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Mission visa workers do not require NOCs
By Ahmed Abdul Aziz (Our staff reporter)
7 January 2008

ABU DHABI — Workers on mission visas do not require ‘No Objection Certificates’ (NOCs) from the current sponsors to change jobs, it was stated by an official.

Obaid Rashid Al Zahmi, assistant under-secretary of the Ministry of Labour (MoL), said that workers on mission visas can switch jobs after completing the period of three to six months (including three months after mission visa renewal).

Warning on visas for low-cost tourists
Staff Report

Dubai: The Dubai Police chief has warned against allowing low-cost air carriers to acquire visas for tourists and visitors.

Permitting the passengers of economy carriers to enter the country may result in an increase in the number of residency law violators and pose a danger to public safety, Lieutenant General Dahi Khalfan Tamim, Dubai Police Chief, said.

GCC-wide visa for visitors under study
By Saifur Rahman, Business News Editor

Dubai: A Schenghen-type visa scheme for international visitors coming to the Gulf and a facility to waive visas for expatriate residents across the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries could accelerate the process of implementing a common Gulf market.

"This will help the regional integration plan," Dr. Mohammad Al Asoomi, an economist told Gulf News.

Work with no strings attached
By Bassma Al Jandaly, Staff Reporter

Dubai: The labour and residency laws in the UAE allow expatriates who wish to come to work here only for short periods of time, to obtain a specific kind of visa without the need to obtain a residency visa or a job contract.

One-year ban on workers who leave country without cancelling visa
By Ahmed Abdul Aziz (Our staff reporter)

ABU DHABI — The workers who had left the UAE without completing the formalities for cancellation of their visas will face a one-year ban from entering the country, according to Obaid Rashid Al Zahmi, Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of Labour (MoL).

During the Open Day session at the MoL, Al Zahmi met around 45 people, including PROs, owners of firms and workers to find solutions to their problems.

Unified visit visa soon
By Ahmed Abdul Aziz (Our staff reporter)

ABU DHABI — The Naturalisation and Residency Departments (NRDs) at the Ministry of Interior have completed all preparations to implement the unified system of issuance of visit visas in all the emirates, Colonel Nasir Al Awadi Al Minhali, director of the Abu Dhabi Naturalisation and Residency Department (ADNRD) disclosed yesterday.

The move comes with a view to weeding out the menace of illegal workers from the country.

New measures will curb misuse of visit visas
By Rayeesa Absal, Staff Reporter

Abu Dhabi: Preventing the misuse of visit visas is essential in the battle to stop illegal residency, said a senior immigration official.

Speaking to Gulf News, Colonel Nasser Al Awadi Al Minhali, Director of Abu Dhabi Naturalisation and Residence Department (ADNRD), said the department was set to introduce new measures to curb the misuse of visit visas after it was found that most illegals had entered the country using them.

Low-income group can sponsor families under new NRD rule
By Adel Arafah

22 November 2006

ABU DHABI — The Naturalisation and Residency Department (NRD) in Abu Dhabi has adopted a new procedure to make personal sponsorship easy for residents belonging to the low income group who were not allowed to sponsor their immediate family, Khaleej Times has learnt.

Low-salaried in Abu Dhabi can sponsor next of kin for residence
By Adel Arafah

13 November 2006

ABU DHABI — The Naturalisation and Residency Department in Abu Dhabi has started issuing one-year residence visa for the next of kin of those with monthly salary below Dh4,000.