Can you get UAE residence visa if you had a disease in the past?

Dubai - If a person fails the medical fitness test due to a past disease, he or she may submit all medical records.

 Question:  I am an Indian national employed by a company based in Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority (JAFZA) for the past four years. I am planning to get married next month. Recently, I was informed that my fiancée had tuberculosis in 2012 but it is cured now. I wish to bring my fiancée to the UAE under my visa sponsorship after my marriage.
Answer: For the purpose of residence visa, all matters related to the medical fitness tests in the UAE fall under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Health and Prevention (the 'Health Ministry'). Since your fiancée was cured of TB in 2012, you can apply for her residence visa and she may travel to the UAE. Upon her arrival, she must undergo medical fitness test for issuance of residence visa in the UAE. If she clears the test, the visa should be issued to her.  
However, if she fails it due to her past TB scars, she may submit all medical records to the Health Ministry to satisfy them that she had been cured of TB six years ago. She should carry with her all her medical records duly notarised and legalised from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in her home country and the UAE Embassy there. Subsequently, these records need to be attested by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the UAE. 
You may contact the Health Ministry and the office of the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners' Affairs, Dubai for any further queries in this regard.
Know the law
If a person fails the medical fitness test due to a past disease, he or she may submit all medical records to the Health Ministry to satisfy them that the individual has been cured of the malady. One has to carry all medical records duly notarised and legalised from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in one's home country and the UAE Embassy there. Subsequently, these records need to be attested by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the UAE. 
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