الرئيسية
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DUBAI: Expatriates planning to work for a short term or on
probation can enter the UAE with a 90-day mission visa, local daily Gulf
News reported on Saturday citing a senior official from the Ministry of
Labour.
According to the UAE law, people with visit, transit or
tourism visas are not allowed to work or obtain a work permit in the
Gulf state.
“We do not have labour permit under the category of
probationary [employment] and people who enter the country for visit
cannot work at all here,” the paper quoted Humaid Bin Deemas, Acting
Director-General of the Ministry of Labour as saying.
People
caught working with visit visas will be deported and banned from
entering the country forever. The sponsors of companies involved in
illegal employment will face a penalty of Dhs 50,000 for each such
worker, he added.
However, the sponsoring company can apply for a
mission visa at the Ministry of Labour, which also issues a temporary
work permit.
The temporary work permit is also issued for those already living in the UAE on residence visas on a case-by-case basis.
"Mission
visa is valid for entering the country for 60 days and the employee can
stay up to 90 days after entering the UAE. This kind of visa is
renewable once for another period of 90 days after which the expatriate
holding the mission visa should leave the country," Bin Deemas was
quoted as saying.
People who enter the country on mission visas
should secure the mission card from Ministry of Labour, Bin Deemas said,
adding, people on mission visa can convert it to work permit and
continue to work.
DUBAI: Expatriates planning to work for a short term or on
probation can enter the UAE with a 90-day mission visa, local daily Gulf
News reported on Saturday citing a senior official from the Ministry of
Labour.
According to the UAE law, people with visit, transit or
tourism visas are not allowed to work or obtain a work permit in the
Gulf state.
“We do not have labour permit under the category of
probationary [employment] and people who enter the country for visit
cannot work at all here,” the paper quoted Humaid Bin Deemas, Acting
Director-General of the Ministry of Labour as saying.
People
caught working with visit visas will be deported and banned from
entering the country forever. The sponsors of companies involved in
illegal employment will face a penalty of Dhs 50,000 for each such
worker, he added.
However, the sponsoring company can apply for a
mission visa at the Ministry of Labour, which also issues a temporary
work permit.
The temporary work permit is also issued for those already living in the UAE on residence visas on a case-by-case basis.
"Mission
visa is valid for entering the country for 60 days and the employee can
stay up to 90 days after entering the UAE. This kind of visa is
renewable once for another period of 90 days after which the expatriate
holding the mission visa should leave the country," Bin Deemas was
quoted as saying.
People who enter the country on mission visas
should secure the mission card from Ministry of Labour, Bin Deemas said,
adding, people on mission visa can convert it to work permit and
continue to work.