UAE's Golden Visa: Opportunities And Benefits

UAE’s Golden Visa gives the opportunity for a long-term stay in the UAE and also the residents can enjoy other benefits. Here are the key benefits and opportunities get under the Golden Visa System.

The  Golden Visa provides a 10-year long-term residency permit to live, work, or study in the UAE and does not need a sponsor. Usually, residence visas in the UAE require a sponsor, which can be either the employing company or a family member who is already a resident in the UAE (family visa). However, the Golden Visa is a self-sponsored visa system where a sponsor is not needed.

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The Golden Visa is provided to people belonging to different categories including talented individuals, researchers, outstanding students, doctors, specialists, innovators, athletes, entrepreneurs, and investors.

Golden Visa is a renewable residence visa that gets renewed as long as the holders fulfill the eligibility criteria for the category applied for the visa.

Golden Visa holders also have the flexibility to stay outside the UAE for more than six months and still keep their residence visa valid.

The new visa system allows all expatriates to sponsor male children up to the age of 25 and in case the male child is a Person of Determination, he can be sponsored up to any age.

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Also, the Golden Visa system provides sponsored family members with the assurance that in case the primary holder of the Golden Visa passes away, the sponsored member’s permit will continue to remain valid.

Golden Visa also allows to sponsor any number of domestic helpers.

People with valid driving licenses can get a driving license in Dubai after clearing the theory and road test.

It also provides an employer’s health insurance policy to the visa holders.