Services · Golden Visa guidance
One purchase.
Ten years of residency.
Under Dubai Land Department rules, property worth AED 2 million or more can qualify you for the 10-year renewable UAE Golden Visa. The rule is simple. The structuring is where purchases quietly fail — and where we come in.
The rules, as they stand
What the Dubai Land Department actually requires.
AED 2M
Minimum property value
One property or several combined — the total owned value must reach AED 2 million. Joint ownership can qualify when the combined value meets the threshold.
10 years
Renewable residency
The property-investor Golden Visa runs for ten years and is renewable while the qualifying ownership is maintained.
NOC
Mortgaged property qualifies
You do not need to own outright. A mortgaged property qualifies with a no-objection letter from the bank stating the amount paid and the balance outstanding.
Source · Dubai Land Department, Golden Visa investor service · u.ae federal Golden Visa rules · As of Sep 2026
Where purchases fail
Structure decides eligibility —
before the money moves.
The threshold sounds simple, but the details are not: how the title is held, how a financed purchase is documented, whether combined properties are structured to count together. Getting this wrong is usually discovered after transfer — when it is expensive to fix.
We check eligibility as part of the purchase analysis, not as an afterthought: the unit, the ownership structure and the financing route are aligned with the visa requirement before you sign anything.
And where a purchase should not carry a visa expectation — because the rules leave the case unclear — we say so plainly and recommend confirming with the DLD first.
The application
Days, not months.
The Dubai Land Department processes the property-investor Golden Visa application in 7–10 business days, for total service fees of AED 9,884.75 — medical, Emirates ID, residency and department fees included. We coordinate the property side of the application as part of the purchase mandate.
Source · Dubai Land Department, Golden Visa investor service page — retrieved 3 Sep 2026
Next step
Planning residency through property?
Check the structure first.
One conversation covering budget, unit selection, financing route and Golden Visa eligibility — before you commit to anything.
Visa rules summarized from Dubai Land Department and u.ae sources as of September 2026 and subject to change. AXD is a real estate advisory, not an immigration law firm; formal eligibility is confirmed by the issuing authority.
