Getting your baby a visa in Dubai

So you have the baby, unless you have already lost it! (Check under the sofa). You should also have your baby’s birth certificate and passport. If not you need to get these before you can apply for the residential visa. Now it is time to get your babies residential visa. You will have 120 days to get his/her residential visa, (Unless you are planning on early employment and want to go for a work visa). After 120 days, if you still have not got a visa for your baby you will receive a 100 AED fine per day and the child may not leave the country until you have their visa sorted.

Documents Required:

• Application form
• The babies passport (If the baby is on the mothers or fathers passport then you need that one)
• Original + copy of the baby’s birth certificate (Must have been attested by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dubai).
• Original & copy of attested marriage certificate. (The parents, not the baby)
• 3 passport sized photos of the baby.
• Passport copy of the sponsor. (Usually the man / husband / father.)
• Copy of job contract & salary certificate of the sponsor.

The Procedure:

• Go to a typist office, pay the fees and then they will type up the application form for you.
• Go to the Naturalisation Residency Department in Dubai and then make your way to the residency section. Once you are at this section hand in the required documents.
• Wait, and then after a while you will receive your babies passport with a residency visa inside through the governments courier service. They will usually send it to either your home or the sponsors work address.

Fees:

• The visa will cost AED 100 per year.
• Plus AED 115 adding fees.