Dubai Property Visa Rules 2026: Minimum AED 750,000 Threshold Just Scrapped

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Dubai quietly rewrote the rules for its property-linked residency visa this week. If you were holding off because your budget didn't clear AED 750,000, that barrier is gone. The Dubai Land Department published the update on its Cube platform without a formal press release. Most local outlets caught it within 24 hours. What actually changed The 2-year property investor visa used to require a property worth at least AED 750,000. That threshold has been scrapped for sole owners. If you own a Dubai property outright and it's registered with the DLD, you can apply regardless of value. Joint ownership rules changed too. Each co-owner now needs a stake of at least AED 400,000, even when the property is split equally. Two buyers on an AED 800,000 property can both get residency now, which...

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