FAQs

The following conditions apply for issuing an entry permit for a male or female domestic worker for a foreign individual:

• a. The sponsor’s monthly salary should not be less than seven thousand dirhams (7,000 AED).
• b. The sponsor must pay annually to the state treasury an amount equivalent to the annual salary of the male or female domestic worker, with a minimum salary of four hundred dirhams (400 AED).
• c. The sponsor should not have transferred sponsorship of a male or female domestic worker within one year from the date of application.
• d. The sponsor and the sponsored person should not be related.
• e. The sponsor must be residing with their family in the country.
• f. For foreign working women in rare or important specializations such as medicine, engineering, teaching, and similar fields that require university degrees or specialized courses of at least one year in the same professional specialization (determined in consultation with relevant authorities), they are allowed to replace the head of the family in sponsoring a male or female domestic worker, provided that the required sponsorship conditions are met.
• g. Any person is not allowed to sponsor domestic workers if they have been proven unable at any time to pay the salary of one of their sponsored individuals, arrange for their travel costs, or if they left them without work and they were caught working for others. The following two categories of foreigners are not allowed to sponsor or bring in a foreigner even if they meet the salary requirements.

Yes, a citizen can sponsor their parents for residency.

Yes, she can enter the UAE if her residency is still valid, provided that she obtains a permit from the General Directorate.

• a. Entry permit application with a colored photograph attached and signed by the sponsor.
• b. Copy of the sponsored person’s passport with at least six months validity and approved.
• c. Marriage certificate duly authenticated and legally translated for non-Arabic nationalities.
• d. Authenticated birth certificates for children under 18 years and for unmarried daughters over 18 years.
• e. Written pledge that daughters over 18 years are not married.
• f. Salary certificate/employment contract (3,000 AED + accommodation from employer) or 4,000 AED.
• g. The following categories are exempted from the salary requirement: 1-Teachers, 2-Mosque Imams, 3-School/college/university/scientific institute student bus drivers.

• 1. Family Book (Khulasat Al-Qaid) + a copy of it.
• 2. Recent photograph size 4*6 (instant and scanned photos are not accepted).
• 3. Birth certificate + a copy of it if the exact date of birth is not recorded in the Family Book.
• 4. Presence of the concerned person or the guardian for minors.
• 5. Emirates ID card.

• 1. Original Family Book.
• 2. Original birth certificate.
• 3. Marriage contract duly authenticated if the wife is a foreigner and not registered in the head of family’s Family Book.
• 4. No objection letter from the Armed Forces for marriage to foreigners.
• 5. If the newborn was born outside the UAE:
• • a. The return ticket with which the newborn entered the country.
  • b. Birth certificate issued from the country of birth.
  • c. Replacement of the birth certificate with another from the Preventive Medicine Department in the UAE.