Golden Visa.
UAE long-term residence visa, 5 or 10 years, granted via property investment from AED 2M.
What Golden Visa means.
The UAE Golden Visa is a renewable 5 or 10-year residence permit granted to qualifying property investors, entrepreneurs, and specialists. For real estate, the standard route is a single property purchase of AED 2 million or more, held in the investor's own name.
What this actually means for buyers.
Most European buyers Mario works with arrive with the Golden Visa as their first hard criterion. The AED 2M threshold can be one unit or aggregated value, but DLD usually wants it on a single title deed for clean processing. Mario verifies the threshold is met by the registered DLD value, not the contract price, before any client commits — the two can differ by 5 to 8 percent depending on how the transaction was structured.
- Investment threshold
- AED 2,000,000 minimum (single property)
- Duration
- 10 years renewable
- Family included
- Spouse and children (no age cap)
- Sponsorship
- Self-sponsored, no UAE employer required
- Processing time
- Typically 30 to 60 days post-DLD registration
Have a specific deal in mind?
Mario walks every European investor through these mechanics on the first call. The diligence trail is what separates a clean deal from a regret.