UAE Golden Visa, verified programme data (September 2026)

What is the minimum investment for UAE Golden Visa, as at September 2026?

The minimum qualifying investment for UAE Golden Visa is AED 2,000,000 via Real-estate investment, as at September 2026. Government, due-diligence and professional fees are additional.

UAE Golden Visa — published investment routes, as at September 2026

Route	Type	Minimum
Real Estate Investor	real estate	$545,000
Business / Company Investor	business	$545,000
Public Investment Fund / Deposit	deposit	$545,000
Entrepreneur	business	$136,000

Family pricing

• One qualifying investment covers the whole family.
• Single applicant: AED 2,000,000.
• Included family members: spouse (10-yr); sons up to 25; unmarried daughters any age; parents.
• One AED 2,000,000 property qualifies the main applicant, who then SPONSORS family (spouse/children/parents). Investment does not increase with family size; each sponsored dependent pays separate visa + Emirates ID fees.

Government and due-diligence fees

• Fees vary between emirates (Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, etc.). Dependent fees are additional per person. Typing centres and PRO services charge extra for document processing.

UAE Golden Visa figures verified against u.ae (official source) on 2026-07-01 by the Mirabello data team.

How long does UAE Golden Visa take to process?

Published processing time for UAE Golden Visa: 2-3 months (investor route); 4-8 weeks (professional categories), as at September 2026.

1. Step 1: Confirm eligibility and gather documentation
2. Step 2: Submit application via ICP portal (icp.gov.ae) or GDRFA (Dubai) or Dubai Land Department (property route)
3. Step 3: Pay application and processing fees
4. Step 4: Undergo medical fitness test at approved centre
5. Step 5: Submit biometrics for Emirates ID
6. Step 6: Security clearance and background check
7. Step 7: Visa approval and Emirates ID issuance
8. Step 8: Visa stamped in passport or issued electronically

UAE Golden Visa figures verified against u.ae (official source) on 2026-04-29 by the Mirabello data team.

What travel access does UAE Golden Visa provide?

UAE Golden Visa grants a residence permit, not a passport, as at September 2026. For reference, the United Arab Emirates passport itself reaches 187 destinations visa-free per Mirabello's tracked dataset — a residence permit does not confer that passport mobility.

UAE Golden Visa figures verified against u.ae (official source) on 2026-07-01 by the Mirabello data team.

What are the minimum stay and citizenship rules for UAE Golden Visa?

The residence and citizenship rules for UAE Golden Visa, as at September 2026:

• Minimum stay: None. Residing outside the UAE does NOT invalidate the Golden Visa. Must enter UAE within 6 months of visa issuance.
• Path to citizenship: No formal path. UAE citizenship is extremely rare and granted at the discretion of the UAE leadership. Some long-term residents have been offered citizenship under the January 2021 amendments to the nationality law, but this is by invitation only and not tied to Golden Visa status.

UAE Golden Visa figures verified against u.ae (official source) on 2026-04-29 by the Mirabello data team.

Who regulates UAE Golden Visa?

ICP / UAE Cabinet administers UAE Golden Visa, a programme operating since 2019. Applications from AED 2,000,000 are governed by the official framework published at u.ae, as at September 2026.

UAE Golden Visa figures verified against u.ae (official source) on 2026-07-01 by the Mirabello data team.

How fresh is this UAE Golden Visa data?

Every headline figure for UAE Golden Visa is provenance-tracked: each field carries a source URL, a source tier and a verification date, audited weekly.

UAE Golden Visa — data freshness, computed 2026-09-18

Measure	Value
Verification confidence	90 / 100
Last verified	2026-07-01
Headline fields tracked	6
Fields past freshness SLA	2

The identical data_freshness block for UAE Golden Visa is published machine-readable in /index.json, verified 2026-07-01.