Both, employers and employees with valid UAE residence visas can sponsor residence visas for their families. Unlike before, employees can sponsor their families regardless of their job titles if they earn a minimum salary of AED 4,000.
Family members getting sponsored over 18 years must go through a medical fitness test from any approved Medical institution in the UAE.
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Sponsoring sons
A male or female resident can sponsor his/her son/s until he is 25.
Sons of determination (those with special needs) can be sponsored with no restrictions with regard to his/ their age/s.
Sponsoring your parents
An expatriate employee can sponsor his parents for a year's stay by paying a deposit as a guarantee for each parent as stipulated by the respective immigration department.
Can sponsor only one of his parents or sponsor both parents together. He also needs to provide proof that he is their sole support and that there is no one to take care of them back home.
A male or female resident can sponsor his/her son/s until he is 25.
Sons of determination (those with special needs) can be sponsored with no restrictions with regard to his/ their age/s.
Sponsoring your parents
An expatriate employee can sponsor his parents for a year's stay by paying a deposit as a guarantee for each parent as stipulated by the respective immigration department.
Can sponsor only one of his parents or sponsor both parents together. He also needs to provide proof that he is their sole support and that there is no one to take care of them back home.