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Sharjah Healthcare City (SHCC)

مدينة الشارقة للرعاية الصحية

SHCC does not publish package prices on its own channels (checked 2026-10-24).

Sharjah Healthcare City (SHCC) is a healthcare free zone in Sharjah, licensed by Sharjah Health Authority (SHA); company registration by the Sharjah Healthcare City Registrar, established in 2012.

Official sources onlyOfficial site ↗

Key facts

Solo, no visa · year 1
Not published
No package prices published. One founder, no residence visa, no office beyond a desk or virtual address, one activity.
Founder + 1 visa · year 1
Not published
No package prices published. One founder with one residence visa, flexi-desk or virtual office.
Team, 3 visas · year 1
Not published
No package prices published. Three residence visas, flexi-desk or small office.
Lowest package, any size
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Licence fee from
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Largest visa quota
Not published
No package states a quota
Minimum office
Not published
Incorporation
—
Min. share capital
Not published
General trading
Not published
VAT Designated Zone
No
FTA list
Annual audit
Not published

Verified on 2026-10-24 from tax.gov.ae.

Figures as published by the zone. “Not published” means no official source states it. Scenario prices are the published package closest to each set-up: solo, no visa = one founder, no residence visa, no office beyond a desk or virtual address, one activity; founder + 1 visa = one founder with one residence visa, flexi-desk or virtual office; team, 3 visas = three residence visas, flexi-desk or small office.

Identity and legal basis

Official name (Arabic)
مدينة الشارقة للرعاية الصحية ↗
Former, merged or alternative names
Sharjah Healthcare City (SHCC) ↗
Licensing / regulating authority
Sharjah Health Authority (SHA); company registration by the Sharjah Healthcare City Registrar ↗
Parent group / government body
Sharjah Health Authority, Government of Sharjah ↗
Zone type
Healthcare ↗
Year established
2012 ↗
Official website
shcc.shj.ae ↗
Listed on the Ministry of Economy and Tourism register of free-zone company registrars
No ↗
  • Physical locations / campuses: Al Rahmaniya / Mazairah area, Sharjah (near Sharjah International Airport). [1]
  • Public contact email: info@shcc.gov.ae. [2]
  • Public contact phone: +97165571117. [2]
  1. [1] shcc.shj.ae · opened 2026-10-24
  2. [2] shcc.shj.ae · opened 2026-10-24

Verified on 2026-10-24 from shcc.shj.ae, sha.shj.ae, moet.gov.ae.

Business activities

Licence types offered
Trading, Services / consultancy, Industrial, Healthcare ↗
  • Activity categories offered: Hospitals, Clinics & Labs; Rehabilitation Centers; Office Suites & Research Centers; Warehouses & Light Healthcare Industries; CAM Centers; Hospitality Centers; Wellness Centers. [1]
  • Activities needing another authority's approval: Healthcare facilities: Sharjah Health Authority preliminary approval and Health Facility License (HFL) after inspection; Health professionals: SHA professional assessment and Health Professional License (HPL); Facilities with radiology equipment: initial registration with FANR; Healthcare facilities: approval of the emergency operation plan from the emergency & disaster management division; Healthcare facilities: registration with Wekaya (medical waste); Health advertisements: SHA advertisement approval; Ambulance / medical transport vehicles: SHA registration (NOC). [2]
  1. [1] shcc.shj.ae · opened 2026-10-24
  2. [2] shcc.shj.ae · opened 2026-10-24

Verified on 2026-10-24 from shcc.shj.ae.

Cost - ongoing

  • Late renewal penalty: Penalties apply if the annual licence is not renewed within 30 days after expiry; penalty amount not published. [1]
  • Renewal grace period: 30 days. [1]
  1. [1] shcc.shj.ae · opened 2026-10-24

Verified on 2026-10-24 from shcc.shj.ae.

Office and facilities

Office / facility types
Private office, Warehouse, Land plot ↗
Warehouse available
Yes ↗
  • Land plots for build-to-suit: yes. [1]
  1. [1] shcc.shj.ae · opened 2026-10-24

Verified on 2026-10-24 from shcc.shj.ae.

Tax status

VAT Designated Zone (per the FTA list)
No ↗

Verified on 2026-10-24 from tax.gov.ae.

