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The move comes as a measure to ensure that applicants who wish to sponsor their family to the UAE should have proper accommodation |
Federal authorities in Abu Dhabi have announced everyone in the UAE wanting to sponsor their family to come here for the first time will need to produce a copy of their tenancy contracts. The move comes as a measure to ensure that applicants who wish to sponsor their family have proper accommodation.
The contract should either be in the name of the sponsor or in the name of the company where he works. It could also be in the name of a close relative of the applicant. Though the new regulation applies to all the emirates, it is understood that not all the Naturalisation and Residency departments have started implementing it.
The Dubai Naturalisation and Residency Department (DNRD) does not ask for tenancy contracts for residence visa. However, a Dubai resident said his application to sponsor his mother in law was rejected since he lived in a single bedroom apartment. "The application was rejected because we do not live in a two bedroom flat," he said, without divulging the name.
