FIELD NOTES

What the
brochure omits.

Notes on visas, tax, succession and running a business in the UAE. Written after the work is done, when it is clear which advice held and which was sold.

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Visas & residency

Retirement Visa in Dubai — who is eligible?

A five-year renewable residence permit for people aged 55 and over. Two pathways, four financial options, and a clear list of what it does not include.

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Visas & residency

Visas & residency

Retirement Visa in Dubai — who is eligible?

A five-year renewable residence permit for people aged 55 and over. Two pathways, four financial options, and a clear list of what it does not include.

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Visas & residency

Golden Visa Talent — what is it and how do you get it?

The version of the Golden Visa that is granted for a documented track record rather than for capital. Six categories, six process stages, and what it changes in practice.

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Tax & succession

Tax & succession

Taxes in Dubai — income tax

Part one of a series on what the UAE actually charges. Written from ten years of living here rather than from an advert.

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Tax & succession

January 24, 2025

Your property in the UAE after death

What happens to the apartment, the account and the company when the owner dies — with a UAE will, and without one.

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Recipe for failure in the UAE

Three recurring reasons why businesses here do not survive — counted down from the common one to the fatal one.

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Case study — crypto investor

Three consultants told him he needed a company and a tax residency certificate. He needed neither. What he actually needed was a bank account.

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Visas & residency

Who qualifies, what it costs and what each permit does not cover.

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Tax & succession

What the UAE actually charges, and what happens to what you own.

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Doing business

Patterns from a decade of watching companies work — and fail.

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Case notes

Real consultations, anonymised, with the reasoning left in.

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