In UAE, Dubai is the dreamland for the investors and the top businessmen. The United Arab Emirates is a fantastic land for all the experts in any field. The UAE has provided many opportunities for global talent. It is evident that people come in the UAE and invest a lot of their money and talent that provided a huge economic benefit to the state. So, the Vice President of the UAE who is also the Prime Minister of the state Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum advised the state officers to attract the global talent to the UAE by providing more magnificent facilities in different fields.
There are wonderful facilities in all the fields of life in the UAE, but the only difficulty for the people is the renewing of the visa. The other countries like America, Canada or Australia provide the permanent residency visa to the people when they meet certain conditions. In the UAE, people are also granted the residency and stay visas, but they have to renew their visas after one or two years. So, now the state decided to change some policy in the permit policy of the talented people so that the professionals and the investors will come in the UAE and they can help to boost the economy of the UAE as well.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum implemented the policy of giving the long-term visa to the professional of the fields and the people who can make huge investments in the UAE. The following content will describe the change in the policy of the permits and visa in the UAE:
For the businessmen:
Traditionally, the UAE government allowed the residency visa of two years to the people who want to work and do business in the UAE, but now for the investors, there is a long-term visa of TEN YEARS that is undoubtedly a very beneficial period for the investors and the businessmen. They can now stay in the UAE for the ten years of their life. They will not have to worry about the renewing of the visa once in the year. So, this policy will surely attract the prominent businessmen that had not invested in the UAE before just because of the temporary visa policy. So, now the businessmen can get the benefit by investing in Dubai as it is the central hub for the investors and the businessmen.
Hence, the long-term visa policy for the investors will also prove fruitful for the UAE in the future. It will surely bear fruit by boosting up the economy of the UAE.
For the professionals:
The long-term visa is also granted to the professionals and talented people of many fields. The professionals in the field of medicine, research and science can now stay constantly for ten years in the UAE. The skilled engineers and the top technical people are also able to get the long-term residency visa of the UAE. The policy will surely help talented people to focus on their work for a long time. They can work peacefully for a longer time and thus this policy will attract the specialists in the top fields. They can come and stay in the UAE for a long time and can help the state with their talent. As a result, they will get many benefits as well. No doubt, UAE is the reliable place and the dreamland for the professionals to work and show their talents.
For the students:
UAE also welcome the genius and talented students to study in the universities in the UAE. The students are granted the visa for the FIVE YEARS that can help the students to complete the professional degrees. The long-term visa can help the students to concentrate on their studies in a better way. The students are relieved from the hectic of renewing the permit every year. Only the talented students are eligible for this visa. The conditions for the 5-year visa is that the student must have secured a minimum of 3.8 GPA if it is the university student or the student must have achieved 90 percent to 95 percent in the previous education (usually the demand is the graduation level study with 95 percent marks in the annual).
The government did the changing in the visa for the students on November 24, 2018. So, now the brilliant students can apply for this 5-year visa as well. There will be no headache for the renewing of the visa after every year. It is an excellent opportunity for brilliant students. The intelligent students must avail this opportunity of the 5-years study visa.
More opportunity for talented students:
Some students who do some remarkable achievement in their study career are granted the residency visa of TEN YEARS. It is amazing that talented students can also stay in the UAE for such a long time. They can work in the state and can also help the state in the relevant field by their remarkable talent. So, the genius students can get the 10-year residency visa as well.
Some conditions for the long-term visa:
Although, the long-standing visa policy for the specialists is very easy for talented people. They have to prove that they are among the exceptional and talented people of the world. UAE, demands that the person must be medically fit. For unfit people, there is zero tolerance policy.
- So, a medical test is a mandatory requirement for the long-term visa. The person applying for the permit must be medically fit, and he/she must not be suffering from any disease. The medical test is done at the authorized hospital or the licensed clinic of the UAE. So, when the person visits the UAE, he/she must get the medical examination from an approved hospital.
- The person is usually required to do the blood test for the surety that he/she does not have hepatitis or AIDS, Syphilis or TB. In case, a person has these diseases then, then the applicant is not allowed to stay in the UAE.
- A typical chest X-ray is also done at the UAE medical center because people are now suffering from many respiratory disorders like the Pneumonia and thus the person who is applying for the UAE visa must be safe and sound.
The other conditions of the visa vary from the type of specialists. The procedure of the visa for the investors and the students differ, but the general requirement is that the state will judge from the achievements and talent of the person whether he/she is applying for the visa or not.
The approval of the visa application is by the GDRFA (General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs). So, submit the documents, and you will get a visa if you meet all the terms and requirements.
NOTE:
All the conditions for the permit policy of the UAE that are mentioned in the content are according to the rules and regulations by the GDRFA (General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs). These terms and conditions may change with time, and new terms may be employed. So, before applying for the long-term visa of the investors, professionals, or student visa, make it sure that you have checked if there are some new changes in the criteria of any long-term visa.