UAE Residents: Status in Country

[couplefromDubai]

Hi! Please let me know what everyone wrote that has a typical Residence Visa that gets renewed every 2 years.

I own my own business so I am not sure if I should put a worker status, or if I should be putting foreign national or Other. I have lived in Dubai, UAE for 28 years and have to renew my visa every 2 years. Up till being an Adult I was sponsored by my father but now I have my own Visa attached to my company.

 

[Hanads]

Hi,

I'm in Qatar myself. I'm yet to submit.

We chose "Permanent Resident".

Best luck.

H

 

[couplefromDubai]

Hi,

I'm in Qatar myself. I'm yet to submit.

We chose "Permanent Resident".

Best luck.

H

I asked this question before and non middle east residents seem to think I should put either Foreign national, other, or worker. I am very confused. No one has said to put Permanent Resident though! have you asked a lawyer or consultant about it?

 

[Islander216]

What is the name of the visa?

 

[couplefromDubai]

What is the name of the visa?

it's just called a ''Residence Permit'' Its valid for 2 years and needs to be renewed every 2 years. He has been doing it since the past 25 years, renewing it every 2 years..

 

[Hanads]

I asked this question before and non middle east residents seem to think I should put either Foreign national, other, or worker. I am very confused. No one has said to put Permanent Resident though! have you asked a lawyer or consultant about it?

I googled Foreign National.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_national

literally it sounds right but all online references say it’s a stateless person.

As was stated in this thread or RP gets renewed every 2 years. It’s actually called a residence permit.

 

[couplefromDubai]

I googled Foreign National.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_national

literally it sounds right but all online references say it’s a stateless person.

As was stated in this thread or RP gets renewed every 2 years. It’s actually called a residence permit.

That's true it doesnt sound right to be called a stateless residence but I am not sure Permanent resident sounds right either. I wonder if someone who has done this before could help! Someone whos application was successful..

 

[Islander216]

it's just called a ''Residence Permit'' Its valid for 2 years and needs to be renewed every 2 years. He has been doing it since the past 25 years, renewing it every 2 years..

What is its renewal based on? Employment or running a business?

Each permit has a category, that category is what you should state in your application.

It doesn't sound like a permanent residence permit, because renewal periods are usually longer and you have indefinite leave to remain.

 

[Hanads]

Well than you look at your choices and it comes down to those 2?

 

[couplefromDubai]

What is its renewal based on? Employment or running a business?

Each permit has a category, that category is what you should state in your application.

It doesn't sound like a permanent residence permit, because renewal periods are usually longer and you have indefinite leave to remain.

The renewal in his case is based on being employed in a company ( whether it's his own or any random company). Whereas for me my husband is my sponsor and my renewal is based on him having a residence permit. If he loses his status so do I and I'd have to get a job to get a new sponsor to stay in the country.
When he was a child, my husband's sponsor was his father. But his father can't be his sponsor after 21 years old.

Although the permit has to be renewed every 2 years, it becomes invalid if the resident is out of the UAE for more than SIX months.

The ''sponsor'' of his visa is his own company that he works for.

Even if for my husband on the form we wrote ' Worker' status, I have no idea what my status would be on the form because I don't have a job and my sponsor is my husband!


Please all advice is welcome!

 

[Islander216]

I would choose employment visa for him, and then spousal sponsorship visa for you.