Visa Processing for Newly Born Child

In the UAE, every citizen must have a valid residency permit to live without hassle in the UAE. It has been observed that there are some growing concerns related to the visa permit of newly born child in the UAE. To address this issue UAE govt has taken steps and introduced the digital system to apply for a residency visa for a newborn, and also set the timeline to get this process done on time and on a priority basis. Parents either delay the official paperwork of the child or they simply ignore it. If the parents miss the deadline for registering for the legal documents of their newborn child, they might face fines and penalties.

The UAE government has made it compulsory for both nationals and foreigners to get the rightful document for their newborn child. Every kid born in the UAE must have a valid permit to live. If the newly born child belongs to a foreigner, the child’s parents’ residency sponsorship needs to be added. Once the child is sponsored can avail all facilities.

Every parents are provided with enough time to register their newly born child with the government database; if the grace period is over fine could be applied.

There are many departments involved in the registration of the newborn child; these departments include hospitals, immigration, and other related departments. These departments may cause delays.

For newborn sponsorship, parent’s id and residency contracts, and SLARAY certificates are required, and if the mother is sponsoring the kid NOC from the father is required.

If the right process is not followed and the documents are missing, or even if the wrong attestation is done, this further delays the registration process.

The hospital plays an important role in the registration of the birth; birth notification is generated by the hospitals, and this notification further helps in registering.

Parents need to make sure that the information they are entering is correct; if there is any flaw in the information, such as a wrong date of birth or spelling, it may further lead to delays.

Once the hospital generates the notification, parents need to go for the collection of the birth certificate. Parents need to further attest to the documents.

Once the birth certificate is issued, parents need to go to the embassy and consulate for attestation, and appointments at the embassy and consulate may take further time, which may further delay the process; that is why an early appointment must be taken.

The next step is to get the passport, which is essential to get the residency.

Delays may arise as the embassies have some timelines for the issuance of passports. Delays must be kept in mind.

For the newly born, medical insurance may be required depending on the requirements of the concerned embassies. This may further delay the process.

Parents are required to follow the insurance policy; they need to provide the documents as per the requirements of the insurance companies, and parents can also contact their employer for giving child health insurance coverage policies under UAE family laws.

Due to all these complicated documents and processes, this may delay the visa issuance for the kid. Parents need to track the application, and if the delays are too long, the authorities may impose fines and penalties. Therefore, it is necessary to handle such a situation with timelines.

Authorities provide 120 days for the process, and the timeline is long enough that could cover the whole process.

IF the documentation is completed, the application may be submitted for further processing. The residency permit requires sponsorship from one parent. If the documentation is completed, the approval for the residency permit might not take much time.

The UAE government has defined the minimum criteria that a parent can fulfil to sponsor their child, which involves salary and number of years in UAE.

The government has a separate department that deals with such applications; the immigration authorities are given full control to either reject or accept the application if there are errors involved in the application. If there are is any issues with the application, the residency permit may also be affected.

The government has digitalized the application through their portals, but there is still a process that requires manual submission.

If the application gets delayed for any reason, and the child overstay than the grace period, a fine might be imposed in parents. In genuine cases, the fines imposed may be waived.

Fines might be waived off by the authorities if there are any genuine cases. An application for waiving off must be submitted through official channels.

If the residency permit is not issued, the kid might not travel in or out of the UAE, and parents might face difficulties. Hence, the travel must be planned in accordance with the legal documents.

The UAE government can grant special permission to the parents to travel if there is any kind of emergency, and the documents are delayed. The permission to travel can be obtained from the concerned authorities.

If there is strong communication is maintained between hospitals, the embassy, and other involved departments, the delays can be avoided, and the documentation can be prepared on time.

This process requires repeated submission and multiple applications, so the parents need to take care of the documents to manage the smoother flow.

If the parents may belong to different nationalities, the process may get complicated as it involves multiple embassies. To avoid any hassle, parents must get professional legal help in such matters.

In some cases, the sponsorship is not well defined as it involves divorces or different nationalities, which may also complicate the process and can cause serious consequences if the application is not handled by professionals; in such cases, legal and professional help might be taken.

Some parents may not know the exact time to leave the country; in such cases, they might stay for an undefined period of time, and they must keep registering their stay in the UAE. Such errors, in the early stages of the application, must be avoided.

Some data require uniformity to maintain, such as name, date of birth, and place of living. For a smoother process, uniformity is required for both hospital and embassy records. For uniformity of data, parents should make sure vaccination cards have accurate info and shouldn’t neglect spelling or date mistakes to avoid any consequences.

Parents who are expecting their child need to understand the laws of the UAE beforehand; they also need to prepare all the documents involved. These early steps may reduce the processing time and further delays.

To manage the timelines, parents need to prepare a checklist and schedule, and keep following the timeline in order to do things on time.

Parents should make a checklist to avoid forgetting any important document submission or misplacement of the newborn’s documents.