Visas, establishment cards, and the file behind them.

Yes, with a residence visa, a salary that meets the threshold for the relationship, and a registered Ejari in your name. The marriage and birth certificates have to be attested for use in the UAE.

It depends on your current status. A change of status inside the country avoids a flight; an entry permit used from outside is sometimes the only route. We will tell you which one applies to you before you book anything.

A grace period runs, then daily fines. They are avoidable and we will give you the date in writing. If it has already expired, say so plainly — it is fixable, and hiding it makes it more expensive.

For company-sponsored visas, yes. The residency file is opened against it and nothing moves until it exists.

For some roles and some authorities, yes — and a foreign degree needs the full consular chain because the UAE is not an Apostille country. We handle that separately and will tell you whether your role actually requires it.

Entry permit first. If the person is already in the country on another status, a change of status comes next. Then the medical fitness test and the Emirates ID biometrics, which are usually done the same day. Stamping is last, and the residence visa is issued against it. A file that arrives in the wrong order is a file that comes back.

The medical fitness test applies to family members aged 18 and above. Children under 18 are not tested, though they still complete the Emirates ID stage. That is the rule we work to; the authority can change it, so we confirm it on every file rather than assume.

There is a published minimum salary, and it is lower if accommodation is provided. Sons can be sponsored up to 25, unmarried daughters with no age limit, and children with special needs regardless of age. GDRFA can apply further conditions case by case, which is why we check the specific file rather than quote a general rule. Send us the salary certificate or labour contract and we will tell you where you stand.

It is not a fixed number per licence. It follows the licence type, the legal form and the premises registered against it. Send the trade licence and the tenancy and we will tell you what the file supports.

A cancelled visa is not reinstated — a new application is made instead, and whether that is straightforward depends on why the first one ended. The first step is always to read the current residency status rather than guess at it. Send us the passport and we will check what the system actually shows.

Fines accrue daily from the expiry date, against the person and, for a company file, against the establishment. Leaving a cancellation undone creates problems for the company, not only the employee. Both are cheaper to deal with early.

Yes. Cancellation is a separate process and leaving it undone creates problems for the company, not only the employee.

Property owners at or above the published threshold, investors through an accredited fund or company, entrepreneurs with an endorsed project, specialised talent in medicine, science, engineering, IT and the creative fields, and outstanding students and graduates. Each route has its own evidence and most need a nomination before anything is filed. Send us what you hold and we will tell you which one you fit rather than guess.

Yes, that is one of the routes, and it turns on what the title deed says rather than what the property is worth on paper. Off-plan, mortgaged and jointly owned properties are each handled differently. Send the deed first — it is a short check and it saves an application that was never going to pass.

It is far more forgiving than an ordinary residence visa, where a long absence ends your residency. That flexibility is the main reason people with a base in two countries want it. The exact conditions are the authority's to set and they can change, so we confirm them on the file rather than quote a rule from memory.

Yes — spouse, children and domestic staff, for the same term as yours rather than on separate short visas that need renewing on their own cycle.