Golden Visa Fee Calculator UAE

In short: Golden Visa government fees depend on who issues the residence. In Dubai, GDRFA's Golden residence lines come to AED 1,900 (the AED 1,100 permit fee plus AED 100 a year for years 3 to 10), plus AED 500 if you are inside the UAE. Add the 10-year Emirates ID (AED 1,100) and a standard Dubai Health medical (AED 270), and one applicant already in the country pays AED 3,770. In Abu Dhabi and the northern emirates, ICP charges AED 1,200, plus AED 500 inside. Dubai property owners go through the Land Department's AED 9,884.75 package. Each family member adds their own lines, and health insurance is extra. The calculator itemises every line with its official source.

How does the Golden Visa fee calculator work?

It works out which authority will issue your residence, then adds the fee lines that authority publishes, person by person:

1. Channel. A Dubai property file goes through the Dubai Land Department (DLD), whose package GDRFA directs property investors to. Every other Dubai route goes to GDRFA. Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah go to ICP.
2. Inside or outside the UAE. Inside adds the AED 500 inside-country fee or status adjustment. Outside, family members need an entry permit; the main applicant's six-month Golden entry visa has no fee on the official cards, so it is shown as "not added".
3. Each person. Residence, 10-year Emirates ID and, from age 18, the medical test. Once per family: the sponsor file.
4. Totals. Official fees only. Health insurance is a market price, so you can type your own quote and see it as a separate line.

Not sure you qualify? Check your eligibility first: this calculator prices a route, it does not test the thresholds.

Which official fee lines does it use?

Every amount below comes from the authority's own service card or price list, read on 20 October 2026. The calculator reads the same table, so the page and the result always match. The only exception is the medical test: the calculator uses our centre price (standard AED 320, express AED 750, typing included) instead of the Dubai Health list.

Worked examples

Illustrative scenarios built from the official lines, not real cases. Official fees only, before health insurance; medical tests at the Dubai Health list price (the calculator uses our centre price).

Which route costs the least?

The fee lines are the same for the company, deposit, tax, salary, entrepreneur, specialist, talent, student and humanitarian routes in the same emirate. The real differences are the channel and the extras you choose:

• Dubai property versus another route: the DLD package (AED 9,884.75) includes AED 4,020 of Land Department fees and AED 1,155 of administrative fees. If you also meet another route, GDRFA's own lines for one person inside the UAE come to AED 3,770 with a standard medical. The calculator flags this automatically.
• Medical speed: Dubai Health's standard test is AED 270 against AED 700 for premium or Salem and AED 1,020 for VIP; in the calculator, our centre price is AED 320 standard or AED 750 express. Only the waiting time changes.
• Children under 18 have no medical line, and family members entering from abroad avoid the inside-country fee.

For the full fee breakdown and how each channel prints its lines, read our Golden Visa cost guide. For the property route in detail, including mortgaged and off-plan property, see Golden Visa for property investors in Dubai.

What is not in the total?

• Health insurance, required for everyone on the file but priced by insurers
• Attestation and translation of marriage, birth and degree certificates
• Proof of eligibility costs: a property valuation certificate, a bank no-objection letter, an audited financial report for the company route, nomination or equivalency fees
• Typing and service centre charges, and any private service fee, ours included

And what we could not verify on an official page today, so it is never added:

• The six-month multiple-entry Golden entry visa for applicants abroad: ICP's guide confirms it exists, but neither ICP's nor GDRFA's service cards print its fee, so it is not added.
• Abu Dhabi medical fitness test: the price is not published on an official page we could read, so it is not added.
• The printing fee that Emirates Health Services centres add to the AED 250 medical test is not published.
• Fees for domestic workers sponsored by a Golden holder are not calculated: they go through the domestic worker system with their own fees and guarantee.

Which category fits you, and what each one asks for, is in Golden Visa eligibility criteria 2026. Doctors, nurses and teachers should read Golden Visa for teachers, doctors and nurses, and sponsors adding relatives Golden Visa family sponsorship.

Golden Visa fee questions

Every fee line was checked on 20 October 2026 against the GDRFA, ICP, Dubai Land Department, Dubai Health and Emirates Health Services pages listed below. Fees change; the authority's payment screen is final. This calculator is an estimate, not an official quote.