We're officially UAE residents! | How much our visa cost & do we enjoy living in Dubai? 

Hey everyone! I know we posted this video a couple of days ago but we had to private it for a few days to fix a technical thing. Here it is again!! Sorry if you already watched, hope you enjoyed! ☺️

There's nothing wrong with getting away from the UK tax burden, which is horrendous. People need to realise that it's a choice. You as a person and your company are highly sought after, and many countries are now offering tax incentives to entice you. I would highly recommend anyone who has a business or is a freelancer with no ties, to get out into the world and find a situation that suits them better. A word of caution though - if you are tax resident in Dubai and spend more time out of Dubai, that may invalidate your UK tax exemption, especially in the first 5 years, seek advice.

Heartiest Congratulations to you both on getting the UAE residency visa!

Congratulations....that's so fabulous! Will miss your London and England videos, but look forward to seeing what you get up to there in the UAE!

Few questions: If you are non-uk residents and still run a ltd company in the UK i.e. your real estate business, do you pay yourselves dividends into your Dubai company? And would that be tax free? Is your youtube channel run from your UK company or Dubai?

I knew this was coming and here you're guys. Congrats

So helpful. Thanks guys! I can't wait to see want your new business ventures are in the UAE

congrats guys :D Enjoy Dubai!

Great, looking forward to doing the same thing very soon ^^, thanks for trailblazing Matt & Summer!

Congratulations guys!! So happy for you guys :)

Exciting!xx

Good for you guys congratulations 🎉🎉🎉

Great informative video! Thanks so much!

Thanks for all the help guys. Just wondering do you need to stay in Dubai throughout the entire 3 months process? Or can you fly over do all the paperwork and tests and then leave and come back when it’s done?

Don’t forget the weather is like this for the next month or so and you fry if you go outdoors after that, then that’s time to go anywhere but there!

You guys are in for a treat. I’m glad you are residents now, but when you experience the summer you may not ever want to be here from July to September again. Personally, I’m going to Greece for that time frame - while it’ll be hot, i won’t die and there is tree and a breeze. Can’t wait until those videos 🤪

Congrats guys how exciting for you both, bring on more Dubai vlogs 😃, 🎉 🎊 🥂

Am a Zambian RU-vidr and I appreciate the info you have given us, Thanks!

Love listening to you Two....I/we (wife) had a medical business here in the Midwest, covered 4 States, hearing you two, kinda wish we had expanded to Europe.....keep up the good work.

My friend used to live in Dubai & now lives in the UK and he works with finances of expats his name is Hamzah Shalchi & company is Headway Wealth. Hope that helps :)

Hey congratulations!!

Congratulations 🎉Thank you for updating us..

Extremely useful Vlog with all cost, great service for this Canadian living in Toronto...thanks!

congrats to both of u im always watching your good vibes video im here also living in dubai

Great informative clip. Love everything about your channel. My questions for the follow up especially with your agent would be: 1. How much does each type of visa cost-Business Visa, Temp Resident visa etc and how long does each visa take? 2. How much is required to open/register a business there-both off-shore/online and on-shore/Dubai active business? 3. What are the tax differences on on-shore business vs off-shore online business? 4. What is the rough minimum initial deposit required to open a business bank account for these types of visa and any requirements, balance regulations and any recommendations from you and your agents team? Hope these questions will help me and many others who are interested in moving to Dubai and the whole process in general- TIME, COSTS, DEPOSITS, REQUIREMENTS.. Love you guys, - look forward to watching the follow up Q&A clip

I watched this video couple of days ago. Anyway Congratulations guys🎉🎉

Congratulations to you guys' on being granted residency visa status by the UAE government! I am so happy for you two! Truth be told, i also i am a UAE resident ,and moving to Dubai from my home country is one of the decisions that i will NEVER have regrets about. I do wish you lot an abundance of success in your daily endeavours and i do hope your stay in Dubai/ UAE will turn out to be worthwhile!

All da best 4 ur new life in Dubai....

Beautifully explained. Moving from London to Dubai Marina I went to the same medical centre. Took me 35 mins to get everything done without paying extra :)

Congratulations..all the best

Congratulations for your residency in UAE. and very nice vlog.

My question 1.Can you set up any kind of business? Like I plan on starting a business where I resell products, does that count as a business & can I get my residence visa ? 2. I want to know more about the type of visa summer mentioned the “yearly visa, kind of a gap year visa” 3. I want to know more about the investor visa? How much do I need to invest? 4. The property visa, do I just purchase any kind of property & get the visa? I hope you answer all my questions, trying to see which option suits me best❤️

would love to see the in-depth video about the yearly residency visa that summer mentioned at the end of the video :)

Congrats ❤❤ nice vide👌

Congratulations dears , wish you a wonderful stay in Dubai

Hey Matt and summer I would be very grateful if you could talk more about getting sponsored by an estate agents company in the uk to work abroad? Never heard about this be for. Your blogs are always a pleasure to watch.

Fact that your so open minded that's what makes like your video much.

You guys are so mature and smart ❤️

Cool videos but guys please add text overlays in your videos especially when talking about costs, or any statistics. It makes a massive difference. It's super easy to add in any video editing software.

Enjoy the lovely summer there lol

Netflix will block your VPN unless you use a dedicated IP address. Dong fall for it peeps, you’ll usually need to pay more for a dedicated ip.

