UAE's Golden Visa: What is it, and Who is Eligible?
                     UAE's Golden Visa: What is it, and Who is Eligible?
In 2019, the United Arab 
Emirates (UAE) decided to 
grant a 10-year golden visa 
to people who meet their 
specific criteria. This is a 
new system to provide long-
term residence visas in order 
to enable foreigners to live, 
work and study in the UAE 
without the requirement of a 
national sponsor.
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UAE's Golden Visa: What is it, and Who is Eligible?
This new policy was 
launched in order to attract 
new and capable foreign 
residents to the Emirate of 
Dubai following the 
economic challenges that 
were caused, due to the 
covid-19 pandemic situation.
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What does this Golden Visa Offer?
The golden visa is a system 
that offers long-term residency 
for about 5 and 10 years to 
people that belong to different 
groups. That includes people 
like entrepreneurs, 
researchers, medical 
professionals, experts in 
scientific and knowledge fields, 
people with outstanding 
talents, remarkable students, 
and investors.
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What Conditions Apply for People with Outstanding Talent?
People who have special 
talents and skills need to fulfill 
certain criteria, in order to 
become eligible to apply for 
the UAE golden visa residency 
permit. People who are 
established scientists need to 
be accredited by the Emirates 
scientist council or need to be 
a holder of the Mohammed Bin 
Rashid Medal for scientific 
excellence.
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What Conditions Apply for People with Outstanding Talent?
For creative individuals in 
culture and arts, they need to 
be accredited by the ministry 
of culture and knowledge 
development. It is also 
essential for exceptional talent 
to have documented patents or 
scientific research that is 
already published in world-
class journals.
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What Conditions Apply for People with Outstanding Talent?
Specialists and doctors need to 
meet at least two of the 
following conditions which are 
a Ph.D. degree from the top 
500 universities across the 
globe and an awarded 
certificate of appreciation in 
the field of the applicant's 
work, by contributing to major 
scientific research in their 
respective field of work.
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What Conditions Apply for People with Outstanding Talent?
Along with that, they also need 
to showcase published articles 
or scientific books, or 
distinguished publications in 
the respective field of work. 
Having membership in an 
organization that is related to 
their field of work is 
appreciated. The Ph.D. degree 
in addition to 10 years of 
professional experience in the 
field of specialization; in areas 
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UAE.
Golden Visa Opportunity for Investors and Business People
Any individual who has invested 
a minimum of 2 million dirhams 
in the UAE, can apply for a 10-
year golden visa without a 
sponsor. The investment can be 
in the form of accredited funds in 
the UAE for a commercial or 
industrial license of an investor; 
where the memorandum of 
association of the legal entity 
mentions that the paid-up capital 
of the company is not less than 2 
million dirhams.
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Golden Visa Opportunity for Investors and Business People
If the investor is the owner of 
a company in the UAE and 
pays tax of a minimum of 
2,50,000 dirhams annually, 
to the federal tax authority, 
they can apply for the UAE 
Golden visa along with their 
spouse and dependents.
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Golden Visa Opportunity for Investors and Business People
Senior employees like 
executive directors or 
advisors appointed by 
investors in public 
investment are also entitled 
to apply for the golden visa 
without a sponsor. Individuals 
who own property worth 2 
million dirhams or more are 
also eligible to apply for a 5-
year golden visa. 
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Golden Visa Opportunity for Investors and Business People
Under this category, the 
properties should not have 
any loan, but if the properties 
are on loan and the value of 
the properties is their own 
equity, then they can be 
considered. Retired foreigners 
who are at least 55 years old 
and have 1 million dirhams in 
investments or an income of 
15,000 dirhams per month 
can apply for the golden visa. 
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Long-Term Visas for Students
Outstanding students studying 
in recognized schools and 
universities inside or outside 
the UAE can apply for special 
long-term residency visas.
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Benefits of the UAE Golden Visa
• It is a 10-year renewable 
residence visa.
• It does not require any 
sponsor or employer.
• The visa does not get 
canceled if the visa holder 
stays outside the country for 
more than 6 months.
• The visa is granted to the 
entire family including 
spouses and children 
without any age limit.
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Benefits of the UAE Golden Visa (Continued…)
• Potential visa holders get an 
entry permit that is valid for 
6 months with multiple 
entries and are allowed to 
stay until the visa processing 
procedures are completed.
• If the original visa-holding 
person dies, then the family 
members can continue to 
stay in the UAE, till the end 
of their residence permit 
duration.
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Benefits of the UAE Golden Visa
Any individual who fulfills the 
above criteria can apply for the 
UAE golden visa through the 
website of the Federal authority 
for identity, citizenship, customs, 
and port security (ICP). Just log on 
online using your mobile, 
laptop & computer to apply. For 
further clarifications or any 
queries related to this particular 
matter, you can contact the ICP 
and the general directorate of 
Residency and Foreign Affairs in 
the UAE. 
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