Compliance and reporting

Beneficial-owner register filing required
Yes ↗
  • Annual return and renewal documents: Annual licence renewal; Valid passport copies of shareholders, directors, manager and company secretary (if expired or changed); Emirates ID copies for UAE nationals/residents among them (if expired or changed); Certificate of Good Standing or registry extract for each corporate shareholder / branch parent (trade licence for UAE/GCC companies); Updated UBO register, shareholder register and hierarchical shareholding chart (if changed in the past year). [1]
  1. [1] shcc.shj.ae · opened 2026-10-24

Verified on 2026-10-24 from shcc.shj.ae.

Setup process and speed

Direct application without an agent
Yes ↗
  • Documents for an individual shareholder: Application; Business Plan (applicable only for Clinical Activity); Resolution for incorporation for FZ-LLC; Passport copies of proposed director, manager, legal representative and individual shareholders (with UAE residence/visit visa page if applicable); Emirates ID copy if residing in UAE (optional). [1]
  • Attestation requirements for corporate shareholders: Corporate shareholder resolution and documents must be attested by the competent authority in the country of origin, the UAE Consulate/Embassy there and the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Foreign corporate shareholders provide incorporation certificate, MOA/AOA, certificate of continuity/good standing and UBO details; UAE corporate shareholders provide trade licence, MOA/AOA, commercial register and UBO details. [1]
  1. [1] shcc.shj.ae · opened 2026-10-24

Verified on 2026-10-24 from shcc.shj.ae.

Operations, ecosystem and flexibility

  • Adding shareholders: Share transfer (FZ-LLC only): application, KYC/corporate documents for new shareholders, attested shareholder resolution of the SHCC FZ-LLC and board resolutions of corporate buyer/seller, and an instrument of transfer signed at SHCC offices; fees not published. [1]
  1. [1] shcc.shj.ae · opened 2026-10-24

Verified on 2026-10-24 from shcc.shj.ae.

Freelancer and solo founder

Freelancer permit available
No ↗

Verified on 2026-10-24 from shcc.shj.ae.

Industry-specific regulation

  • Healthcare and education approvals: SHCC acts as a single window for 'All licenses - commercial, facility, professional under one roof'. Company registration and the commercial / professional / industrial licence are issued by SHCC (its Registrar). Healthcare-facility and practitioner licensing sit with the Sharjah Health Authority's Health Regulation Department, which licenses and inspects facilities 'inside and outside SHCC': facilities get a preliminary approval (extendable up to 6 months) and then a permanent Health Facility License (HFL) after inspection; practitioners need an SHA professional assessment and Health Professional License (HPL), linked to the facility. HFL files include medical director appointment, emergency operation plan approval from the emergency & disaster management division, Wekaya medical-waste registration, FANR registration for radiology equipment, infection-control policy, medical-device list and malpractice insurance. Clinical activity needs a business plan at company setup. Health advertisements need SHA approval. SHA applies federal health laws (e.g. Federal Law 4/2015 on private health facilities, Federal Law 5/2019 on practising human medicine). No education-sector approvals found. [1]
  1. [1] shcc.shj.ae · opened 2026-10-24

Verified on 2026-10-24 from shcc.shj.ae.

Activity fit (our view)

Likely possible

  • None

Needs a regulator's approval

Our assessment from the zone's published licence types. Always confirm your exact activity on the zone's official activity list. Licence types the zone publishes: Trading, Services / consultancy, Industrial, Healthcare.

Verified on 2026-10-24 from shcc.shj.ae.

Notes and history

  1. Legal basis · 2012

    Sharjah Healthcare City was formed in 2012 and describes itself as an independent body regulated by the Sharjah Health Authority, with which it shares a building and a chairman. The Sharjah Health Authority's own site describes the city as a free zone and says the authority regulates professional and facility licences within its boundaries. [source 1][source 2][source 3]

  2. Good to know

    Company notices such as liquidations, strike-offs and name changes are issued by the Sharjah Healthcare City Registrar and published on the zone's Public Notices page. [source]

  3. Good to know

    The zone's website gives its land area as 4.5 million square metres in the Al Rahmaniya and Mazairah area of Sharjah. [source]

Verified on 2026-10-24 from shcc.shj.ae, sha.shj.ae.

Questions worth asking

Is SHCC a VAT Designated Zone?

SHCC does not appear on the Federal Tax Authority's list of VAT Designated Zones.

About this data

Every fact comes from SHCC's own channels or a UAE government source, linked next to it. Last checked 2026-10-24. Information collected from free-zone authorities and UAE government sources on the dates shown. Fees and rules change; the zone's current schedule prevails. Not legal, tax or financial advice.

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