Drafts are produced by a staff writer, with AI assistance, or both. The verification process is identical in every case: the AI writes the prose; it never supplies the facts. Facts come only from primary sources collected and checked by our team.
We do not publish anonymous content. Every article carries a named reviewer — a real person from our team, personally accountable for every factual claim. If a fact cannot be verified, it is removed before publication.
Our editorial process
Every piece of content goes through five fixed stages. No article reaches the public site with a stage skipped.
Research & source pack
An editor defines the angle and the reader, then builds a source pack: every price, timeline, and legal reference is pulled from a primary source — UAE Federal Tax Authority, free zone authorities, Central Bank of the UAE, DET — with the source name and retrieval date attached. Facts we cannot trace to a primary source are marked as missing, not estimated.
1–2 days
Draft
The draft is produced against the verified source pack and our style guide — by a staff writer, with AI assistance, or both. The rule is the same in every case: prose can come from anywhere, facts come only from the source pack. Any claim that does not trace back to it is flagged for removal before the draft moves forward.
same day to 2 days
Expert review & fact-check
A named Emirabiz reviewer reads the draft and checks every figure and procedural step against primary sources and their own casework. The draft must pass our 15-point editorial checklist. Claims that cannot be substantiated are removed — not softened, removed.
1–2 days
Final edit & publish
The editor resolves comments, runs the style check, and publishes. The reviewer's name, role, and verification date are attached to the article.
1 day
Scheduled re-verification
Every published article re-enters the review queue on a fixed schedule — see the verification section below. The "Last verified" date on a page changes only when the facts have actually been re-checked.
ongoing
How we verify facts
Primary sources we rely on
When our content states a price, timeline, or legal rule, the source is one of the following — never a secondary aggregator.
- UAE Federal Tax Authority
- Corporate Tax, VAT, small-business relief, free zone qualifying-income rules. tax.gov.ae .
- Free zone authorities
- Current published fee schedules of the free zones we cover, quoted directly.
- Central Bank of the UAE
- AML, KYC, and banking regulation. centralbank.ae .
- DET / Department of Economy and Tourism
- Mainland license fees, activity lists, LLC governance. dubaidet.gov.ae .
- UAE Official Legislation Portal
- Federal decrees and laws cited in regulatory content. uaelegislation.gov.ae .
What every article must pass
Before publication, each article is checked against a fixed editorial checklist. The public core of it:
- Every figure — price, timeline, threshold — traces to a named primary source with a retrieval date.
- Regulatory terms are used by their real names (KYC, source-of-funds, QFZP, UBO), not euphemisms.
- Each page names at least one limitation or edge case — who this does not work for.
- No unverifiable claims: no "thousands of clients", no "best free zone", no promises about outcomes we do not control.
- Legal references cite the specific decree or resolution, not "UAE law says".
What "Last verified" means
The date in the article card marks the most recent full fact-check against primary sources. It is not bumped when we edit wording, fix layout, or update links — only when the figures themselves have been re-checked. If an edit touches facts, it triggers a fact-check and both dates move; if it does not, only the "Updated" date moves.
Re-verification schedule
- Pricing-sensitive content (free zone fees, visa fees) — every 3 months.
- Regulatory content (tax, AML, immigration law) — every 6 months, and immediately on any known regulation change.
- General guides — every 12 months.
- Case studies — annually, unless the underlying engagement changes.
Who reviews what
Expertise is topical — a tax specialist does not sign off on banking content, and vice versa. Reviewers are matched to subject areas based on their daily casework.
| Topic area | Named reviewer |
|---|---|
| Company formation · Free zones · License pricing | Andrey Ovchinnikov · Co-founder & CEO |
| Corporate structuring · Banking & compliance · Residency & visas | Elena Ovchinnikova · Co-founder & COO — Compliance & AML specialist (Thomson Reuters program) |
| UAE Corporate Tax · VAT · Accounting | Faisal Sikander · Head of Accounting & Tax, ACCA · Emirates AAA affiliate member |
Note. The reviewer named on each article is personally accountable for its factual accuracy. Pricing data across the site — license fees, visa fees, government charges — is maintained as a single sourced dataset owned by Andrey Ovchinnikov; topic reviewers verify their pages against it. Contact details are on their team profile .
AI policy
We use AI at the drafting stage, and we say so on every article — the "How this article was made" link under each piece leads here.
What AI does in our workflow: writes prose from our verified source pack; produces outlines, translations, transcriptions, and research summaries.
What AI never does: supply facts. Prices, timelines, and legal references enter an article only from primary sources collected by our team — never from a model's memory. Any claim in a draft that does not trace to the source pack is removed before the draft moves forward.
What stays human: the source work and the sign-off. Every article is fact-checked and approved by a named human reviewer. No reviewer is an AI.
Corrections policy
If you spot an error — a wrong fee, an outdated rule, a missing exception — tell us and we will fix it.
How to report a correction
- Email editorial@emirabiz.com with the page URL and the specific claim you believe is wrong.
- We acknowledge every report within one business day.
- If the claim is wrong, the article is corrected, the "Last verified" date is bumped, and a short changelog entry is added at the bottom of the page.
- If the claim is correct, we reply with the primary source we relied on.
Our credentials
Emirabiz has been licensed and operating from Dubai since 2013. Trade license: Dubai Expo City Free Zone.
- Registered partner of the free zones we cover — pricing on this site quotes their current published fee schedules, not resale packages.
- In-house PRO, accounting and banking desks — no outsourcing of regulated work.
- Featured expert commentary in Forbes Middle East, Arabian Business, Khaleej Times, Gulf News, РБК.
If you take away one thing
- Every article on this site has a named human reviewer, personally accountable for the facts.
- Every figure traces to a primary source with a retrieval date.
- The "Last verified" date is real: it moves only when the facts have been re-checked.
- Drafting may involve AI; facts and sign-off never do.
- If you see something wrong, email us — it gets fixed, with the date bumped and a changelog entry.