A ten-year residency. The right route comes down to your anchor.
Almost everyone who asks us qualifies under at least one route. The real cost of getting it wrong is not the fee. It is a rejection that makes the next attempt harder, a route filed before a single condition was actually met, or six months lost on documentation that was never going to hold. The number on the page is the easy part. The judgment is matching you to the route the authority is most likely to approve, and then building the case up properly before you submit.
Weighing it against a standard sponsored visa? Our Golden Visa versus investor visa comparison lays out the term, the cost, and the sponsorship side by side.
Every qualifying route, condition by condition.
Most enquiries match at least one route. The question is which one, and whether the case is actually ready. Each of these is a renewable residency, five to ten years depending on the basis. The figures below are current; the real work is matching you to the right one.
Real estate investor
AED 2,000,000 property. Five to ten years by basis.
- UAE property at or above the threshold, off-plan, completed, or mortgaged
- Multiple properties may be combined; the total assessed value, not the amount paid, must reach the line
- Title deed or developer agreement, valuation certificate, and a bank letter for mortgaged property
Capital investor
AED 2,000,000 in qualifying instruments. Ten years, renewable.
- UAE-licensed public funds, accredited company shares, or a fixed bank deposit held two years or more
- An alternative route recognises an annual UAE tax contribution of AED 250,000 or more
- Investment proof, fund confirmation, or FTA certificate required
Entrepreneur
AED 500,000 or more business value. Five to ten years by category.
- An active UAE business endorsed by an accredited incubator, accelerator, or licensing authority
- Exited founders also qualify on documented exit
- What counts as the value varies by authority, so we confirm how yours will assess it before you apply
Senior professional
AED 30,000 a month salary. Ten years, renewable.
- UAE-employed on a valid visa with a basic salary at or above the threshold
- An attested bachelor's degree or higher, an employer support letter, and active health insurance
- UAE residents only; cannot be initiated from abroad
Specialised talent
Endorsed specialisation. Ten years, renewable.
- Doctors, scientists, inventors, artists, and athletes assessed by their sector authority rather than a financial threshold, from the Ministry of Health to the UAE Sports Council
- Documentation and endorsing body vary by field
Outstanding student
Top academic standing.
- A secondary average of 95 percent or higher earns five years
- A UAE university GPA of 3.5 to 3.8, or a degree from a globally ranked university within two years of graduation, earns ten
- Transcripts and official grade certification are the core documents
The ICA also opened pathways in 2025 to 2026 for:
- Content creators through the Creators HQ programme
- Exceptional educators
- E-sports professionals endorsed by the UAE Sports Council
- Long-serving nurses
If you may qualify under one of these, speak with an advisor before applying. Requirements are indicative and vary by circumstance and current authority guidance.
What a ten-year residency actually changes for your family.
The visa is the means, not the point. What it really buys you is a stability that a standard residency simply cannot.
Who the Golden Visa is right for, and who can wait.
A page selling applications never writes the second column. We do. Telling you when to wait is the same judgment that gets the application right when you apply.
Worth pursuing now
- You own or are buying UAE property at or above AED 2,000,000 and want residency that does not depend on a developer or employer
- Running a UAE business, or earning AED 30,000 a month or more, and wanting to decouple residency from any single sponsor
- Frequent travel makes a standard visa lapsing after six months out a real risk
- You want to sponsor a spouse, children of any age, or parents on a stable long-term basis
Where waiting is the honest answer
- You are just below a threshold, where premature filing risks a rejection on record that better timing avoids
- Your documentation is not yet attestable, and a degree, valuation, or source-of-funds gap is fixed before filing, not explained away after
- You expect a tax exemption the visa does not grant, so the structure conversation matters more
- A standard visa already serves you, and the upgrade has not yet earned its cost. We will say so.
From eligibility to Emirates ID, one continuous process.
The same person who assesses your route prepares the case and stands behind the submission.
The assumption that costs people the most.
What buyers are told
Buying property gets you the Golden Visa automatically.
The advisor's note: Meeting the AED 2,000,000 property threshold only opens the door; approval is a separate judgment. Valuation method, property status, mortgage structure, and documentation standard all shape the outcome, and ICA and GDRFA make their calls independently. Same goes for the AED 30,000 salary route, where your attested degree and employer paperwork have to hold up. No consultancy controls the result. What we can control is the quality of the case, and if yours is marginal, we tell you before submission, not after a rejection that makes the next attempt harder.
The government fees are modest. The decision behind them is not.
People assume a Golden Visa is expensive, but the authority charges themselves are not large. What really carries weight is the decision behind the application, and most cases come with related decisions we handle alongside it.
The fees go to the authority, not to us. For a single applicant filing inside the UAE, the visa, Emirates ID, medical, and status change together come to a few thousand dirhams, set by ICA and GDRFA Dubai according to your route, status, and emirate. Each dependent adds a comparable per-person government charge. What you are really deciding is whether the case is built to be approved the first time.
We set our scope to your situation and confirm it in writing before any work starts. See how we price, or request a full breakdown for your case.
Private Client
For individuals and families: Golden Visa, holding structures, and matters that need discretion.
- Golden Visa eligibility assessed and the case prepared
- Family sponsorship and dependent visas coordinated
- Holding and offshore structures for assets and IP
- Cross-border tax position reviewed on both sides
- A single point of contact who handles it discreetly
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