If you are living in the UAE and you wish that your family will also live with you, then the family visa is the best option. You can sponsor for the permanent residency visa of all the family members. There are particular requirements in this category, and the sponsor must fulfill the demands of this residency visa. All the rules and regulations of the residency visa are set by the GDRFA (General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs-Dubai).
Read the content below, and you will get all the relevant information for the family residency visa of the UAE. The criteria of the residency visa, documents required for it, the primary process of applying for the permanent residency visa and the conditions for sponsorship are mentioned in the below content.
So, let’s start with the criteria for applying the residency visa of your family
Measures of the family residency visa of UAE:
- If the person sponsor his family, then he should have a minimum salary of AED 3000 to AED 4000.
- The person must also have the proper accommodation facility for the family.
- If the person is sponsoring for his/her parents, then the monthly salary of the sponsor must be at least AED 10,000.
Documents Required for the Residency Visa:
- The first requirement is the filling of the application form. You can fill the application form online as it is an easy method and also save your precious time. The sponsor submits the form.
- The Sponsor must submit the salary certificate if he/she is the government employee.
- In case of the sponsor is not the government employee, he/she must provide the attested job contract with the private firm. The GDRFA requires the salary certificate for the proof of the salary of the spouse.
- The applicant has to submit a copy of the passport of the partner and the children. Also, the original passports are required by the GDRFA.
- The person must attach three passport size photographs of the applicants with white background. The picture must show eighty percent of your face. Size of the photograph must be six by six cms. It means pixels must be minimum 600 by 600.
- The applicants for the UAE residency visa must be medically fit. So, the applicants must provide a medical report from the legalized hospital and doctor. Medical clearance report is for the children who are above 15 years old.
- The tourist visa also requires that the person is not suffering from any ailment. The applicants who have AIDS or TB are not allowed to enter the UAE. They will never get the residency visa.
- In case of the sponsorship by the spouse, the person has to submit the marriage certificate that is attested by the authorities in the UAE. The attestation by the UAE authorities was in the case when the marriage ceremony was in the UAE.
The married couple has to submit their utility bills in case of applying the visa of their offspring. - A person has to submit the ID card of UAE, labor card of the sponsor and the tenancy contract.
- A person has to submit the bank statement. The period of bank statement changes for the type of resident. For the new residents, the requirement by the GDRFA is one-month bank statement while for the old residents, they are required to submit the bank statement of 90 days.
Fees:
All the applicants must know the prices for the residency visa in the UAE.
Applicant has to submit AED 310 either manually or online for the Application fee. It doesn’t include typing fees. The fee is for per family member.
AED 15 are optional for courier company subsidiary. These charges come in Empost label.
The procedure of applying for the residency visa:
- A medical check-up of the applicants from the authorized hospital.
- Get your documents to type from the typing center and receive your application form. This form will require the fees which is AED 310.
- Now, you have to submit the application form of the residency visa and the relevant documents such as the copy of passport, copy of the entrance permit, medical certificate, etc to the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs Dubai (GDRFA).
- If the family members of the sponsor are not in the UAE at the time of the application submission, then they have to complete their medical tests and UAE ID procedure during their 60 days stay in the UAE.
- According to the GDRFA rule, the UAE provides primary medical insurance. So, the applicant must get it during the stay in the UAE.
- If members of the family are in the country at the time of the visa application, then there is no need to exit from UAE. Only, the fee is required for visa status alternation. Visa is changed from a temporary residency to the permanent one, so the person has to pay AED 510.
- If the family members are not in the UAE, then firstly the sponsor for the entry permit and then the application for the permanent residency is submitted to GDRFA.
How to sponsor your partner in UAE
Following steps will provide you with the necessary information about “How to sponsor your partner in UAE.” Read the following content, and you will get all the information about the sponsorship criteria in the UAE:
How will the husband sponsor wife?
- The husband can be a sponsor of his wife if his salary is more than AED 4000.
- He must also have a living facility for his wife.
- The particular criteria for sponsoring more than one wives for the Muslims require specific terms and conditions. If the person fulfills the demands, then he can sponsor more than one wife for the residency visa of the UAE.
How can a wife sponsor her husband in the UAE?
- Wife is also able to sponsor for the residency of her husband if she has at least AED 4000 salary.
- If she also has the accommodation facility, then AED 3000 is also enough for sponsoring the residency visa of the husband.
- The wife must be a teacher, doctor or an engineer if she wants to sponsor her husband.
- For highly paid wives who have the salary AED 10,000, the rules and regulations are not so strict for sponsoring the family members than those who get AED 3000. For the women who get minimum AED, 10,000 can apply for all family members as they have permission from DNRD.
- If the husband wants to work in the UAE, then the residency visa doesn’t allow to do work. If he wants to do the job, then he must get the employment visa from the GDRFA and has to cancel the residency visa. It is according to law and regulations.
How can a mother sponsor her children?
- The women must be a UAE resident.
- Her salary must be at least AED 10,000. She also must has the accommodation facility for her family members.
- Women must also provide a NOC from the husband. The no-objection will show that the husband has no issue that the children are staying with their mother and they are under her sponsorship.
- The NOC must be attested from the native country law.
- Single mothers can also sponsor their children.
- For the sponsorship of son, the minimum age is below 18. After 18, the mother can’t sponsor her son. If the son is studying at the university at UAE or other countries, then the age is extended to 21 years, but the mother has to provide the proof of documents.
- For the extended period in case of study, the mother has to deposit for the GDRFA for the son. The son has to come to the UAE twice a year. He is granted a yearly visa during his education period.
- Mother can also sponsor for the stepchildren. The requirements for this sponsorship is that the woman has to provide the NOC from the birth parents of the child. Also, the fees submission is per child and a residence visa that is valid for one year is granted to the mother. The permit must be renewed every year.
NOTE:
All the terms and conditions are listed according to the rules and regulations by the GDRFA (General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs-Dubai). These terms and conditions can change. So, before applying for the visa, the person must check if there are changes in the criteria of the residency visa.
Rules and regulations by GDRFA
- The people are not allowed to work by resident visa in the UAE. They must have the work permit if they want to work in the UAE.
- However, according to the labor ministry of UAE , now the person can work without the work permit by residency visa. They must have the written permission from the spouse and the GDRFA. This amendment in the rule of the residency visa took place in 2011.
- If women are not the teacher, doctor or engineer, then for the sponsorship she has to take the approval from the GDRFA.