Dubai’s Free Zones Council has introduced the One Freezone Passport, a unified licensing initiative permitting businesses licensed in a single free zone to expand across multiple Dubai free zones without obtaining separate licences.
The initiative is intended to remove regulatory friction and facilitate business expansion throughout the emirate’s network of free zones.
Louis Vuitton has become the first company to adopt the system, maintaining operations in Jebel Ali Free Zone while establishing a corporate office at One Za’abeel in the DWTC Free Zone. The process took just five days.
Analysis from private sector sources describes the scheme as a generational change in Dubai regulation. It allows firms to consolidate warehousing, offices and logistics under a single licence and adopt efficient “hub-and-spoke” models spanning sectors such as logistics and commercial operations.
This move places Dubai in sharper competitive relief against global hubs like Singapore and London, offering streamlined governance, full foreign ownership, and incentives such as tax exemptions, all under one cohesive licensing framework.
