How Much Does the UAE Golden Visa Cost

A Golden Visa file moves through 2 stages. The entry permit comes first, then the residence permit linked to the Emirates ID application. UAE golden visa government fees at federal level, which apply in every emirate other than Dubai, are set out below.                                                                                                                                    

Each stage is completed in 2 days. The medical fitness test, the Emirates ID card and health insurance are paid on top of this total. The permit runs for 10 years and is renewable. An earlier rule set a 5 year term for property investors and that figure still circulates, but the term issued today is 10 years.

Dubai handles its own residency files, and the property route there is sold as one bundled package rather than stage by stage.

The gap between this total and the federal AED 1,500 is what sits inside the package, not a higher price for the same permit. Strip out the medical test, the Emirates ID and the land department charge and the two are close.

The file is completed in 7 to 10 business days, the applicant has to be inside the UAE when applying, and payment is accepted by card, bank transfer or cash. Each family member is added at AED 5,774.50, whether that is a spouse, a child or a parent, with a further AED 318.75 to open the family sponsorship file.

A skilled specialist earning AED 30,000 or more per month, holding a bachelor's degree or higher with a recognition report from the education ministry for a degree earned outside the UAE, and holding valid health insurance, applies under the specialist category. In Dubai the published fees are lower than the property route because no land department charge applies.

The issuance fee increases by AED 100 for every year of validity above 2 years. The medical examination and the Emirates ID are charged separately, and the service is completed in 48 hours.

The AED 2 million is a qualifying threshold for one route, not a payment to the government, and several categories reach the same permit without it. A property investor can use one property or several together, all registered in the applicant's name, and a mortgaged property still qualifies when the bank confirms the amount already paid and states it has no objection to the residence permit.

No. The federal authority denied that claim in July 2025 and repeated the warning in January 2026, stating that applications are accepted only through official government channels and that no consultancy inside or outside the country is an approved party.

Where the file is submitted changes the price more than the category does. The same 10 year permit is AED 1,500 in federal fees before the medical test and Emirates ID, and AED 9,884.75 in Dubai with everything bundled in. Neither figure includes the qualifying investment, several categories need no investment at all, and no version of the permit is tied to an employer.