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Downtown Dubai has one listing in the official and directory data, and it is not an Amer center. It is Forever Rich Documents Clearing Services, a private clearing office in 48 Burj Gate on Sheikh Zayed Road. For visa work you head to a neighboring district: Business Bay, Trade Centre or DIFC hold 5 licensed counters between them. The list below shows all 92 listings in those four places, each with a Google Maps link.
The licensed counters around Downtown
| Area | Center (as the official list spells it) | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Business Bay | First Track Governmnt Transactions, Bay Avenue Mall | Amer |
| Business Bay | Alyalayis Government Tansaction, Al Khaleej Center Branch | Amer |
| Business Bay | Boulevard Businessmen Services, Bay Avenue Mall | Tasheel |
| Trade Centre | High Level Government Transaction Center LLC, One Central | Amer |
| DIFC | Dubai International Financial, Sheikh Zayed Road | GDRFA |
The typos are GDRFA's and MOHRE's, kept so the names match what you see on the map.
Pick the counter by the job
- Your residence visa or your family's (renewal, cancellation, status change, entry permit): any of the three Amer centers.
- Talking to GDRFA staff directly: the DIFC customer happiness center, open Monday to Thursday 07:30 to 19:00, Friday 07:30 to 12:00 and 14:30 to 19:00.
- Work permit, labor contract or labor card for a mainland company: Boulevard Businessmen Services is the only Tasheel counter in this group.
- Emirates ID: that is an ICP service. Our Emirates ID renewal guide explains the online route.
Most of the list is private offices
Of the 92 rows, 87 are private typing and document clearing offices, most of them on upper floors of towers such as Al Moosa Tower, Aspin Commercial Tower and Al Saqr Business Tower. They type forms and sort papers. They are not GDRFA-approved Amer counters, so the visa itself still has to go through one.
You may not need to go at all
A residence visa renewal can be filed on the GDRFA website or app at any hour with UAE Pass, and GDRFA states 48 hours for it. Family and maid files have more moving parts: a medical test, Emirates ID biometrics, attested certificates. That is where people in Downtown tend to hand the work over instead of queueing. See UAE residence visa types, visa renewal in Dubai and the family visa guide.
Before you set off, open the Maps links from your own building and compare. For more detail on each neighbor, read Amer centers in Business Bay, typing centers in Trade Centre, the DIFC GDRFA center and Sheikh Zayed Road.





