About Restaurant License:
Dubai is currently home to the second-highest number of restaurants (2,935 food and beverage outlets) per million residents and these eateries are financially flourishing. Setup your restaurant business in the UAE today.
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Procedure:
In order to capitalise on this surging sector, entrepreneurs can seek the professional guidance of business setup firms to walk them through the process of opening a restaurant or cafeteria in the UAE, which includes several steps:
Choose Jurisdiction
The first step is to decide whether you want to open a restaurant in the UAE mainland or free zone.
Submit Business Plan
You’ll have to submit a business plan for your restaurant with your vision for the business, its financial viability, brand management and contingency plans. Alongside, an estimate for the capital required for the restaurant’s initial investment and operating costs.
Get Food License
Along with a business license, you are required to get a food license from the Food Safety Department.
Get Food Code
You must comply with the food code which is a comprehensive document that points out the requirements a food establishment must follow.
Cost for restaurant license
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Why choose Decisive Zone as your UAE business setup specialists?
- We advise you on the finer details of correctly acquiring licenses for your restaurant.
- We provide an overview of the best locations for the kind of eatery you wish to open.
- We guide you prepare a comprehensive business plan.
- We get necessary license approvals for you.
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.
