About Family Visa

When it comes to expatriate male residents in the UAE, male residents are permitted to sponsor their close family associates like spouse and children based on a minimum income pre requisite. The prerequisite is such that the resident should earn a minimum of AED 4000 or AED 3000 including housing facility.

Sponsoring For Uae Fmaily Visa

A foreign employee should satisfy the aforementioned prerequisites to provide sponsorship for family members. The family members include wife and children. And these prerequisites are formulated by the GDRFA. (General Directorate of Residency and Foreign Affairs). A male expatriate can easily sponsor his family to the UAE than a woman. If you are a male expatriate who holds the UAE residence visa, you can bring the below-mentioned family members on UAE family visa.

Procedure to sponsor wife

• The overseas resident is required to produce the original marriage certificate as a proof of marriage. The marriage certificate must be in Arabic or a translated one

Procedure to sponsor daughters

• An overseas employee or employer is permitted to residence sponsor visa to the daughter, only if she is not married. The rule applies irrespective of the number of daughters.

Procedure to sponsor sons

• An upper age limit of 18 is applicable when it comes to sponsoring sons. An overseas resident can offer sponsorship to his son beyond the age of 18 on educational grounds. The sponsor is allowed to offer sponsorship if the son pursues an education in an overseas country or in the Emirates. In the case of overseas studies, the son is required to ensure the validity of the residence visa. The residence visa will not be valid if he is not present in the UAE for more than 6 months . In order to ensure the visa validity, the son should conduct a visit to the Emirates once in 6 months. The residence visa is issued for one year. The visa can be renewed until the completion of the study.

Documents For Sponsoring Family

The visa applicant is required to duly fill the application online or via authorized typing centers. The documents needed to sponsor a UAE family visas are mentioned below:

• Children's copy of passport
• Wife's copy of passport
• Passport size photo of wife
• Passport size photo of children
• Wife's Medical approval certificate Wife's Medical approval certificate
• Proof of the employment agreement of the husband and salary certificate.
• Marriage Certificate
• Occupancy Agreement
• Last month's service bill