All-Visas
Green Visa — Investor / Partner
investor · United Arab Emirates
5-year self-sponsored Green Residency for investors or business partners holding a valid UAE commercial/industrial licence (from DED or free zone) with ICP investor-rating approval and competent local authority approval. The federal portal lists procedural/qualitative criteria; no published federal capital minimum (third-party guides cite figures from no minimum to AED 1,000,000 — not seeded as a numeric threshold here).
- Minimum stay / validity
- 5 yrs renewable
- Processing time
- Varies
- Official source
- https://u.ae/en/information-and-services/visa-and-emirates-id/residence-visas/residence-visa-for-doing-business-in-the-uae/green-visa-for-investors
- Last verified
- May 2026
Requirements & criteria
- [Mandatory] Set up / hold a qualifying local company
- [Mandatory] No criminal record
- [Mandatory] ICP investor-rating + competent local authority approval