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| Previously the minimum salary requirement was Dh3,000 |
In future, foreign residents who want to bring their families into the UAE should now earn a minimum monthly salary of Dh10,000 and provide their family with independent accommodation, a senior official said.
Major General Nasser Al Awadi Al Menhali, director general of the Naturalisation and Residency Department (NRD), said the decision was made after a study by the Ministry of Interior on the negative effects of allowing residents to bring their families without sufficient income and a suitable place to stay.
The Ministry of Labour is not authorised to deal with the status of residents' relatives who come to the country on residents' sponsorships, he added. Previously the minimum salary requirement was Dh3,000, because this was acceptable under previous conditions, he said. At present the amount was later raised to Dh4,000 for men and 6,000 was the criteria for women sponsors respectively.
