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A 10-year home, through your home

Own UAE property worth AED 2M or more and you qualify for the property-investor Golden Visa — a 10-year renewable residence permit for you and your family, with no sponsor and no minimum-stay rule.

Hala's decision for you

Hala is reading the figures on this page…

10 YRValidity · renewable
AED 2MProperty threshold · one or more properties
IncludedFamily · spouse · children · parents
NoneMinimum stay · no 6-month exit rule
ICP / GDRFAIssued by · federal · Dubai

How you qualify

  • Ready property from AED 2M — A completed home (or several) with a combined value of at least AED 2,000,000 on the title deed.
  • Off-plan from an approved developer — Under-construction units count too, where the registered purchase value reaches AED 2M.
  • Mortgaged property — A financed purchase can qualify — the property value must clear AED 2M and lenders issue the letter the application needs.
  • Combined holdings — Values can be added across more than one property to reach the AED 2M threshold.

The AED 2M figure is the current property-investor threshold set after the April 2022 reforms. Government thresholds can change — treat this as guidance, not a guarantee.

ICP / GDRFA decides.

Who does what

  • Surface homes at AED 2M and above so you shop only what qualifiesPropDirect
  • The asking price on each listing, which /visa sets against the AED 2M figure when you open it from a homePropDirect
  • The title deed, or the interim registration before completion — the document your application relies onPropDirect
  • A clean purchase pack (contract, receipts, valuation) you can hand to your PROPropDirect
  • Submit the residency application to ICP or GDRFA (directly or via a PRO)You & ICP / GDRFA
  • Provide passport, photo, and medical / Emirates ID biometricsYou & ICP / GDRFA
  • Pay the government visa and issuance feesYou & ICP / GDRFA
  • Renew every 10 years while you keep the propertyYou & ICP / GDRFA

Does the property have to be paid in full?

No. A mortgaged property can qualify as long as the value reaches AED 2M. Your lender provides the finance letter the application requires.

Can off-plan count?

Yes — units bought from approved developers count where the registered purchase value is AED 2M or more.

Who in my family is covered?

The 10-year visa can sponsor your spouse, children, and — under current rules — parents and domestic staff.

Will I lose it if I spend time abroad?

The Golden Visa has no minimum-stay requirement, so extended time outside the UAE does not void it the way a standard residence visa can.

Hala refused by subject

I cannot advise on residency from a property purchase - the rules change and we hold no authoritative text on them. The ICP and the emirate's land department publish the current thresholds, and a licensed conveyancer will confirm what a specific purchase qualifies for.

What is left

  1. 1
    Find a qualifying home

    Browse AED 2M+ listings, or filter any search to Golden-Visa-eligible homes.

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    Check the price

    Open /visa from the listing to set its asking price against the AED 2M figure — and confirm with ICP / GDRFA how your purchase counts before you commit.

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  3. 3
    Buy and register

    Complete the purchase; the property is registered with the land department and your title deed is issued.

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  4. 4
    Apply for the visa

    Take your title deed and purchase pack to ICP / GDRFA for the 10-year residence permit.

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Every residency route in one place — What each one needs, and who issues it

Buying from overseas? — LRS, FC-GPR, DTAA and a power of attorney — the diaspora desk

We are not an immigration agent, and we file nothing on your behalf.

A property purchase is the qualifying step — it does not, by itself, grant residency. PropDirect can tell you what a purchase qualifies for and put the paperwork in one place; the application itself goes to ICP / GDRFA. Eligibility thresholds and rules are set by the government and can change — confirm the current requirements with ICP / GDRFA before you buy.

What the specialists did on this page

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Regulatory Intelligencetrust.regulatoryWhether an authoritative text on residency is heldRefused by subject: no authoritative text on residency is held, so Hala gives no residency answer—

The rules of each emirate, retrieved and cited: tenancy law, short-stay rules, cross-border rules for NRI buyers - marked where we have not confirmed them.

  • The ICP and the emirate's land department publish the current thresholds
Off-Plan Intelligenceoffplan.intelligenceA residency intent on an off-plan reservationDid not run here: a residency intent is recorded on a reservation, never on this page—

A project from interest to reservation: the briefing, the payment plan against escrow milestones, and what a default or a residency intent means - never inventing availability.

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