Moving your parents to UAE

Moving your parents to UAE

Are you planning to live with your parents in UAE? Here is what you need to do.

Basic Criteria

The persons having a valid UAE resident visa with a minimum salary of 19,000 AED with accommodation and a minimum salary of 20.000 AED without accommodation can obtain a 1-year renewable resident visa for his/her parents. You can also reach the Humanitarian Desk at DNRD if your salary is below as mentioned earlier by dealing the cases on a humanitarian basis.

According to rules the visa should be sponsored for your father and mother in case there is no available for them to take care of them in your native country. In the case, your mother or father is divorced or any of them is deceased then you should provide valid proof before visiting the DNRD in order to obtain the visit visa for them. You will also need to purchase an insurance policy of 600 AED for both of them for each year.

Documents Requirements

The following documents are required

·         Application form.

·         Original Passport of a sponsor.

·         Parent’s passport copy and one photo.

·         Relationship proof is required from the respective embassy.

·         A copy of a job contract and latest salary certificated duly signed by the employer.

A new requirement is imposed i.e. the submission of DEWA bill with your tenancy contract showing that sufficient space is present in your house. Your tenancy contract should be stamped by the Land Department certifying the presence of at least 2 bedrooms is present in case of sponsorship of a visa for your parents. If the 2 bedroom requirement is not fulfilled then you should need to submit the affidavit provided by your landlord.

 Procedure

A detailed stepwise procedure is mentioned below;

1.    Take all of your documents to General Directorate of Residency and Foreign Affairs and submit along with the appeal for the issuance of a visa on a humanitarian basis for your parents. The final decision made by the approval committed will be disclosed within 2 weeks.

2.    If your application is accepted proceed to a registered typist in order to complete your application.

3.    Go to the DNRD residency section and hand over the documents.

4.    If your visa is finalized then the visa will be sent to you by post within 48 hours. But in case of urgent visa, it will be issued in just a few minutes.

Applied Fees

·         Security money of 2000 AED is applied which is given back in case of the death of a parent or the visa is cancelled.

·         Normal application with a fee of 110 AED plus the fee of the typist. In case of urgent application, an additional fee of 100 AED will be applied also.

·         Once your parents arrive you can convert your entry visa to residence visa within 60 days of first entry.

Documents required obtaining a residence visa

In order to convert the entry visa into residence visa following documents are required.

·         Application form.

·         Original passport of a sponsor and parents.

·         Original Entry visa.

·         Health insurance policy for parents.

·         Cash deposit slip.

·         Original salary certificate or job contract of sponsor.

Fees

·         A fee of 110 AED is applied in form of residency charges for each year.

·         100 AED for urgent applications.

·         10 AED as postal charges.

 Procedure

A detailed stepwise procedure is mentioned below;

1.    Obtain a medical card upon the completion of health checkup.

2.    Visit the General Directorate of Residency and Foreign affairs.

3.    A typist will complete your form after paying a fee.

4.    Go to the residency department and hand over the documents.

5.    The passports with valid resident visa will be sent to you via post.