The AED 2 Million Golden Visa Route, Without the Sales Pitch
A property valued at AED 2 million or more qualifies its owner for a renewable 10-year UAE Golden Visa, which can extend to a spouse and children. Off-plan qualifies once the value threshold is met. It is residency attached to an asset you keep holding, not citizenship, and it is not permanent in the way the marketing sometimes implies.
What the threshold actually is
The qualifying figure is AED 2 million in property value. It applies to ready and off-plan property, and the visa runs for ten years and is renewable. Dependants can be included, which is the part that matters most to families and is the reason the route is used as often as it is.
The visa is granted on the basis of the property. That is the whole logic of it, and it is also the constraint people skip past.
The condition attached to it
Because the residency is tied to the asset, it depends on continuing to hold that asset. Sell the property and you have removed the basis the visa was granted on. This is not a trap, it is the design, but it is materially different from a visa you keep regardless of what you own.
Anyone treating the Golden Visa as a reason to buy should be clear that they are committing to hold, not just to purchase.
What it is not
It is not citizenship, and it does not lead to it. It is long-term renewable residency with real advantages: no local sponsor requirement, multi-entry, and stability for a family that wants to plan around living here.
Listings that describe it as a path to a passport are describing something that does not exist. The actual benefit is substantial enough that it does not need the exaggeration.
Before you buy for the visa
Buy a property you would be content to own on its own terms. Residency rules are set by government and can change; a property that only makes sense because of a visa rule is a property with a policy dependency you do not control.
Confirm current requirements with ICP or the Dubai Land Department before committing, since thresholds and conditions are the kind of thing that gets updated. Anything you read, here included, should be checked against the official position on the day you act.
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