Issuing a residence permit for the retired foreigner
A retired foreign national will be given a residence permit without a sponsor or host within the country for five years, renewable under the same terms as when first granted.
Foreign retired real estate owner:
1. Copy of passport.
2. Ownership of the real estate or the evaluation of the real estate issued by the Land and Property Department.
A foreign pensioner who owns a deposit:
1. A personal photo.
2. Copy of passport.
3. Certificate of financial deposit.
4. An acknowledgment of transferring the deposit to the country.
A foreign pensioner with an annual income:
1. A personal photo.
2. A copy of the passport.
3. Bank account statement for the last (6) six months.
4. A letter from an official body indicating the source of income.
1. Copy of passport.
2. Ownership of the real estate or the evaluation of the real estate issued by the Land and Property Department.
A foreign pensioner who owns a deposit:
1. A personal photo.
2. Copy of passport.
3. Certificate of financial deposit.
4. An acknowledgment of transferring the deposit to the country.
A foreign pensioner with an annual income:
1. A personal photo.
2. A copy of the passport.
3. Bank account statement for the last (6) six months.
4. A letter from an official body indicating the source of income.
Digital channels (website/smart application):
1. Log in to the smart services system through (UAE Pass or username).
2. Search for the service to be applied for.
3. Fill in the application data, where applicable.
4. Pay the service fee (if any).
Customer Happiness Center:
1. Visit the nearest Customer Happiness Center.
2. Get the automated turn ticket and wait.
3. Submitting the application that fulfils all conditions and documents (if any) to the customer service employee.
4. Pay the service fee (if any).
Amer Service Center:
1. Visit the nearest Amer Service Center.
2. Get the automated turn ticket and wait.
3. Submitting the application that fulfils all conditions and documents (if any) to the customer service employee.
4. Pay the service fee (if any).
1. Log in to the smart services system through (UAE Pass or username).
2. Search for the service to be applied for.
3. Fill in the application data, where applicable.
4. Pay the service fee (if any).
Customer Happiness Center:
1. Visit the nearest Customer Happiness Center.
2. Get the automated turn ticket and wait.
3. Submitting the application that fulfils all conditions and documents (if any) to the customer service employee.
4. Pay the service fee (if any).
Amer Service Center:
1. Visit the nearest Amer Service Center.
2. Get the automated turn ticket and wait.
3. Submitting the application that fulfils all conditions and documents (if any) to the customer service employee.
4. Pay the service fee (if any).
Residence permit fee: AED200
Extra charge :
Knowledge Dirham: AED10
Innovation Dirham: AED10 Dirhams.
Fee inside the country: AED500
Delivery:
AED20
Note: The issuance fee increases by AED100 for each year whenever the residency is more than two years. The golden residency is for 5 years:
- Residence fees (AED2280).
- Identity card fee (AED575).
Extra charge :
Knowledge Dirham: AED10
Innovation Dirham: AED10 Dirhams.
Fee inside the country: AED500
Delivery:
AED20
Note: The issuance fee increases by AED100 for each year whenever the residency is more than two years. The golden residency is for 5 years:
- Residence fees (AED2280).
- Identity card fee (AED575).
1. The period of service of the foreigner before his retirement is not less than (15) fifteen years, whether inside or outside the country, and he has completed (55) fifty-five Gregorian years of age.
2. One of the two conditions must be met:
a. To be the owner of one or more real estate within the country, the value of his real estate or the total value of his real estate is not less than (1,000,000) million Dirhams, whether this value is the purchase or market value, provided that the competent authority in the emirate carries out the evaluation, and that he has a deposit of no Its value is less than (1,000,000) million Dirhams inside or outside the country, provided that it is transferred and deposited in any financial institution in the country within (60) sixty days from the date of issuance of the residency, except for the event that he invests the value of the deposit inside the country.
B. The fixed annual income of the retiree shall not be less than (240,000) two hundred and forty thousand Dirhams or its equivalent in foreign currencies, whether the source of the income is inside or outside the country, provided that a bank account statement for the last (6) six months from the date of applying for obtaining the residency.
3. Subject to condition (a) if the property is mortgaged, the mortgaged title deed is accepted, provided that the value paid to release the mortgage from the total value of the mortgage is not less than (1,000,000) million Dirhams at the time of applying for residence
2. One of the two conditions must be met:
a. To be the owner of one or more real estate within the country, the value of his real estate or the total value of his real estate is not less than (1,000,000) million Dirhams, whether this value is the purchase or market value, provided that the competent authority in the emirate carries out the evaluation, and that he has a deposit of no Its value is less than (1,000,000) million Dirhams inside or outside the country, provided that it is transferred and deposited in any financial institution in the country within (60) sixty days from the date of issuance of the residency, except for the event that he invests the value of the deposit inside the country.
B. The fixed annual income of the retiree shall not be less than (240,000) two hundred and forty thousand Dirhams or its equivalent in foreign currencies, whether the source of the income is inside or outside the country, provided that a bank account statement for the last (6) six months from the date of applying for obtaining the residency.
3. Subject to condition (a) if the property is mortgaged, the mortgaged title deed is accepted, provided that the value paid to release the mortgage from the total value of the mortgage is not less than (1,000,000) million Dirhams at the time of applying for residence
Digital channels (website/smart application):
The service is available 24/7
Amer Service Centre:
The service is available during the normal operating hours of Amer Centers
The service is available 24/7
Amer Service Centre:
The service is available during the normal operating hours of Amer Centers
48.0 Hour(s)
Service details last updated on:
22/12/2023
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