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The Abu Dhabi Residents Office has published the academic criteria required for university graduates to qualify for a 10-year Golden Visa. Foreign applicants must have obtained a bachelor's degree with a minimum 3.5 GPA from a global top 100 university within the last two years. Graduates from UAE universities require a minimum GPA of 3.5 for Class A institutions or 3.8 for Class B institutions across bachelor's, master's, or doctoral levels.
Abu Dhabi has outlined the eligible categories of relatives that foreign property owners can sponsor under the real estate owner residency visa. According to official guidelines reported by Legit.ng, qualifying visa holders may sponsor their spouse, parents, and children. The framework imposes an age cap of 25 years for sons, while exempting unmarried daughters and children of determination from upper age limits.
Legal and compliance specialists clarified that employee medical history, psychiatric evaluations, and therapy records remain confidential under UAE privacy provisions. Employers cannot legally demand disclosure of these records even when addressing declining workplace performance. For sick leave under UAE Labour Law, workers are only required to provide official medical certificates without disclosing specific diagnoses.
Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi met Chinese Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang in Beijing to advance trilateral economic cooperation between ASEAN, China, and the GCC. Discussions focused on building toward a trilateral agreement and promoting greater use of the Chinese renminbi in China-GCC trade. Officials noted that expanded local currency trade could impact exchange rates among the renminbi, the Malaysian ringgit, and GCC currencies.
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