What is the criteria for sponsoring parents in UAE?

Dubai - Seek help from authorities if you don't meet sponsorship criteria.

By Ashish Mehta

Published: Tue 23 Jan 2018, 12:11 PM

Last updated: Wed 24 Jan 2018, 8:33 AM

Seek help from authorities if you don't meet sponsorship criteria
Q2 I am a junior associate on a company visa with a monthly salary of Dh4,000. I want to sponsor my father, who had been working in the UAE for 32 years and retired early last year. His visa was canceled in November. Is there a way I can sponsor him?
Answer:
Pursuant to your queries, it may be noted that in the UAE, one may sponsor residence visas for parents if he/she is drawing a monthly salary of Dh20,000 or above, or is having a minimum salary of Dh19,000 and accommodation provided by the employer. Further, residence visas have to be sponsored for both the parents together, and necessary documents have to be provided if the parents are divorced or one of the parents is deceased. Additionally, a minimum insurance coverage of Dh600 must be obtained for each parent. Nevertheless, where a person is not able to meet the criteria for the minimum salary, he may approach the humanitarian section of the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs in the UAE, who may allow the sponsorship on special consideration upon analysing all aspects of the application.
KNOW THE LAW: One may sponsor residence visas for parents if he/she is drawing a monthly salary of Dh20,000 or above, or is having a minimum salary of Dh19,000 and accommodation provided by the employer