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Latest Visas Rules in the UAE
Regulations in the UAE are complicated and subject to change. Check with your local UAE Embassy or travel agent prior to leaving to be sure. There are several different types of visa available. The most commonly used are Visit visas, tourist visas and residency visas for ex-pats. Visit visa
Continue reading...Settlement of Credit Card Dues Must for Re-entry to UAE
4. May 2009
Nonpayment of credit card dues is a criminal offence. There is every possibility that the credit card companies may have filed criminal and/or civil cases against you and you may be arrested at the airport. You may settle with the credit card companies or appoint a representative or lawyer to negotiate and settle [...]
Continue reading...New Tough Anti-smoking Laws Coming Soon
26. February 2009
The campaign against smoking in public places will be intensified this year with new and stringent rules and regulations coming into effect. Director of Public Health and Safety Department at the civic body said that 15 groceries have been slapped with penalties last year for selling cigarettes to youths under the age of 20 years. Earlier,the civic [...]
Continue reading...etisalat Dubai mobile operators issues fraud warning
2. February 2009
The country’s largest telecommunications provider is warning customers to be aware of fraudsters. These kind of calls are totally fraud so beware from them and if you find out who they are you must tell your network provider or to the police. etisalat issued an alert on Sunday after learning that scammers were contacting UAE residents from Pakistan-based [...]
Continue reading...Visas on Mobile Phones in Dubai
14. January 2009
Visa on your mobile phone Yes, it will be possible in Dubai from February. In a move to simplify the visa procedures, the Dubai Naturalisation and Residency Department (DNRD) will introduce ‘M-visas’ (mobile visas) wherein the applicant will get his visa in the form of a picture SMS. Initially, only visit visas will be issued [...]
Continue reading...Tenant and landlord contract by law
12. January 2009
Once the contract has been signed between the tenant and the landlord, it cannot be cancelled without valid reasons. The reason that you have stated for terminating the contracts is not a valid one. As per the law, the landlord may demand eviction of the tenant before the expiry of the tenancy period in the following [...]
Continue reading...Unified Visa Rules for Property Buyers
11. January 2009
The United Arab Emirates is planning a set of federal laws guiding the granting of visas with freehold property ownership. Dubai’s Department of Finance Director General Nasser bin Hassan Al Shaikh said on Saturday the legislative process was underway to replace separate regulations that exist in different emirates. Khaleej Times first reported the details of the [...]
Continue reading...Visit Visas for Companies Could be Limited
8. January 2009
Trading in visit visas has prompted the Ministry of Interior to consider not issuing them for small businesses and restricting the number for large companies in a bid to curb illegal workers. “The departments of Naturalisation and Residency referred a number of these companies to the Public Prosecutor after they exploited the issuance of visit visas [...]
Continue reading...Staff should be paid full leave before annual leave
5. January 2009
As per UAE labour law, for every year of service, an employee, whose service exceeds one year, is entitled to 30 days of annual leave. At the end of the service, the employee is entitled to annual leave for the fraction of the last year he spent in service. An employee shall [...]
Continue reading...Foreign Wives May have to Wait for 15 Years for UAE Nationality
22. December 2008
Expatriate women who marry Emiratis will have to wait for 15 years in order to seek UAE citizenship, if a proposal being studied by the Ministry of Interior is implemented. The Director of Legal Affairs Department in the Ministry of Interior, Lieutenant-Colonel Rashid Al Khedr, told KhaleejTimes the ministry is studying a proposal to increase [...]
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