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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has amended its Commercial Company Law, under which companies established in the country will be officially given citizenship status. This does not mean that the owners or investors of the company will become UAE citizens, but under the law the company will be recognized as a UAE company.
According to Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri, UAE Minister of Finance and Tourism, this new provision applies to businesses established anywhere in the country, including both mainland and free-zone companies. This means that now companies located in financial free-zones will also get full UAE corporate recognition. Officials say that just as businesses registered in Germany are considered German companies, firms in the UAE will be recognized as Emirati companies under this law.
UAE Corporate Citizenship Law 2026
This law does not grant individual UAE citizenship to owners or shareholders of a company. Finance Minister Abdullah clarified that there is a separate law for UAE citizenship. It can be understood in this way that if you open a company in London, it is a British company. The new law in UAE recognizes that wherever a company is established in the country, it will be recognized globally as a UAE company. This will give a different identity to UAE. Every goods exported from there will have UAE brand label.
Who does this apply to?
Officials stressed that corporate citizenship law refers to the legal status of a company, not the individual citizenship of individuals. This clarification came from the UAE when the question arose whether foreign company owners can obtain UAE citizenship under this provision.