Family visa in the UAE

You need a monthly salary of at least AED 4,000, or AED 3,000 if accommodation is also provided, according to the UAE government portal. Your salary certificate or employment contract is the main evidence. If your income is close to the line or paid in several parts, we check how it is likely to be assessed before you apply.

There is no single price. You pay separate government fees to GDRFA Dubai or ICP for the permit and residence, plus Emirates ID, the medical test, health insurance and any attestation, such as AED 150 per personal document at MOFA. All are paid at cost, and our service fee is quoted separately before you start.

Check you meet the salary rule, get your marriage and birth certificates attested, then apply for an entry permit or change of status for each family member. Once they are in the UAE, they complete the medical test and Emirates ID biometrics, and the authority issues residence. We can manage each step for you.

You need your passport, visa, Emirates ID, salary evidence and a tenancy contract or other proof of housing. For each family member, you need a passport copy, photo, health insurance and an attested relationship certificate, such as a marriage or birth certificate, translated where required. Extra documents depend on nationality and visa type.

Yes. Family sponsorship is open to residents on other visa types, including company owners and Golden Visa holders, subject to the authority's conditions. Your income evidence may look different from a salary certificate, so we check what you can show before you apply and plan the applications together.

Yes. Foreign marriage and birth certificates normally need attestation in the issuing country, at the UAE embassy there and then at MOFA in the UAE. Because the UAE is not a party to the Apostille Convention, an apostille alone doesn't replace this. We can arrange the UAE side and tell you what to do at home.

Yes, for sons. GDRFA Dubai lets residents sponsor sons under 25 and unmarried daughters, and children with special needs can be sponsored regardless of age. Both male and female residents can sponsor a spouse and children, as long as they meet the salary rule of AED 4,000 a month, or AED 3,000 with accommodation, and can show suitable housing and proof of kinship. GDRFA Dubai or ICP decides each application.

Source: GDRFA Dubai: residence permit for family members of foreign residents

GDRFA Dubai lists an expected completion time of 48 hours and, at the time of writing, a residence permit fee of AED 200 for each family member. Each permit also carries the Knowledge Dirham and Innovation Dirham at AED 10 apiece, AED 500 if you apply from inside the country and AED 20 delivery, plus AED 100 for every year beyond two. The medical test, Emirates ID, insurance and attestation are paid separately, at cost.

Source: GDRFA Dubai: residence permit for family members of foreign residents

Get your baby's birth certificate and passport, then apply for residence under your sponsorship. ICP states that a newborn's residence permit must be issued within 120 days of birth to avoid fines. It lists the birth certificate, a housing contract and proof of the sponsor's income among the documents, alongside a photo, passport copy and medical insurance. In Dubai, we prepare the application and submit it to GDRFA Dubai for you.

Source: ICP: issuing a residence visa

Your family's residence permits are linked to yours, so the UAE government portal says cancelling your visa also requires cancelling your dependants' visas. Your family then has a grace period to get new residence or leave the UAE. Published periods differ between official pages, so we confirm the current one with GDRFA Dubai or ICP. A sponsor who fails to renew or cancel dependants' visas may also be fined.

Source: u.ae: residence visa for family members