UAE medical fitness test conditions and centres
Dubai and Abu Dhabi run medical fitness testing through different authorities, and the two emirates are kept strictly separate. Dubai tests run through Dubai Health. Abu Dhabi tests run through SEHA Disease Prevention and Screening Centres under the Department of Health, Abu Dhabi. A Dubai centre, timing, or contact must never be read as an Abu Dhabi route, or the other way round. Coverage is Dubai and Abu Dhabi only.
The verified ground is narrow. The u.ae health conditions page states which conditions apply and where the emirates differ. Dubai Health names 25 centres and states two result timings. The SEHA Visa Screening app is verified only for its booking purpose in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain. No booking walkthrough, fee, result check walkthrough, or certificate validity period is stated on the official pages, so none is stated.
UAE medical fitness test 25 Dubai centres
Dubai Health states that its network of 25 Medical Fitness Centers across Dubai provides medical fitness exams, occupational health screenings, and Unified Health Screenings for both residents and newcomers to the UAE. The centre names below follow the Dubai Health list, with the repeated “Medical Fitness Center” suffix shortened, and with no addresses or hours, because none were shown on that page. Both Al Muhaisnah entries appear as separate entries in the list and are kept separate.
- Al Muhaisnah Medical Fitness Center
- Salem – Abu Hail
- Salem – Al Karama
- Salem – Al Lusaily
- Salem – Al Muhaisnah Medical Fitness Center
- Salem – Al Nahda
- Salem – Al Quoz
- Salem – Al Rashidiya
- Salem – Al Yalayis DIP
- Salem – Al Yalayis Jabel Ali
- Salem – AXS
- Salem – Bur Dubai
- Salem – DAFZA
- Salem – DIFC
- Salem – Dubai Airport
- Salem – Emirates Airline
- Salem – Emirates
- Salem – ENOC
- Salem – JAFZA
- Salem – Zaabeel
- Salem – Circle Mall JVC
- Salem – Al Garhoud
- Smart Salem Center – City Walk
- Smart Salem Center – Index
- Smart Salem Center – Dubai Knowledge Park
For result timing, the Dubai Health page states: With our Premium Medical Fitness Exam service, results are delivered within 6 to 24 hours. For those seeking an expedited option, Smart Salem Centers offer VIP services with medical fitness results available in 30 minutes. Those are the only result timing statements verified for Dubai. The contact shown on the Dubai Health page is 80060, shown as 800 60. That contact belongs to the Dubai Health page and must not be read as a contact for any other authority.
Dubai DHA single sign-on account access
The DHA single sign-on page states that it allows access to many DHA eServices with one user account, that a reader can click Register New Account to create one, and that the account can then be used to log in and use services as an individual or a corporate. That verifies the account mechanism only. No medical fitness service, booking label, or result check label is stated on that page, so no booking or result procedure is stated. No official page states which surface, dubaihealth.ae or dha.gov.ae, is current for booking.
Abu Dhabi SEHA Visa Screening app purpose
The SEHA Visa Screening app, listed on Google Play with developer ABU DHABI HEALTH SERVICES.CO PSC, is described as facilitating booking appointments for visa screening, with healthcare centres spread across Abu Dhabi and Al Ain cities. The listing states: SEHA Visafit is to facilitate you for booking appointments for visa screening. The support email shown is mobileappsahs@seha.ae.
That verifies the app purpose only: booking visa screening appointments in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain. No booking step, field, document, centre list, fee, or result check function is stated on the official pages, so none is stated. No SEHA centre list is given, because no centre name, address, or hours was stated on an official SEHA page.
Conditions in both emirates
The u.ae health conditions page states that, in order to obtain a work or residence permit, foreign nationals need to be free of all forms of communicable diseases such as HIV and TB.
The same page states that the following categories of workers should test negative for syphilis and Hepatitis B: Workers in nurseries; Domestic workers including housemaids, nannies and drivers; Food handlers and workers in restaurants and cafes; Workers in saloons and beauty centres; Workers in health clubs. Female domestic workers must test negative for pregnancy.
The emirates differ on one screening point. The u.ae page states that the emirate of Abu Dhabi screens foreign nationals to detect pulmonary tuberculosis by a chest x-ray, while the emirate of Dubai does not. No other test list beyond the lines above is stated on that page, and none is added.
For renewals, the page records a 2016 Cabinet Resolution rule: all resident expatriates, while renewing their residence visas, have to undergo TB screening. Those found with scars or active TB or found having drug-resistant TB will be issued a conditional fitness certificate and be issued residence visa for one year. They will then have to undergo treatment in the UAE. No further unfit, retest, or appeal detail is stated on that page, and none is added.
