Expatriate residents can sponsor their families to reside in the UAE if they have a valid residence permit/visa.
The sponsor must have a minimum salary of AED 4,000 or AED 3,000 plus accommodation.
Male and female family members who are to be sponsored and who have completed the age of 18 need to undergo and pass medical fitness tests at approved health centres (PDF, 1 MB) in the UAE.
Notes:
- A mother can sponsor her children in special cases approved by the ICP.
- A resident sponsor has 60 days to apply for his dependents’ residence visa after they enter the UAE under an entry permit.
- A resident can sponsor his parents, and the residence visa will be granted on a yearly basis regardless of the duration of the sponsor’s visa.
- The type of profession is no longer a condition for an expatriate worker to be able to sponsor his family visas.
- Medically unfit people will not be granted a residence visa.
- Residents who are detected with dormant or inactive pulmonary tuberculosis are also considered medically fit and are granted a one-year ‘Health Fitness Certificate for Residence’ subject to treatment and follow-up by the respective health authority.
The conditions are subject to change from time to time. Kindly check with Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship (ICP) or GDRFA.
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