About the Golden and Green UAE Residency:

The Golden Visa and the Green Visa in the UAE were not only for investors but rather they target every professional, talented, successful scientist and leader in their field.

The golden residency project was launched for the first time in 2019, allowing its holder to reside for an extended period of ten years, subject to renewal. Recently, the Golden Visa included new sectors such as scholars, clerics, every specialist in the industrial revolution or the health field, and elite education and skilled professionals in the professional field.

Requirements for obtaining a Golden Visa vary according to the category of the applicant.

• The investor places a deposit of AED 2 million.
• To submit a letter from one of the state’s approved investment funds.
• Submit a commercial or industrial license.
• Submission of Memorandum of Association which confirms the deposit of AED 2 million.
• Submitting a letter from the Tax Authority, which states that the investor pays the government about AED 250,000 annually.
• The invested capital should not be a loan.
• Provide the investor with proof of obtaining medical insurance.

• The applicant must be a partner or owner of a startup company in the UAE.
• The revenues of the start-up company should exceed one million dirhams annually.
• The businessman applicant must have established an entrepreneurial project of more than 7 million dirhams.
• The applicant must obtain an official business incubator for approval to start work.

• Master or PhD degree in engineering, life sciences, or nature.
• Obtaining a PhD at one of the 50 best universities in the world.
• Obtaining a master’s degree from one of the top 250 universities around the world.
• Obtaining a Master’s or PhD from the top 100 universities within the same field of study.

As for the green residency in the Emirates, it is a residency that targets every talented person to enhance the means of success and achieve achievement for every craftsman and master in any field, and thus obtaining a green residency is reflected in one way or another on the country, and on the other hand guarantees his presence in one of the best places for housing, living and investment in the world.

Requirements for obtaining a Green Visa vary according to the category of the applicant.

• Anyone who owns a self-employed business is accompanied by obtaining a bachelor’s degree or a specialized diploma.
• Everyone who has a self-employment permit from the Ministry of Human Resources.
• The applicant must prove that he has an annual income of 360,000 dirhams for two years.

• Provides a valid employment contract.
• Obtaining a professional classification within the top three by the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation.
• Proof of obtaining a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent.
• To receive a minimum annual salary of AED 150,000.

• Possibility to work and live in the Emirates.
• The possibility of enrolling children in schools within the UAE.
• The green residency holder in the Emirates can move within all Emirates.

The United Arab of Emirates consists of seven self-governed emirates Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Fujairah, Umm Al Quwain, and Ajman which formed a federation in 1971 and later the seventh’s state of Ras Al Khaimah joined the federation on 10 February 1972. 

Tourism is considered one of the most important economic fields in the country, as it combines the originality of the ancestors and the latest developments in the industrial revolution and technology.

The process may be simplified into the following steps: