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Staff should be paid full leave before annual leave
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 [...]
Continue reading...Move to Increase Age Limit for Residence Visa
22. December 2008
Residents will be able to hold their residence visa until they are 65 after which it can only be renewed if they are highly qualified, according to a proposal being studied by the Ministry of Interior. The law currently restricts residents older than 60 from renewing their visa unless they hold a specialist post and [...]
Continue reading...UAE to have Unified Freehold Property Law
19. December 2008
Draft legislation is un der way that aims to protect the UAE by restricting expatriates from automatically acquiring residency visas through freehold property ownership, according to a Federal National Council (FNC) member. The council will shortly submit a draft law on freehold property to the government which will unify the divergent laws relating to the sector [...]
Continue reading...ID Card Deadline for Expatriate Professionals Extended to February 28
17. December 2008
The deadline for obtaining national identity cards by expatriate professionals and expatriates working in the public sector has been extended to February 28, 2009. However, there is no change in the deadline for nationals which is on December 31, a top official of Emirates Identity Authority said. “All expatriate professionals and their family members should register [...]
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5. January 2009
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