Foreign Company Cancellation

•  Login to MOE website.        
•  Choose the service from the list of services        
•  Fill in the application data        
•  Attach documents        
•  Verify the accuracy of inserted data and attached documents.        
•  Ensure validity of the registration upon presenting the cancellation request, otherwise the renewal fees will be paid along with delay penalties (if any)        
• Provide the establishment with the approved announcement form for publication in a local daily newspaper, at least one of which is in Arabic        
• Notify the concerned authority of the request        
• Release the bank guarantee following publication, pursuant to a letter directed to the issuing bank, to be delivered to the establishment's representative along with the original voided bank guarantee.        
• The request is accepted and the cancellation decision is issued following one month from the date of publishing the announcement        

Note: The establishment must fulfil the publication procedures within the validity of the registration, otherwise it must pay the due fees for renewal and the delay penalty if it fails to publish the announcement promptly.        

Should the establishment – following cancellation – wish to re-open the branch, the request shall be handled as follows:        

If the license is not cancelled by the concerned authority:        

1. Submit the registration renewal request as per the prescribed form        
2. Present the required bank guarantee        
3. Pay the fees and penalties, if any        
4. Issue the registration renewal certificate at the previous durations        

 If the license is cancelled by the concerned authority:        

1. The request will be handled as a new license and all the recently-issued documents required must be attached. The establishment will also be given a new registration number .