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Golden visa requirements for different categories: Full lists

To obtain a Golden Residency Visa in the UAE, here are the full list of requirements for different categories of applicants: For Outstanding specialized talents or professions, including doctors and scientists, athletes, investors, creative people of culture and art, specialists in scientific fields, executive directors, doctoral degree holders, and pioneers of humanitarian work. - Doctors and Scientists: Applicants must provide an approved letter from the Ministry of Health -UAE to practice the medical profession. - Athletes: They should provide a recommendation letter from the General Sports Authority or one of the Sports Councils. - Inventors: They should provide a recommendation letter from the Ministry of Economy. - Creative people of culture and art: Applicants should provide an approved letter from the Department of Culture and Arts in the relevant emirate. - Executive Directors: They should provide an attested university degree, an experience certificate (minimum 5 years of experience), a salary certificate (not less than Dh30,000), and a valid work contract. - Doctoral degree holders: They should provide an attested copy of the Ph.D. certificate from the Ministry of Education in one of the priority disciplines. All the above categories should also provide a valid passport copy as well as valid health insurance. For pioneers of humanitarian works, a candidate should be a pioneer within one of the following categories: - Members who have worked in international and regional organizations, or outstanding employees, for a minimum of five years. - Members of civil associations and institutions of public interest, or outstanding employees, for a minimum of five years. - Individuals who have received an appreciation award from a local, regional, or international organization that specialised in humanitarian work. - Awarded to outstanding humanitarian volunteers with at least five years of service or at least 500 hours of volunteer service. - Funders of humanitarian work provide the value of the support not less than Dh2 million or its equivalent. - All other categories of humanitarian work are agreed upon between the authority and the Ministry. - A minister can also nominate pioneers of humanitarian work. - Holding a university degree. - Completing other requirements imposed by a ministry or authority. Investors in Public Investments - Submission of a letter from an investment fund accredited in the UAE stating that the investor has a deposit of Dh2 million. - Or submission of a valid commercial license or industrial license and a memorandum of the association stating that the investor’s capital is not less than Dh2 million. - Or to be a partner in a company's capital with no less than Dh2 million. - Or submission of a letter from the Federal Tax Authority stating that the investor pays the government no less than Dh250,000 annually. - Or submission a letter from the Federal Tax Authority stating that he is a partner in an establishment that pays tax to the government, and his share in the tax is at least Dh250,000 annually. Real estate investors - Provide a letter from the Department of Land and Real Estate Regulation of the respective emirate stating that he owns one or more properties whose value is not less than Dh2 million and state that the property is not subject to a loan. - Proof of housing in the country (home ownership/house rental contract). Entrepreneurs - A letter from an auditor in the UAE stating that the project value is not less than Dh500,000 (project owner). - Provide a letter from the authorities in the emirate stating that the project is of a technical or future nature in which leadership is achieved (project owner). - Provide a letter from an accredited business incubator in the UAE to establish the proposed activity in the country (founder of a project). - Valid passport copy. - Valid health insurance. - Proof of housing in the country (home ownership/house rental contract). High school top-ranked Students in UAE - Obtaining an excellent grade or an average of 95 percent from public or private schools. - A recommendation letter from the Ministry of Education. Graduates of accredited universities in the UAE - A recommendation letter from the university stating that his GPA is not less than (3.8). - Duration should not exceed two years since graduation. Graduates of accredited universities outside the UAE - The university ranking should not be less than the top 100 universities in the world according to the international classification approved by the Ministry of Education. - GPA is not less than (3.5) for bachelor students. - Duration should not exceed two years since graduation. - Approved certificate from the Ministry of Education. Frontline workers - Frontline heroes include nurses, medical assistants, lab technicians, pharmacologists, and other cadres approved by the Frontline Heroes Office. RZSP/Expat Media ALSO READ: UAE Golden Visa: 16 questions to know if you qualify
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