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How to know if a job offer is real or scam?
Hey there.
A company called A VISUAL DESIGN LLC wants me for a job, but they said that the new international artists working remotely from outside the UAE are not yet processed with ADC.
In other words, freelance graphic artists, designers and animators must transfer USD 58.00 to the company in-house agents via the Western Union, in order to receive their incentive package and official terms of agreement via courier service.
Is there a fee to cover Arabic translation and notary costs of the employment contract?
The company says it must be physically received as per the UAE law, and I would like to know if that is a real law?
Be careful. It looks very fishy. There is nothing like notary charges in an employment contract.
Below are the stages:
Receiving the offer letter – Signing the contract – Getting the work visa
STAGE 1 - OFFER LETTER
The offer letter and its annexures contain important details of the job, and both parties must sign these documents.
STAGE 2 - SIGNING THE CONTRACT
2.1) The employer applies for labour approval, which will grant the employee permission to work in the UAE. This is subject to employer’s "employee quota".
2.2) If the quota is approved, then the PRO of the Employer will be presented with a Labour Contract. The employment contract is a document signed by the employer and the employee, in which the latter undertakes to serve the employer and works under his management against an agreed fee paid by the employer. Once the employment contract is signed, it replaces the offer letter and must be submitted to the Ministry of Labour WITHIN 14 DAYS.
STAGE 3 - EMPLOYEE'S WORK PERMIT
If the employee is outside the UAE, the process starts with procuring a work permit for an expatriate from the Ministry of Labour valid for two months from the date of issue.
Then the employment contract (based on the offer letter) must be signed by both parties and submitted to the Ministry of Labour WITHIN 14 DAYS after the employee's arrival to the UAE.
STAGE 4 - COMPLETING LAST FORMALITIES i.e. WORK VISA
The sponsoring company arranges to complete the formalities of:
4.1) Medical testing
4.2) Obtaining UAE Resident Identity Card (Emirates ID)
4.3) Labour Card
4.4) Stamping the work residency permit on the employee's passport
This all shall be done WITHIN a period of 60 DAYS.
