The two things that move a timeline from weeks to months.
Outside approvals
Most general consultancy needs none. Legal, audit, tax agency, financial advisory, medical and licensed engineering all do, and several attach to a named qualified individual rather than to the company.
Customs
Not applicable. Services do not cross a customs boundary, which is why consultancies invoice UAE clients from a free zone with far less friction than a goods business.
Banking this activity
Compliance teams assess activities differently. This is how yours reads to them.
The easiest profile to bank. A handful of named clients, clean invoices and a describable service answer every question a compliance team asks. Apply with the client list and two signed contracts and the file largely makes itself.
Where people go wrong
- Choosing a regulated advisory activity without realising a qualification is required
- Listing only one activity when the practice covers three
- Mixing a product line into a professional licence, which needs a different category
Independent consultants and small advisory firms billing clients abroad or in the UAE, and the profile this whole structure fits best.
Other activities in Ajman NuVentures Centre
The licence category changes what you can do, what it costs and who has to approve it.
One number, in writing
Tell us what you are setting up
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