If you live in the UAE on a residence visa — employment, Green or Golden — you can sponsor your immediate family to live with you, or bring them on a visit visa for shorter stays. This page covers every family-visa scenario we file: spouse residence visa, children residence visa, parents’ residence visa, and the popular 60-day visit visa for parents from India. With current 2026 salary thresholds and document lists.
The four scenarios — pick yours
- I want to bring my spouse to live with me in Dubai.
- I want to bring my children to live with me in Dubai.
- I want to bring my parents to live with me in Dubai.
- I want my parents to visit Dubai for 60 days.
Sponsoring your spouse on a UAE residence visa
The most common family visa we file. The sponsor (you) must be on a valid UAE residence visa, earning at least AED 4,000 per month (or AED 3,000 plus employer-provided accommodation). Documentation:
- Attested marriage certificate (MEA + UAE Embassy attestation if married in India).
- Sponsor’s passport, residence visa and Emirates ID.
- Spouse’s passport (valid 6+ months) and recent photo.
- Tenancy contract registered through Ejari, showing adequate accommodation.
- Sponsor’s salary certificate from employer (or trade license + audited financials if self-employed).
- Latest 3-month salary slips and bank statement.
Validity matches the sponsor’s residence visa — 2 or 3 years — and is renewable. The full process (entry permit + medical + Emirates ID + visa stamp) typically takes 2–3 weeks. Total cost is approximately AED 1,500–2,500 end-to-end.
Sponsoring your children
Eligibility:
- Sons up to 18 years — standard sponsorship.
- Sons 18–25 — only if studying, with proof of enrolment in a recognised institution. They get a 1-year visa renewed annually until 25.
- Daughters — sponsored until marriage, with no age cap.
- Children with disabilities — no age cap, with appropriate medical documentation.
Documents: birth certificate (attested), passport, photo, sponsor’s salary certificate, tenancy contract. Children born in the UAE need their UAE-issued birth certificate; children born abroad need attested birth certificates.
Sponsoring your parents on a UAE residence visa
Available to UAE residents earning at least AED 20,000 per month (or AED 19,000 + accommodation). Both parents must usually be sponsored together unless one has passed away. The parents’ residence visa is 1-year, renewable annually.
Required documents:
- Sponsor’s salary certificate, residence visa, Emirates ID, tenancy contract.
- Parents’ passports (valid 6+ months), photos, marriage certificate (attested).
- Proof that parents are dependent on you (an undertaking from the sponsor + bank statements showing financial support, in some cases).
- Health insurance for each parent — mandatory before residence stamp. Annual senior-citizen policies start around AED 7,000 per parent for basic cover.
- Medical fitness test (done in the UAE after entry).
- Emirates ID biometrics (done at an EID typing centre in the UAE).
Total cost is approximately AED 5,000–7,000 per parent for the first year (visa + medical + Emirates ID + health insurance), with renewal cost about half of that.
60-day visit visa for parents from India
For most Indian families, the 60-day visit visa is the practical choice — it works out cheaper than residence sponsorship if your parents visit twice a year for a month each. We file this as a sponsor-side application (you sponsor your parents’ visit) or as a standard tourist visa from their side.
- Validity: 60 days of stay, multiple entries, extendable once for 30 more days inside the UAE.
- Cost: from AED 550 per parent.
- Processing: 3–4 working days.
- Documents: parent’s passport, photo, your residence visa + Emirates ID, return ticket, hotel booking or your tenancy contract as accommodation proof.
Many Indian families bring parents on a visit visa for the cooler October–March months and then a residence visa later if they decide to stay long-term. We’re happy to plan it either way — tell us the visit pattern and we’ll recommend the cheapest legal path.
Sponsoring domestic help
If you’re also bringing a domestic helper (cook, nanny, driver) to live with the family, that goes through the household services channel. Eligibility, salary requirements and documentation differ from a family-member visa. We can refer you to a domestic-services specialist within our partner network.
What we do for you
- Free document checklist. Send us your case (sponsor on what visa, dependents, salary). We’ll send a personalised checklist within an hour.
- Attestation coordination. If your marriage or birth certificates aren’t already attested for the UAE, we coordinate the MEA + UAE Embassy steps with our partner agents in Mumbai, Delhi, Ahmedabad and Bangalore.
- End-to-end filing. Entry permit, medical fitness test appointment, Emirates ID typing — we coordinate the whole sequence so you don’t have to.
- WhatsApp updates at every step.