What is the Dubai Golden Visa property investment threshold?
The UAE Golden Visa via property investment requires a minimum of AED 2,000,000 (approximately USD 545,000) in residential or commercial real estate, anywhere in the country. The investment can be a single property, an off-plan unit with at least 50% paid, or a combined portfolio totalling AED 2M. The visa runs for ten years and is renewable indefinitely as long as the qualifying property is retained.
Who is covered
- Primary holder: the owner registered on the title deed
- Spouse: automatic inclusion regardless of nationality
- Children, all biological and legally adopted, with no upper age limit (unique among global golden-visa programmes)
- Parents of both spouses: eligible as dependents
- Domestic staff: up to a reasonable household quota under sponsorship
How to qualify
- Acquire qualifying property worth at least AED 2M (single or aggregated).
- For off-plan units: ensure at least 50% of the purchase price is paid and the developer is RERA-licensed.
- Apply via the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA) or an authorised typing centre, application fee ~AED 2,800.
- Submit title deed, passport copies, medical fitness test, and Emirates ID biometrics.
- Visa typically issued within 4–8 weeks; family applications run in parallel.
Bottom line
At AED 2M (USD 545K), the UAE Golden Visa is one of the most cost-effective second-residency routes globally, and the only major programme with no minimum-stay obligation, no language requirement, and full family inclusion regardless of children's age. For HNWIs structuring international mobility, it remains the most flexible 10-year residency on the market.