Hi Matt & Summer. Happy to know that you guys are now officially a resident of Dubai. Can you share how a non-US, non-UK citizen can open a company to do online trading of US instruments i.e. US stock, US futures (crude oil futures) in Dubai? What type of company we can set up when we don't buy or sell anything in the UAE? The reason I'm thinking to do this is for the tax advantage Dubai has.. Thanks :)

The summer is exceptionally hot 44 degrees plus and humid

How much would one need to invest into the company to get residency?

Which firm are you through to organize all the formalities? Is it the Merritt firm?

I am thinking of moving there with my family so I would love some more information on the different visas available!

Sorry if I have missed it, but what business have you set up in Dubai in relation to property and real estate? Thank you :)

Congrat and well done and best of luck

Congratulations！

I appreciate the info. Please delve further. I'm looking into freelancing and also starting a business

Congratulations 🎉👏

Hey guys which visa consulting company did you guys use in Dubai, please? Would love to start preparing for the international move of my business.

We're in Sydney, Australia and im wanting to come to Dubai. Lets see if I can convince the gang!

Congratulations 🎉

Hey Matt and Summer. I hope you are well and thank you for an informative video. I set up a free zone company in the free zone last year and my requirement is that I need to visit the UAE once every 6 months, not 365 days as you state. Could this be because my company is in the free zone?

Hi Guys, this is Joshua. Yr videos are so informative and friendly, so thank you very much. I live and work in Glasgow and want to move to Dubai for a while. Would like to know if it is possible to get a job there whilst living in the UK? Also, how does the accommodation work? Do u need a huge deposit to rent? Would be great to have a video to cover the basics. Thanks a ton guys.

Only came across you two about 4 months ago and Love watching your vlogs. I'm English (Brighton) now living in Australia. So many more opportunities here than the UK. I have my own business and also rental properties, now getting into flipping houses as im from a building background. You'll love it here but be aware it gets bloody hot.

Will be visiting the Dubai Boat Show in a couple of days. Is it ok to film in public areas? I dont want to film people

I stayed at Dubai Marina for few days this week. In your neighborhood 🙂

Wow its great news

Beautiful ❤️

So pleased for you! We are moving to Dubai over summer. Did you guys used MyOffice to help you with the set up and visa or someone else? Thanks :-)

A few questions if you don't mind: 1. For your business (visa) setup, do you actually need to do any kind of active business or hiring or its just set it up and forget it ? I am looking at the same route and I am mainly a freelance programmer/game-dev but confused if I setup a company in dubai am I liable for any obligations related to earning or hiring or having office space ? 2. Was it $10k total cost for both of your visas and business setup ? 3. I know you have mentioned you plan to move to Aus/different location and not settle in dubai, but even then looking at rent of apartments, do you think its better to buy one on mortgage instead of just paying rent ? Ideally looking to move and settle in dubai

Check out your local PKF Alliance or Alliott Alliance accounting firms as they have partner firms in UK, Dubai and Oz.

watching from Hawaii and its super early here, I have one eye open and trying to stare deep in my phone😂😂

Interesting video. Can you please share the step by step process of applying resident visa / golden visa and also how to apply for medicals etc it would be really helpful

THANK YOU. But hold on... you paid 10k USD which includes 2 residence visa PLUS to register MAINLAND company PLUS includes agency fees? If that is so then I definitely need to talk to that agency, because I have been considering Freezone. Also, is that a 3yr residency? I doubt you guys will answer, but hopefully see this and do a video clarifying these questions.

Great! What business are you guys in ?

Are you required to ger vaccinated as a UAE resident? To be able to travel etc?

How much is your yearly Home rent

Which company did you use?

Great video… why mainland company and not a free zone ?

Super

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

What trade licenses did you get? I’m have to be in the county once every six months, would like to know how your 365 day visa is different "?

Ay beautiful people congratulation! I hope that you enjoy staying in my country UAE. Dubai is an amazing place and hope you enjoy everything about it from the food , people and the weather and all in all😊Keep shining and may Allah be with you beautiful people♥️👌🏽♥️

I envy everything about y’all 😔

Hi!

do you have uae passport?

Mashallah beautiful couple

Its illegal to use VPN in dubai….best not to promote that on your videos😉 that is why you can’t use VOIP such as whatsapp calls etc.

So could you still stay in the UK if you wanted to and use the NHS etc? Apologies if that sounds stupid.

And what would be your point ?

I heard VPN was illegal to use in Dubai/UAE…

Try the wealthy expat RU-vid channel he is a guy in Dubai and know about the accounting side

cool

Getting a visa for both of you is only possible if you are married. So I guess you are married? If not, how did you get 2 visa?

Dubai is addiction. Once you’ve liked there a few years you can’t live anywhere 😎

Summer in dubai :) you must try to understand :)

You already uploaded this the other day? Why delete and re- upload?

Binks I believe Matt. So Matt and summer a friend is visiting Dubai in August and staying on the palm with her two teenage boys. Anything they can do that’s not too expensive please? Also I’m super stoked for you guys. Right are you not going to Australia now? And when are you going to put a Rock on summers Finger? It looks a bit bare. You are young and we are all like kids. I wished my life could of taken this turn.

First view from Pakistan

I live in Australia 🇦🇺 Come visit

I want to move to Dubai.

My only worry is Maktoum could change laws & rulings in Dubai in the morning ...hmmm !

I'll suggest you Offshore Citizen's Michael Rosmer

Business, what’s the business?

So was it nomad capitalist guy?

VPN is illegal in UAE.. just check once

you were fooled, it costs 7500 to 9000 AED