Residency Visa Advantages
If you wish to live in the UAE, you can choose between multiple visa options. All those visas will ensure you the residency and provide certain benefits.
Some of the residency visa types are available either in the mainland or in free zones only, and some are reserved for special categories of individuals. No matter what type of residency visa you opt for, as a legitimate resident you will experience the below advantages:
- Hold an Emirates ID as the official UAE identification document
- Be able to apply for the UAE driving license
- Open a personal bank account
- Be able to work legally in the UAE
- Rent or own a real estate property
- Rent or own a vehicle
- Be able to apply for the different types of bank loans
- Get a local mobile number and internet service
- Hold local health insurance and have access to local public and private health services
- Have zero taxation on your personal income
- Be allowed 100% repatriation of the capital and profits
- Subject to income conditions, be able to act as a sponsor for your family members
- Have the ability to register your children in private schools