The government of the United Arab Emirates on Sunday announced grant all doctors and infectious disease experts living in the country a 10-year Golden Residency visa.
The Prime Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, disclosed this in a tweet, which listed other categories of beneficiaries of the UAE Golden Residency visa to include specialists in AI, big data, virology, epidemiology and UAE’s high school top graduates and their families.
“We are keen to embrace talent that drives future development and this is only the beginning.”
Currently, immigrants in the UAE are given limited residence visas which is linked to their current employment, with long-term residency a difficult privilege. This applies in other countries in the Gulf Region.
However, tweeting about the UAE Golden Residency visa, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum said: “UAE Golden Visa will also include UAE-based physicians as well as engineers in the fields of computer science, electronics, programming, electricity and biotechnology on his Twitter handle, HH Sheikh Mohammed
@HHShkMohd.
“UAE Golden Visa will also include UAE-based physicians as well as engineers in the fields of computer science, electronics, programming, electricity and biotechnology.
