Residency Visa Procedures for family in the UAE
The procedure can only be started after issuing your residence visa and receiving your Emirates ID.
The visa process can be somewhat lengthy and comes in conjunction with medical insurance arrangements. It could take around 6 to 8 weeks until your work visa and company medical process is complete.
Please arrange individual insurance for a minimum of 12 weeks and for those with families, please also arrange medical cover for any dependents accompanying you.
A husband may sponsor his wife and children’s residency in the UAE. A wife may sponsor her husband and children’s residency if she is employed as a Teacher. Please see the following link for the latest information.
If the husband is outside of the UAE, then the wife will need an NOC from her husband to sponsor their children. This NOC has to be attested by the Foreign Affairs Ministry and the UAE Embassy in their home country, plus by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the UAE.
If you have all required documents ready, further steps can be completed through the Amer Centres. In that case, you are not required to visit GDRFA (General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs).
All charges, including deposits, courier, and file opening fees, will be processed through the Amer Centers.
Kings’ will cover the cost of an employee’s visa only, the employee must bear the visa costs for their dependents.
Here are the documents that the sponsor needs to bring to the Amer Centre:
- Photocopies and original passports of dependents
- Two coloured passport size photographs (with white background) of dependents
- Sponsor’s original passport and Emirates ID
- Original marriage certificate attested by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (or equivalent for respective countries) and the UAE Embassy in the sponsor’s home country, plus by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the UAE
- Original birth certificates of children attested by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (or equivalent for respective countries) and the UAE Embassy in the sponsor’s home country, plus by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the UAE
- Copy of tenancy contract, EJARI certificate (attestation of the tenancy contract), and electricity bill (if the school provided your accommodation then the facilities department of the school can provide you with these documents)
- Sponsor’s labour contract printed from the official website of the Ministry of Human Resources & Emiratisation (MOHRE). The government relations department of the school can provide you with your labour contract)
- Sponsor’s salary certificate in English and Arabic (the HR department of the school can provide you with this)
Charges for visa application:
- Please use the following link for a list of all prices.
