UAE Golden Visas: Demand for ‘skilled professional’ category is rising fast

UAE Golden Visas: Demand for ‘skilled professional’ category is rising fast

Dubai: Want to sign up for the UAE’s Golden Visa program? But don’t have the Dh2 million or more to commit on a property investment.

If so, then see if the ‘skilled professional’ category works for you. Because ‘applicants for this category is easier to process generally’, said James Swallow, Commercial Director at PRO Partner Group.

“This is mainly because the individual skilled professional will normally have an existing labour file with the UAE Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE), which can be shared with immigration and already states the applicant’s job title and salary.”

In recent weeks, there has been a sizeable rise in interest for Golden Visas under the professional category. “If 2022 was about property investments to secure the visa, we are seeing highly skilled newcomers into the UAE wanting to have the longer term residency,” said a consultant. “Plus, there are more companies offering incentives to their new and existing personnel.

Of course, a solid job market is also helping, with sectors such as tech, digital services, retail and hospitality packing in new recruitments, many of them being in middle to senior management roles. New business launches are also happening with regularity, all of which feeds into demand for