How to get a medical fitness test in the UAE

In response to the official UAE authorities web site – u.ae – overseas nationals should be free from all types of communicable ailments similar to HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) and TB (Tuberculosis).

As well as, the next classes of employees ought to take a look at unfavorable for syphilis and Hepatitis B:

• Employees in nurseries
• Home employees together with housemaids, nannies and drivers
• Meals handlers and employees in eating places and cafes
• Employees in saloons and sweetness centres
• Employees in well being golf equipment
• Feminine home employees should take a look at unfavorable for being pregnant.

The emirate of Abu Dhabi screens overseas nationals to detect pulmonary tuberculosis by a chest x-ray; nonetheless, the emirate of Dubai doesn’t, in response to u.ae.

A brand new Cupboard Decision was handed in 2016. As per this decision, all resident expatriates whereas renewing their residence visas must endure TB screening. These discovered with scars or energetic TB or discovered having drug-resistant TB shall be issued a conditional health certificates and be issued residence visa for one 12 months. They’ll then must endure remedy within the UAE.

Medical health checks are wanted when making use of for a brand new residence or employment visa or on the time of visa renewal. The medical health take a look at will not be required for residents who’re underneath the age of 18.

Within the UAE, there are totally different well being authorities that you’d want to go to, relying on the Emirate that has issued your visa:

• Abu Dhabi – Illness Prevention and Screening Centre, Abu Dhabi Well being Companies Firm (SEHA)
• Dubai – Medical Health Centres, Dubai Well being Authority (DHA)
• Sharjah, Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah, Fujairah and Umm Al Quwain – Medical Examination Centres, Ministry of Well being and Prevention (MOHAP)

Upon getting utilized to your visa at an immigration buyer happiness centre (Amer in Dubai or Federal Authority for Identification and Citizenship – ICP – in different Emirates), you’ll then have to take your medical health take a look at.

When going to your medical health take a look at, be sure you carry the next paperwork with you:

– Copy of the entry allow (for a brand new visa) or copy of the residence visa (for visa renewal)
– Unique passport
– Unique Emirates ID (for visa renewal)
– Clear {photograph}
– A cellular quantity and e-mail.

Earlier this 12 months, Seha launched the SEHA Visa Screening app to make it simpler for candidates to get a reserving at any of the 12 Illness Prevention and Screening Centres situated throughout Abu Dhabi. Right here is how one can guide an appointment with the app:

1. Obtain the ‘Seha Visa Screening’ app accessible for Apple and Android gadgets.
2. Open the app and join utilizing your e-mail tackle, Emirates ID and cellular quantity. Additionally, you will be requested to pick a username and password.
3. You’ll obtain a one-time password via an e-mail in addition to an SMS.
4. Enter each these passwords.
5. You’ll then be requested to add a replica of your passport and visa web page.
6. Upon getting registered, check in utilizing the username and password.
7. Faucet on ‘Request appointment’.
8. Choose the realm of the emirate you might be residing in – Abu Dhabi, Al Ain or Al Dhafra.
9. Choose the registration centre of your alternative.
10. Subsequent, enter your UID number.
11. Then, choose the date and time of the appointment from the accessible slots.
12. Upon getting efficiently booked the appointment, you’ll obtain a affirmation on the appointment through the app and thru SMS.

You will need to observe that after getting booked the appointment, you have to guarantee that you’ve got the Green Pass active on the Al Hosn app on the time of the appointment, as it is going to be required to enter the power. This implies getting a PCR take a look at inside 15 days of your appointment in case you are absolutely vaccinated (together with having obtained the booster dose in case you are eligible for it) and inside two days of your appointment in case you are not absolutely vaccinated.

Dh250 for an everyday utility
Outcomes inside 48 hours or earlier if you happen to obtain an SMS.

In Dubai, you’ll first want to go to a DHA-approved medical health typing centre to fill out an utility type. You could find a DHA-approved medical health typing centre close to you by following these steps:

1. Go to dha.gov.ae
2. On the suitable hand facet menu, click on ‘DHA Amenities’.
3. Click on on ‘Medical Health and Occupational Well being Screening’.
4. Below the dropdown menu, click on on ‘DHA Permitted Medical Health Typing Centres’ to search out one closest to you.
5. Go to the typing centre with the required paperwork to fill out the appliance type.

When filling out the appliance type, you would wish to additionally pay for the take a look at. If you need to obtain your take a look at outcome sooner, you may pay for a premium service.

Medical health take a look at price

Common – Dh250
Common take a look at for family, home servants (24 Working Hours) – Dh300

Upon getting crammed out the appliance type, you have to discover a medical health take a look at centre close to you. To try this, search for ‘medical health centres’ on the identical webpage that you simply discovered the typing centres on.

You’ll then want to go to the centre with the next paperwork:

– Utility type
– Unique passport or a transparent copy of your passport, or an identification card (obligatory)
– Copy of the residence allow
– Cellular quantity and e-mail tackle
– Clear {photograph}
– In case of visa change, a change standing paper should be proven

Upon getting accomplished the take a look at, you’ll obtain the outcome inside 24 hours.

In response to DHA, if you don’t obtain your medical health certificates in 5 working days, go to the medical health heart as soon as once more.

Along with the Medical Health take a look at, the Hepatitis B (HBV) vaccine is required for the next classes and prices Dh40:

1. Nannies
2. Housemaids or comparable classes
3. Nursery and Kindergarten supervisors
4. Employees in hairdresser saloons, magnificence facilities and well being golf equipment
5. Employees in meals dealing with, processing and meals management authorities
6. Employees in cafeterias and eating places

For visas issued in Sharjah, Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah, Fujairah and Umm Al Quwain, you would wish to go to a medical examination centre operated by MOHAP.

To discover a medical examination centre close to you, go to https://mohap.gov.ae/en/companies/medical-examination-for-residency

You would wish to take the next paperwork with you:

1. Legitimate Passport Copy.
2. Legitimate Residence Allow/Visa Copy.
3. Two passport-sized {photograph} with white background.
4. Legitimate Emirates ID copy (just for renewal of residence visa)

On the centre fill out the appliance type and make the fee for the medical health take a look at.

Upon getting accomplished the take a look at, you’ll obtain the outcome inside 48 hours.

– All Classes (excluding vaccination and feminine family home service) – Dh260
– All Classes (together with vaccination) – Dh310
– Feminine Home Maintain Home Service – Dh360

Upon getting obtained your medical health take a look at report, you may then proceed to finish your visa utility course of. To know extra in regards to the steps you have to take, read our detailed guide here.

– The author is an intern with Gulf Information