Building Permit from Dubai Municipality
The Dubai Municipality has launched the Building Card initiative under the slogan "Building Happiness for a Better Life", aiming to spread the culture of happiness beyond its internal environment, in a way that reinforces the core institutional values in various work environments, enhances loyalty, and instills a positive spirit that stimulates productivity and excellence, and achieves balance between employees' professional and personal lives. The Building Card is allocated to UAE citizens who are 18 years of age and older.
What is the Building Card?
The Building Card is a savings card for UAE citizens over 18 years old and people of determination, helping them to obtain building materials, home furnishings, and furniture at competitive prices, contributing to enhancing the standard of living. The eligible category is registered in it for free without the need to pay any fees.
Obtaining the Building Card
There were electronic devices belonging to the Dubai Municipality, where UAE citizens could follow specific instructions mentioned on the device to apply for it, but with the aim of preserving their safety after the spread of the global pandemic COVID-19, the operation of these devices was temporarily suspended. The only way to apply for a Building Card now is through:
- The Dubai Municipality website and selecting the Building page by clicking on the smart card box and following the steps that will take you to a page where you fill in the national ID number, name, mobile number, then click on extract verification code to continue and complete the remaining steps until your card reaches your email.
- Visiting one of the Municipality centers; Al Kifaf, Al Manara, Hatta, Al Twar.
Building Card Issuance Time
The issuance of the free Building Card takes 3 minutes after following all the instructions mentioned on the website or when visiting one of the mentioned centers above.
Building Card Discounts
The Building Card provides discounts and competitive prices that enable recipients to enjoy the best offers to purchase their needs from participating commercial stores. It covers the basic aspects needed by citizens to equip their homes. It is worth mentioning that the places where the Building Card can be used are stores and authorized Building partners in all categories, and all partners can be identified on the official website.
Building Card features include great discounts, including:
- Building materials and home furnishings
- Swimming pools and sanitary tools
- Furniture
- Electronics and electrical appliances
- Decoration and artworks
- Maintenance
- Elevators and smart systems
- Kitchens and wall cabinets
- Building materials
- Home services
Discount Rates
The discount rates vary according to the companies contributing to the Building Card as follows:
- Platinum Sponsor: Discount rate 40% and above
- Gold Sponsor: Discount rate 30% - 40%
- Silver Sponsor: Discount rate 20% - 30%
- Bronze Sponsor: Discount rate 10% - 20%
For inquiries and communication
If you have any inquiries or encounter any problems during registration, you can contact the following numbers: 900 800 or the main number of Dubai Municipality 5555 221 04.
Thus, we have discussed in detail the Building Card for discounts, which provides significant discounts for UAE citizens, and among the initiatives launched by the Dubai Municipality to enhance happiness and the lifestyle of its citizens are the Happiness Card and the Absher Card. Follow us on Sky Love blog in Arabic to learn about all that is new in the world of real estate and life.
