Berkeley Tower Golden Visa

All three. Compact Office Suites start at AED 5.10M ≈ USD 1.39M, Half-Floor Offices at AED 26.86M ≈ USD 7.31M and Full-Floor Offices at AED 62.20M ≈ USD 16.94M, so each tier is priced above the AED 2M ≈ USD 545K threshold on its own. Because these are commercial offices, eligibility for the property-investor Golden Visa is subject to the ICP's current rules, and an office bought on resale is judged on its own registered value. The program criteria are set out in the Dubai Golden Visa requirements guide.

Not automatically. Eligibility of a commercial office for the property-investor Golden Visa is subject to the current rules of the Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Port Security (ICP), which are updated from time to time. Berkeley Tower is a freehold office tower in Business Bay where every tier passes the price test, but buyers should confirm with the ICP how a commercial unit is treated before relying on it for residency.

Off-plan applications are commonly supported by the Oqood registration of the contract and proof that the amount paid meets the conditions applied at the time of application, which are updated from time to time. At Berkeley Tower the earlier question is the asset class, since a commercial office is only accepted where the ICP's current rules allow it. The alternative is to apply after handover in Q4 2031, once the title deed has been issued and the file no longer depends on paid-value evidence. Each step is explained in the guide to off-plan property and the Golden Visa.

The plan asks for 20% at the time of booking plus the 4% DLD registration fee, four 5% instalments at 90, 180, 240 and 360 days after the reservation date, six 5% instalments on completion of 20% to 70% of the project construction, and 30% on completion. The time-linked instalments take the paid share to 40% within 360 days of each buyer's reservation date; later payments follow construction milestones, and the Dubai Land Department register showed 0% at the 1 October 2026 inspection. The registration fee is paid to the Dubai Land Department on top of the price and is not part of the purchase value assessed for the visa.

Mortgaged property is commonly considered where the owner has paid enough of the value to meet the conditions in force, which can require a statement from the lending bank. Lending on commercial offices follows its own bank criteria, and the asset-class question still applies, so both the bank's terms and the ICP's current rules should be confirmed before relying on a financed Berkeley Tower office.

Company-held property can be considered in some cases, typically when the applicant's share of the company and the company's registered ownership of the unit can both be documented. The conditions for company ownership differ from those for personal ownership and depend on the rules in force at the time of application, so a buyer weighing a corporate purchase of a Berkeley Tower office should confirm the route with the ICP before signing.

Joint ownership is commonly assessed on each owner's share of the registered purchase value under the rules in force at the time of application. As arithmetic only, an equal two-way split of a Compact Office Suite at AED 5.10M ≈ USD 1.39M gives each owner a share of about AED 2.55M ≈ USD 694K, above the AED 2M ≈ USD 545K line, and the larger tiers leave more room. The commercial-property position still needs confirming with the ICP.

The property-investor Golden Visa generally allows the holder to sponsor a spouse and children, with the dependants' residency linked to the main visa, under the conditions in force at the time of application. That benefit only follows once the office itself is accepted, so for a commercial unit the ICP's current rules are the first check. Sponsorship is covered in more detail in the Golden Visa benefits guide.

The program's current term is 10 years, renewable. Renewal generally depends on keeping the ownership the visa was granted on and meeting the rules in force at that time, so selling the office or reducing the holding can affect it. For a commercial unit, the ICP's treatment should be confirmed at renewal as well as at the first application.

No. A purchase priced above the threshold makes an application possible to consider, but approval rests on every requirement applied when the file is submitted: the ICP's position on commercial property, verification of ownership and the standard background checks. The project's register record, which showed 0% at the 1 October 2026 inspection, can be followed on the Berkeley Tower construction updates page.

No service fee applies. Buyers who purchase through this advisory receive the VIP application service, from preparing the documents to submitting the file and following its status, free of charge. The official government fees still apply and are paid to the issuing authorities at the rates they publish at the time of application.