Free checker · official criteria cited · updated August 2026
UAE Golden Visa Checker
An honest eligibility check against the published criteria — salary thresholds, investment lines, degree and occupation rules — each cited to the official source. And where your category is decided by a nomination, not a number, this checker says so instead of pretending: for creatives, scientists and entrepreneurs, the dossier is the eligibility.
Where do you stand?
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The published criteria, with sources
Skilled professionals — 10 years
Salary AED 30,000+/month, attested bachelor’s degree, MOHRE occupation Level 1–2, UAE employment contract, salary certificate + 6 months of bank statements. ADDED · GDRFA
Executives — 10 years
Reported track: AED 50,000+/month with 5+ years of senior managerial experience. Corroborated by practitioners rather than a single public government page — confirm for your emirate.
Investors — 10 years
AED 2,000,000 in an accredited fund or company capital (fully owned, not loaned), or a company paying AED 250,000+/year in taxes. Health insurance required. u.ae
Real estate — 5 years
Property worth AED 2,000,000+, including with financing from specific approved local banks. u.ae
Creatives — 10 years
Two stages: accreditation from the Ministry of Culture / Dubai Culture first — judged on your CV, portfolio, awards and contributions — then the visa. Ministry of Culture
Scientists, entrepreneurs, students
Scientists: Emirates Scientists Council nomination. Entrepreneurs: innovative project + incubator and authority approvals. Students: top-rank certificates or top-university graduation. u.ae
Criteria verified August 2026 against u.ae, GDRFA Dubai, ADDED and the Ministry of Culture. Government fees for the Dubai service run roughly AED 1,600–2,000 before medicals and Emirates ID; agent-assisted applications commonly cost AED 9,000–25,000 all-in.
Saudi Premium Residency — the short version
Saudi Arabia’s equivalent runs on the same logic with different numbers (all corroborated from practitioner sources; the official portal blocks automated verification): Classic SAR 100,000/year or SAR 800,000 one-time (permanent); Special Talent from ~SAR 35,000/month (health/science) to ~SAR 80,000/month (executives) with an approved-entity contract; Gifted for arts, culture and sport — ministry endorsement plus an achievements dossier; Investor SAR 7M + 10 jobs; Entrepreneur from SAR 400,000 with a 20% stake; Real estate SAR 4M unmortgaged. The pattern is identical: the objective categories are thresholds — the talent categories are dossiers.
The part no checker can do: the dossier
For skilled professionals and investors, eligibility is arithmetic. For creatives, scientists, entrepreneurs and executives, eligibility is an argument — made in a CV, a portfolio, a business plan, recommendation letters. That is the part that decides borderline cases, and it is exactly what a writing studio does.
Achievement-led CV & executive bio
Structured the way reviewers read: scope, seniority, measurable impact — not a job-duties list. CV writing
Portfolio & awards narrative
Curated evidence of prominent works with the story that connects them — the substance of a creative or research nomination. Writing & design studio
Business plan for the entrepreneur track
Market, model, financials and the innovation case, built to the standard incubators and authorities approve. Business plans
Your case is written before it is decided.
If your category rests on documents — or your salary route needs a stronger CV to reach the threshold role — we build exactly that. Confidentially, in English and Arabic.