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Visas cancelled in correct order
Employee visas must be cancelled before the investor visa. Out of sequence and the process stalls.
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Liquidation & De-registration
Close your UAE company cleanly — full legal liquidation and deregistration.
Full legal liquidation process
Visa cancellations handled
Bank account closure support
Authority deregistration certificate
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About this service
Liquidation & De-registration with Qube Business Solutions
Closing a UAE company properly matters. Simply allowing a licence to lapse leaves the entity active on the register, accruing fines and potentially blacklisting the shareholders from future UAE formation.
Simply letting a licence lapse does not close a company. The entity stays on the register, penalties continue to accrue, and shareholders can find themselves blocked from forming a new UAE company later. Proper deregistration ends the entity cleanly.
The sequence is fixed: cancel all visas, close bank accounts, settle liabilities, publish a creditor notice where a formal liquidation applies, appoint a liquidator for mainland entities, and submit the application. The deregistration certificate is what proves the company is genuinely closed.
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Why choose this
Key benefits
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Avoid Penalties
An active but unused company accumulates annual fines.
02
Clean Exit
Formal deregistration provides a legal end to your UAE entity.
03
Visa Management
All employee and investor visas cancelled correctly.
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Bank Closure
We assist with corporate bank account closure.
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Clearance Certificate
Obtain official deregistration certificate.
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Creditor Clearance
We manage the creditor notification process.
How it works
Step-by-step process
We handle the complexity — here's exactly what happens from start to finish.
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Cancel all visas
All investor and employee residence visas cancelled.
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Close bank accounts
Corporate bank accounts closed and balance transferred.
03
Creditor notice
For formal liquidations, creditor notice published in newspaper.
04
Liquidator appointment
Licensed liquidator appointed for mainland companies.
05
Authority application
Liquidation application submitted.
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Deregistration certificate
Official certificate of liquidation issued.
Before we start
What you will need
Have these ready and we can usually submit within one working day. Missing something? We will tell you exactly how to obtain it.
- Original trade licence and Memorandum of Association
- Board or shareholder resolution approving liquidation
- Visa cancellation confirmations for all staff and shareholders
- Bank account closure letters
- Clearance certificates for utilities, telecom and customs
- Audited liquidation accounts where the authority requires them
The difference
Why choose our liquidation & de-registration service?
What you actually get when you hand this over to our team.
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Liabilities identified before filing
Outstanding fines, tax positions and lease obligations are settled first so the application is not rejected.
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Liquidator appointed where required
Mainland closures need a licensed liquidator's report. We appoint and coordinate with them.
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Creditor notice published correctly
Where formal liquidation applies, the newspaper notice and forty-five day period are handled to the letter.
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Bank accounts closed properly
Accounts are closed with balances transferred and closure letters obtained for the file.
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Certificate obtained and delivered
You receive the official deregistration certificate, which is your proof the entity is closed and no longer accruing obligations.
Questions answered
Frequently asked questions
The company incurs escalating fines and may be blacklisted, preventing future UAE company formation.
Free zone: 4-8 weeks. Mainland with formal liquidation: 8-16 weeks.
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