Tools
Golden Visa checker
Whether a property purchase could support a UAE residence visa, on the criteria as currently published — value, ownership, off-plan or ready, and mortgage status — with the criteria stated and where to verify them.
Estimates only, not advice — figures currently in force; confirm with your advisor.
The purchase
The value on the title deed or Oqood registration, not the listing price. Several properties can be combined in some cases.
Joint ownership with a spouse is generally accepted; other shares and company ownership have extra conditions.
Result
What this suggests, and what it does not
The result tells you whether the inputs meet the published thresholds as we currently understand them, which criteria apply to your situation, and what documentation is usually asked for. It does not tell you that a visa will be granted; only the authority does that.
On these inputs the registered value appears to meet the currently published AED 2,000,000 threshold for the ten-year Golden Visa. Eligibility is decided by the authority, not by this tool.
The two routes, as currently published
- Ten-year Golden VisaRegistered value currently AED 2,000,000 or more
- Appears to meet
- Two-year property visaRegistered value currently AED 750,000 or more
- Appears to meet
Criteria that apply to this purchase
Ten-year Golden Visa: value
Property with a registered value of AED 2 million or more currently supports an application for the ten-year visa. The value is taken from the Land Department registration, not the asking price.
Where to verify
Criteria are set by the federal immigration authority and administered in Dubai by GDRFA, through the Dubai Land Department's Cube or Amer centres. They change; verify the current position there before a purchase is structured around a visa.
Criteria change and are applied case by case; verify the current position with GDRFA Dubai or your advisor before a purchase is structured around a visa. Read The Golden Visa through property: what qualifies, currently for the full picture.
Criteria reviewed 1 September 2026. Verify with GDRFA Dubai before you commit.
Estimates only, not advice
Guidance, not immigration advice. Eligibility criteria are set by the UAE authorities, have been revised more than once, and are applied case by case; this tool reflects our understanding of the published position at the review date. Confirm the current requirements with GDRFA or the Dubai Land Department before relying on them, and buy the right property first — the visa should be a consequence of the purchase, not the reason for it.
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The working
How this is worked out
The checker compares the registered value you enter against the two property routes to UAE residence as currently published: the ten-year Golden Visa, from a registered value of AED 2,000,000, and the separate two-year property-owner visa, from AED 750,000. The value that counts is the one on the Land Department registration — the title deed or the Oqood certificate — not the asking price and not a valuation, which is why the field asks for the registered value.
It then reads the shape of the purchase. Three things attach conditions rather than change the threshold: ownership other than in your sole name, an off-plan rather than a completed property, and a mortgage. Where any of them applies, the result says “subject to conditions” and lists the criterion in full, because each has been accepted by the authority in recent revisions but with requirements that have moved more than once — an attested marriage certificate, an approved developer and a minimum paid-in amount, a letter from the bank.
What the result can and cannot say
- It can say whether the inputs meet the published value threshold as we currently understand it, which route that points to, and which conditions your situation triggers.
- It cannot say that a visa will be granted. Applications are assessed case by case by the federal immigration authority, administered in Dubai by GDRFA through the Land Department’s Cube and Amer centres, and the criteria are theirs to revise.
- It does not model combining several properties to reach the threshold, property held through a company, or the documentation stage — medical fitness, insurance, photographs and fees — all of which have their own rules.
The order to do things in
If the visa matters to you, say so at the brief stage: it changes which properties we shortlist and how the purchase is structured. Then buy the right property — one that stands on its own as a home or an investment — and let the visa follow from it. A purchase chosen to hit a number rather than because it is right is the mistake we see most often here, and the visa does not make the apartment better.
Next step
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If the visa matters to you, say so at the brief stage: it changes which properties we shortlist and how the purchase is structured, and it is far easier to plan for than to fix afterwards.