The UAE government provides types of residence and work visas, as the digital government offers different types of work permits and visas to foreigners, which allow them to reside and work in the country according to specific requirements and conditions.
Apply for residency in the UAE
Whether the applicant is inside or outside the United Arab Emirates, runs a business in the nation, is retired, or is in study, one can apply for any of them through the Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs, and Port Security (ICP).
Long-term golden visa in the UAE
For some types of foreign residents, notably outstanding students, the Golden Visa is the first kind of visa that grants long-term residence. It lets its bearer live in the United Arab Emirates in order to work, or remotely.
Blue residence visa in the UAE
Regarding the Blue Residence Visa, it is the second kind that offers residency for ten years to retirees, entrepreneurs, foreign students, or those with outstanding achievements and fieldwork in environmental preservation.
Eligible people can get it by nomination by the appropriate authorities in their country or by directly applying through the services page on the International Comparison Program website.
Regular work visa in the UAE
Issued to foreigners working in the private and government sectors as well as free zones, the third type is the resident visa, which consists of three varieties: the ordinary work visa; next, a green residence visa for five years for skilled workers. And work residence visas given to household assistants.
Residence visa for remote work for one year
According to the terms and circumstances, the fourth category is the residency visa for remote work for a duration of one year, which lets a foreigner working outside the Emirates lawfully dwell and live inside it to do business for an employer outside the country.
Residence visa for retirees
Designed under particular criteria, the fifth category of visa gives retirees over the age of 55 a 5-year residence permission.
Green residence visa for investors in the UAE
Retired persons over the age of 55 are given residency for five years under particular criteria.
Based on particular criteria, the sixth category is the green residency visa for business investors, which is awarded to start companies or engage in commercial operations within the nation.
Study residence visa in the UAE
Whether the sponsor is one of his resident parents, one of the approved universities or colleges within the nation, the seventh category is the study residence visa, which lets the student live in the UAE for study.
Residency visa for family members in the UAE
The residence visa for family members is the eighth type of visa; the resident, whether an employee, investor, or company owner, can bring his family members and seek for a residence visa for them based on a valid residence visa. After the profession requirement has been replaced with a wage of no less than 4,000 dirhams per month, or 3,000 dirhams with the provision of accommodation, family members are not now need to bring either.
Family members over eighteen must pass a medical fitness test decided upon by the relevant authority in order to get this visa.