Issue of a Health Card

Conditions & Requirements

General Terms and Conditions:

• The ID must be valid at the time of health card application.

• An electronic health card is issued, whether upon submitting a new application or upon renewal, and it is linked to the Emirates ID card, bearing in mind that the validity of the health card is not linked to the validity of the national identity card.

• The user can renew the health card within a month before its expiry.

• An individual user can submit 10 transactions per year, where he registers his name, identity, phone number, and e-mail, and upon registration, sent to him to activate the account

• The health card for citizens and UAE citizens of the GCC countries is valid for 4 years, while the health card for Non UAE citizens is valid for one year.

• Only one card is issued per person.

• The validity of the Health Card may not match the remaining validity of the ID card, however the ID card must be valid when applying for the Health Card.

Terms related to the new-born:

• It is possible to register and issue a health card for newborns up to three months using the registration number on the birth notification or the birth certificate instead of the identity card.

Conditions and requirements for children of female citizens:

• Children of female citizens are considered under the category of UAE citizens.

Special conditions and requirements for the husband/wife of a citizen:

• The citizen’s wife/husband must be on his sponsorship and registered in the family book. Otherwise, a marriage continuity certificate that does not exceed six months is to be submitted to fulfill the eligibility conditions on a citizen’s health card..

• In case of the husband/wife’s death or divorce, a citizen’s health card is not issued