Vice President/Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum on Sunday, November 15 announced that the UAE “golden” visa system has been widened.

Maktoum said the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has approved a 10-year golden visa for all Ph.D. holders based in the country and has also approved the same for graduates who have a minimum of 3.8-grade point average from UAE-accredited universities.

The golden visa residency was also extended to specialists in Artificial Intelligence (AI), big data, virology, epidemiology, and UAE-based physicians and engineers in the fields of computer science, electronics, and programming, electricity, and biotechnology.

 

The tweet read;

Today, we approved granting the 10-year Golden Visa to all Ph.D. holders in the UAE. Also, the Golden Visa will be granted to top graduates from UAE-accredited universities with a GPA of 3.8 and above.

UAE Golden Visa will also include UAE-based physicians as well as engineers in the fields of computer science, electronics, programming, electricity, and biotechnology.

Other categories granted UAE Golden Residency are specialists in AI, big data, virology, epidemiology & UAE’s high school top graduates and their families. We are keen to embrace the talent that drives future development and this is only the beginning