Dubai Visa Cost Estimator

What these numbers are

Government fee ranges only, drawn from files we process. They deliberately exclude our service fee, because the point of this tool is to let you see what the authority charges before anyone quotes you a bundled number.

Why employment visa costs vary so much

The single biggest variable is one most employers have never checked: your company's MOHRE classification.

That is a spread of several thousand dirhams on a single line item, on every hire. If your per-visa costs have risen without explanation, check your category before you change provider — see WPS compliance.

What the estimate excludes

• Medical insurance — AED 650 to 2,500+ per person per year, mandatory, and highly variable by age and cover
• Attestation — for family visas this frequently costs more than the visa and takes considerably longer
• Urgent processing — typically AED 500 to 1,000 to compress 2–4 weeks into 5–7 working days
• Outstanding fines — ILOE, Emirates ID, overstay or traffic liabilities that must clear before the file moves
• Our service fee — quoted separately and fixed before we start

Where the money actually goes

Before you budget

Roughly a third of the files that reach us carry a blocker the client did not know about — an unpaid ILOE fine, a WPS flag on the establishment, unattested documents, an expired establishment card. Each one adds a cycle, and some add cost.

The pre-check is free. Send us the trade licence or the passport page and we will tell you what is actually outstanding before you commit to a number.