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I got a job offer but was asked to pay visa costs. Is this legal?
I got a job offer from one UAE company but I have to pay visa fees as a security which they will return after six months. They will provide me employment offer letter and at the same time I need to pay them visa fees.
I am a bit confused that the offer letter is a legally binding document to claim in future if they will not provide me the job.
Kindly help me to solve my problem. I am on a visit visa in Dubai.
Please note that what you explained is a very common fraud case that we see happening not only in Dubai but in many other places worldwide.
As per the Law in the UAE the Employer is not allowed to ask the Employees to pay for such Visa costs. Neither before employment nor even after. This is against the law and the regular common practices and is most probably a fraud.
We have seen this before. Please save yourself the loss of the money and do not pay them anything.
