Providing clarification on the family visit visa in the United Arab Emirates
If you are new to the United Arab Emirates and are considering bringing members of your family with you, you may be curious about the length of time it will take to complete the full procedure. The procedure of applying for a family residency visa can be easily finished within a week, according to specialists who spoke with Gulf News. This is provided that all of your documents are in order.
Number of days to obtain a family visit visa
There is a possibility that it could take up to seven working days, but this is contingent upon the application being approved. On occasion, we submit our visa application in the morning, and the permission is not received until the evening. After that, you will be required to undergo the medical fitness test as well as the biometric scan for your Emirates ID. The entire process may be easily finished in a week in the majority of situations, according to Shafiq Muhammad, Chief Supervisor at Horizon Gate Government Transactions Centre. Even while it may take some time to schedule an appointment for the biometric scan, it is possible that it will take some time.
It is important to keep in mind that if you intend to first bring your family to the United Arab Emirates on a visit visa, you will need to file for a "change of status" process in order to subsequently apply for their residence visa. This will result in a slightly higher cost for you.
Request for entry permission
They must first submit an application for the entry permission, regardless of whether they are already located in the UAE or outside of it. In the event that they are already present in the nation on a visit visa, however, the entry permit, which is referred to as a "entry permit/inside country," will cost you extra. In addition, you will be required to submit an application for a status change, which will result in an increase of roughly Dh1,800; this is in comparison to the situation in which your family was located outside of the UAE.
You will need to keep the following list of costs in mind, which is broken down into its component parts.
The price list for the family residence visa
- The charge for opening a file is Dh269
- A family must pay Dh500 for an entry permit if they are not already in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), or Dh1,180 if they are currently in the UAE.
- Change of status (if your family is already in the UAE): Dh675 (if you are a foreign national)
- Emirates ID costs Dh170 for one year, Dh270 for two years, Dh370 for three years, Dh690 for five years, and Dh1,198 for ten years.
- Visa stamping costs Dh500.
- Medical fitness exam costs Dh320
- A medical fitness test costs Dh320.
There are three aspects that contribute to the overall cost of the visa
- If members of the family are located within the country or outside of it.
- Is it necessary for them to undergo a medical fitness test?
- How long will the visa be valid for if it is actually issued?
An application for a medical fitness test would not be required for children who are under the age of 18, nor would an application for the Emirates ID biometric be required for children who are under the age of 15.
You will next be able to obtain an estimate of the cost of the visa by using the cost list that was presented before, according to the age of your family members and the number of them. If you are applying for the visa through a typing center or an agent, you should also keep in mind that they will charge you an additional service fee. This is something that you should keep in mind.
