Moving to the Arab Emirates the whole family: how to obtain UAE visas for all family members?

The article explains the way for obtaining UAE visas for the whole family in 2020.

First, you may obtain just one investor visa UAE, and then issue visas for your family members.

Obtaining a resident visa UAE for an investor is possible through opening a company in the United Arab Emirates. An investor visa UAE is issued for 3 years with an option of prolongation for next 3 years any number of times. With the purpose of obtaining UAE visa, a company can be opened either outside free zones or within a free zone.

An offshore company established in the UAE does not grant its owners the right to obtain visas of the emirates.

A free trade zone (briefly – FTZ), or a free economic zone, or just a free zone is a limited territory in the UAE and a separate jurisdiction. A company can be open in any of FTZ. Each FTZ in emirates has its own laws governing the operation of companies. The Arab Emirates have already established more than forty FTZ.

To execute a resident visa UAE, it will be more reasonable to open a company in a free zone. Each FTZ defines its rules and prices for registration of companies. By selecting the most appropriate by price and terms FTZ, you may establish a company there and obtain a resident visa of the Arab Emirates.

General characteristics of an investor visa UAE

  • How to obtain an investor visa of the UAE?
    • Registration of a company within the territory of any free zone.
    • Registration of a company outside territories of free trade zones of the Arab Emirates.
  • Do I have to make any investments to obtain an investor visa of the UAE?
    • No.
  • Validity term of an investor visa of the UAE:
    • 3 years.
  • How to renew an investor visa of the UAE?
    • An investor resident visa of the emirates is issued for 3 years with an option of prolongation for next 3 years any number of times. You will have to arrive to the UAE every 180 days and to pay annual fees for renewal of an opened company, through which visas of the Arab Emirates were issued.

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Obtaining UAE visa for a spouse, children or parents

Upon obtaining a visa UAE, it is also possible to obtain visas of the emirates for all family members. UAE visas can only be executed for close relatives; a definite set of certifying documents needs to be provided to obtain visas. To obtain such visas, it is necessary to provide statements certifying blood relations. Furthermore, it is necessary to provide statements certifying available assets that allow living of the dependants in the United Arab Emirates. It is also necessary to provide documents certifying the available premises for accommodation of these family members (it can be a certificate of ownership right or a rental agreement). All these documents need to be legalized.

To execute UAE visas for a spouse and children, a husband must earn at least 4,000 dirham (1,090 USD) (this condition depends on citizenship of a husband and often varies).

Nevertheless, to get the possibility to execute visas of the emirates for a spouse and children it is necessary that a person earned at least 10,000 dirham (2,730 USD). If a wife is hired by any company and a company had provided her an apartment, then she must earn at least 7,000 dirham (1,910 USD). These requirements to profit of a wide are just for example; these may periodically vary depending on citizenship and each certain case.

If children are of different gender, then it is necessary that an apartment had separate rooms.

If visas for parents are necessary, then your income must be at least 20,000 dirham (5,450 USD).

In many of free trade zones, when a statement on income issued for an owner of a company, a default income of 20,000 dirham (5,450 USD) is stated.

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