United Arab Emirates

Visa facts

• Maximum stay: 365 days
• Processing time: 2 - 2 days
• Dependents allowed: unknown
• Remote work permission: explicitly allowed
• Renewal path: Renewable (official source indicates extension or renewal is available).
• Income requirement: 3500 USD / month
• Savings requirement: Data not published

Tax and compliance

Resident treatment: UAE tax residency tests include physical presence of 183 days (or 90-day tests with additional criteria) under current cabinet-resolution framework; there is no personal income tax on employment income. Non-resident treatment: non-residents also face no UAE personal income tax on employment income; VAT applies to consumption at 5%. Assumptions: employee social contribution rate is set to 0 for typical expatriate/non-GCC workers because compulsory social security applies mainly to qualifying UAE/GCC nationals. Confidence: medium (PIT and VAT are clear, while residency criteria details are multi-condition and partly summarized through secondary references).

Cost and infrastructure

• Monthly cost baseline: $2,415
• Rent (1BR city center): $1,450
• Internet: $97
• Coworking: Data not published

Method: Numbeo country data (USD display) retrieved 2026-02-27. Baselines are computed as (single-person monthly costs excluding rent) + (1BR outside-centre minimum / 1BR city-centre average / 1BR city-centre maximum) for poor/average/comfortable scenarios. Baselines: poor 1591.71 USD, average 2415.14 USD, comfortable 3960.41 USD. Numbeo last update: 26 February 2026. Cross-check: LivingCost (updated October 14, 2025) reports one-person total with rent 2101 USD. monthly_coworking_usd is null due no reliable country-level coworking dataset. Confidence: medium (recent crowdsourced data with transparent formula, but local-city variance is high).