The u.ae family residence visa page states a separate age rule for sponsored family members only: male and female family members who are to be sponsored and who have completed the age of 18 need to undergo and pass medical fitness tests at approved health centres in the UAE. That verifies the 18-plus threshold for sponsored family members only. It must not be widened into a general rule for all visa types.
Three Smart Salem centres in detail
The Dubai Health facility pages for the three Smart Salem centres give more detail for those three centres only. No hours or address is stated for the other 22 centres, because the network page states names only for them. Re-check the live centre page before you travel, because hours can change.
Smart Salem Center – City Walk is described as a bright, futuristic medical fitness center located in the Al Wasl neighborhood, a hi-tech digital, paperless center providing smart, hassle-free and reliable medical fitness examination services for residence visa applications and renewals, with rigorous screening processes and strict adherence to health protocols, and fast-track services for hassle-free UAE residency within 30 minutes. The location line is City Walk, Al Wasl, Dubai, the contact number shown is 800 60, and the working hours shown are Monday to Thursday 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM, Friday 7:30 AM to 12:00 PM and 2:00 PM to 8:30 PM, and Sunday and Saturday 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
Smart Salem Center – Index is described as located in Index Tower in Dubai International Financial Center, a hi-tech paperless center with a friendly, professional team offering fast-track services for work and residence visa applications and renewals, with the same rigorous screening and health protocol wording, and VIP medical fitness services for hassle-free UAE residency within 30 minutes. The location line is Index Tower, DIFC, Dubai, the contact number shown is 800 60, and the hours shown are Monday to Thursday 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM, Friday morning 7:30 AM to 12:00 PM, and Saturday 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM. The page states its Friday afternoon hours in two wordings that do not agree: the Hours summary reads “Fri: 14:00-08:30” and the Working Hours block reads “02:00 PM – 08:30 AM”. No Sunday hours line appears on the Index page. Confirm the Friday afternoon hours on the live centre page before you travel.
Smart Salem Center- Dubai Knowledge Park is described as a fully digital, paperless center with a friendly, professional team offering fast-track services for work and residence visa applications and renewals, with the same rigorous screening and health protocol wording, and VIP services for hassle-free UAE residency within 30 minutes. The location line is TECOM, Dubai Knowledge Park, Dubai, the contact number shown is 800 60, and the working hours stated on the Knowledge Park centre page itself are Monday to Thursday 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM, Friday 7:30 AM to 12:00 PM and 2:00 PM to 8:30 PM, and Sunday and Saturday 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM. No booking step, document, fee, or result check step is stated for any of the three centres, because none is stated on the centre pages.
Abu Dhabi SEHA listing Ambulatory Healthcare Services detail
The SEHA Visa Screening listing adds description lines about Ambulatory Healthcare Services, abbreviated AHS on the listing. At AHS, the listing states, the reader is provided a unique combination of family medicine, specialty, screening, and diagnostic services in the comfortable and personalised setting of a healthcare center. The healthcare centers, spread across Abu Dhabi and Al Ain cities, provide comprehensive, community-based, high-quality, and accessible care tailored to the needs of the community. The listing repeats that SEHA Visafit is to facilitate booking appointments for visa screening, the purpose already stated above, and it invites feedback through the Customer Care section. The Price field on the listing states 0 USD. That is listing metadata, not presented as a service fee. No booking step, field, document, centre name, fee, or result check function is added by these lines.
Topics not covered
No fee is stated for any tier in either emirate, because no fee is stated on the official pages. No booking steps, documents, appointment or walk-in rule, result check menu path, fields, status wording, or certificate download route is stated, because none is stated on the official pages. No certificate validity period is stated. Centre addresses and hours are stated only for the three Smart Salem centres above, from their Dubai Health facility pages. No centre address or hours are stated for the other 22 centres. A reader who needs any of those details will need to read them on the live official page or screen itself.
Sources
- https://u.ae/en/information-and-services/health-and-fitness/Health-and-travel/health-conditions-for-uae-residence-visa
- https://u.ae/en/information-and-services/visa-and-emirates-id/Types-of-visas/Residence-visa/residence-visa-for-family-members
- https://dubaihealth.ae/medical-fitness-centers
- https://services.dha.gov.ae/
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ae.ahs.EFIT&hl=en&gl=us
- https://dubaihealth.ae/facility/medical-fitness-center/smart-salem-center-city-walk
- https://dubaihealth.ae/facility/medical-fitness-center/smart-salem-center-index
- https://dubaihealth.ae/facility/medical-fitness-center/smart-salem-dubai-knowledge-park
