Wife in listed career can sponsor family

A reader from Dubai asks: I am an employee in a company with a salary of Dh10,000 plus accommodation. Can I sponsor my husband who is currently outside UAE, in addition to my three sons? Please advise me in this regard.

The Department of Naturalisation and Residency requires the following:

-The wife shall be an engineer, doctor or teacher.

-The salary shall be either Dh4,000 or Dh3,000 and accommodation.

If the questioner's job is other than the above listed professions, the questioner shall make a petition to the Department of Naturalisation and Residency to exempt her from this requirement. The said department will decide on this request and pass its resolution of acceptance or rejection.

Questions answered by Advocate Mohammad Ebrahim Al Shaiba of Al Bahar Advocates and Legal Consultants.