The General Administration of Residency and Foreigners Affairs has highlighted the most significant advice for UAE citizens seeking a family residency visa, as well as the time required to secure a family visa in the UAE.
If you live in the UAE and want to bring your family members, you may be wondering how long it takes to finish the full procedure.
According to the UAE's General Administration of Residency and Foreigners Affairs, the family residency visa application procedure may be finished in less than a week if all of your paperwork is available.
How long it takes to secure a family residency visa in the UAE.
UAE citizens must apply for an entrance permission for their family members, whether they are currently in or outside the UAE.
If your family members are already in the country on a Ziya visa, you must apply for an entrance permission together with an application to change status.
The fee for acquiring a family residency visa in the UAE
It should be mentioned that acquiring a dhol permit and requesting a change of status if your family is in the UAE would cost you extra, totaling around 1,800 AED.
Cost of a family residency visa
- File opening costs are 269 dirhams.
- If your family is from outside the nation, the entry permission costs 500 dirhams.
- If your family is inside, you will need an entry permission. Entry with a visit visa costs 1,180 dirhams.
- Request to change status if your family is already in the uae: 675 dirhams.
- Medical fitness exam costs 320 dirhams.
- Identity cards cost 170 dirhams for one year, 270 dirhams for two years, 320 dirhams for three years, 690 dirhams for five years, and 1,198 dirhams for ten years.
- Visa stamp costs 500 dirhams.