United Arab Emirates — Residency

UAE Golden Visa (Long-Term Residence)

Processing time: 1–3 months
Physical presence: No minimum stay. Unlike ordinary residents, golden visa holders keep their status even after more than six months abroad — a genuine difference confirmed by the government portal.
Family: Spouse and children sponsored on dependent visas of the same duration, with no minimum-stay requirement.

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Limits and drawbacks

This is residence, not citizenship. The UAE has no citizenship-by-investment programme; naturalisation is an exceptional discretionary grant with no application right.
The golden visa gives no visa-free Schengen access — that follows your own passport, not the residence.
The status depends on keeping the qualifying property, deposit or business; lose the asset and the visa can lapse.
Personal income is untaxed, but corporate profits above 102,000 USD are taxed at 9 percent since June 2023, and inheritance defaults to Sharia rules absent a registered will.

What it gets you

No personal income tax on individuals
A ten-year renewable residence that survives long absences abroad
Family sponsorship for spouse and children with no minimum stay

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What we do for you

Citizenship or residence, the honest answer often is not the one you arrived with. We take the whole procedure with you — eligibility, the route that fits your situation, the file, the follow-up — with one person on your side throughout.

For United Arab Emirates specifically, you are talking to someone who already knows the file: who to speak to on the ground, what the unit actually asks for, and the points where applications stall.

One point of contact, from the first call to the certificate
Vetted partners on the ground — law firms, licensed agents, banks — introduced, not listed
It starts with a short qualifying call, and no, it is not a sales call

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