Daily status tracking
We follow your file at GDRFA, ICP and MOHRE daily, you get updates, not silence between submission and card.
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- Business Bay, Dubai, UAE
SERVICE · IMMIGRATION
UAE Residence Visa Services
From entry permit to Emirates ID in hand, investor, partner, employment and family visas processed accurately the first time.
Residence visa timelines
- 5–10 working daysAfter entry permit issued
- All visa typesInvestor, partner, employment, family
- Emirates ID includedBiometrics through card delivery
- Daily status trackingUntil the card is in hand
Overview
What UAE residence visa processing involves
Visa processing is where timelines slip: a missed medical slot, an attestation in the wrong sequence, a typing error on an application. Our processing team runs the full chain, status change, medical fitness test, biometrics, stamping and Emirates ID, with daily follow-up until the card is delivered.
Sponsoring your family? We prepare salary-certificate and tenancy evidence to requirement, so approvals come without resubmission.
Visa category confirmation, investor, partner, employment or family
Entry permit or in-country status change application
Medical fitness test and Emirates ID biometric booking
Visa stamping and Emirates ID card issuance
Family sponsorship documentation prepared to requirement
Benefits
Why clients hand us their visa processing
Correct sequencing, first time
Visa processing is a chain, and every link depends on the one before it. An entry permit issued before the establishment card is ready, a medical booked before the permit is stamped, an Emirates ID application filed against the wrong status, any one of these and the file stops. Restarting usually means paying the government fee twice, while the applicant sits on an expired status waiting. We sequence the whole chain before anything is filed. It is dull, and it is why it works.
Family sponsorship handled
Spouse, children and parents processed alongside the main applicant, with tenancy and income evidence prepared to requirement.
Renewal reminders
We track your expiry dates so a residence visa never lapses on you unnoticed.
Who this is for
Company owners and investors sponsoring their own residency, partners in a UAE business, employees needing a status change from an employer, and families being sponsored by a resident spouse or parent.
When this is not for you
This is the wrong starting point if your licence does not carry visa eligibility. An instant licence does not include visa eligibility, so the licence has to be sorted first. Tell us your licence type before you plan anything around visa timelines, because the answer changes the order of everything else.
Requirements & Process
Why visa files are sequence-sensitive
Documents & eligibility
The core file is short but sequence-sensitive, most delays come from a medical or biometric slot booked before the prior stage cleared, not from missing documents.
Passport copy for the applicant and any sponsored family members, valid at least six months
Passport-size photographs against a white background
Entry permit or current visa copy, if already issued
Trade licence and Memorandum of Association, for investor or partner visas
Salary certificate and labour contract, for employment visas
Tenancy contract or Ejari registration, showing accommodation for sponsored family
Marriage certificate, attested and translated, for spouse sponsorship
Birth certificates, attested and translated, for children being sponsored
No Objection Certificate from a current UAE sponsor, where switching status
Valid health insurance covering the UAE
Previous visa or Emirates ID copy, for renewals
Additional documents may be required depending on your visa category and sponsor type. We confirm the exact list for your case before any fee is paid.
How it works
Your residence visa, stage by stage
Once the entry permit is issued, most residence visas complete in five to ten working days, medical and biometric appointment availability permitting.
01
Visa category confirmation
We confirm the correct visa category, investor, partner, employment or family, and the exact document set it requires.
1 working day02
Entry permit or status change application
The application is filed with GDRFA or ICP, either for a new entry permit or an in-country status change.
2–4 working days03
Entry stamping or status change confirmation
For applicants outside the UAE, the entry permit is stamped on arrival; in-country, the status change is confirmed.
1–2 working days04
Medical fitness test
We book the earliest available medical appointment and confirm results directly with the health authority.
1–3 working days05
Emirates ID biometrics
Biometric capture, fingerprints and photograph, is completed at an approved typing or ID centre.
1–2 working days06
Visa stamping and card delivery
The residence visa is stamped in the passport and the Emirates ID card is issued and delivered to you.
3–5 working daysGet your visa moving today
Tell us your visa category and sponsor details, a senior consultant confirms the exact document list and timeline, usually within 15 minutes during working hours.
No follow up calls unless you ask
Exact cost in writing
Response within 15 minutes during working hours
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