About Dubai Times

Dubai Times is an independent publication covering business, visas, tax, banking and property in Dubai and the wider UAE.

What we publish

Reported news and practical guides, each linked to the official source and dated.

Independence

We are not a government body and not a licensed legal, tax or immigration adviser.

Topics we cover

Our guides are grouped into business setup and licensing, visas and residency, banking and tax, office fit-out, events and industry, and living in the UAE. Each one explains a procedure step by step, names the authority that runs it and links to that authority's own page.

How a guide is made

We start from the official source: the law, the ministry or the government portal. We then write the steps in plain English, show the date we last reviewed the page and update it when the rules change. The full method is in our editorial standards.

Found a mistake?

Tell us through the contact page. Our corrections policy explains how we check and fix errors.