Good fit
Freelancers and independent professionals who can obtain the required MOHRE permit, show a bachelor degree or specialised diploma, and document AED 360,000 of self-employment income over the preceding two years or financial solvency.
United Arab Emirates · Skilled Worker
Green Residence — self-employment
A self-sponsored UAE residence permit for a freelancer or self-employed person who holds a Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation permit and meets the education and income/solvency conditions.
Status note. This fixture uses the Dubai GDRFA self-employment Green Residence service. The ICP Green Residency overview is retained as a supplementary source but currently flagged for incomplete deterministic extraction.
Decision fit
Who this pathway serves
Important limits
Applicants who need an employer-sponsored job, a company-formation route, a published permanent-residence outcome, or a confirmed cross-emirate rule set beyond the Dubai service.
Minimums
Eligibility
Age
No hard age floor or ceiling is modeled.
Work experience
Minimum: Not stated years
Language
Not stated
Education
Minimum: bachelor
Assessment: Unknown — confirm with the official source
The page requires a freelance work permit from MOHRE, a bachelor degree or specialised diploma, and either the stated income history or financial solvency.
Selection threshold
Points: Not stated
Competition: Not stated
Health and character
Medical exam: Unknown — confirm with the official source
Police certificate: Unknown — confirm with the official source
Costs
Funds and fees
Settlement funds
No settlement-fund table is published.
Application fees
- 200 AEDResidence permit fee
- 10 AEDKnowledge Dirham
- 10 AEDInnovation Dirham
- 500 AEDFee inside the country
- 20 AEDDelivery
Outcomes
Residence, work, and family
Permanent residence
The retained self-employment service does not establish a permanent-residence route.
Work: Yes · Study: Unknown — confirm with the official source
Family
The retained Dubai self-employment service page does not state family sponsorship conditions.
Partner: Unknown — confirm with the official source · Children: Unknown — confirm with the official source
Citizenship
The retained self-employment service does not establish a citizenship route.
Processing time
The GDRFA service lists an expected completion time of 48 hours and a 180-day grace period after expiry or cancellation.
Modeled: Not stated–Not stated months
Sources
Official sources
Citations
Field provenance
Information only, not legal advice. Rules, fees, and processing times change. Confirm the linked official pages before acting.