Q: Are there any charges for online registration with Dubai Immigration for visa application? My sponsor asking money - AED 4500 for opening an online account. Please advise.

Q: Hi Anitha, I am unsure if your advice is free, if not please ignore my request. I am in South Africa at the moment and applied for a Legal Advisory job. I received an offer from an LLC without an interview, and the offer letter also does not contain the landline number 9714...; instead, it is 9715... The first offer mail was sent from a Gmail account. I questioned this with the company by sending them a mail to the address on their website being [-----.com] and asked if the offer was legitimate. I then received a response from this e-mail that they are awaiting my signed offer. How will I know now if the offer is legitimate?

Q: I got a job offer from Etihad group of companies, but in Dubai, it does not exist and its contact number is not responding. https://www.etihadgroupofcompanies.com/

Q: I received an offer letter from a university in Dubai in 21.10.2019 asking me to join in November 2019. They also asked me to pay my work permit cost which they will reimburse letter. No interview was conducted and the mail says they took my CV from naukri.com and checked my educational qualifications and did background verification. Can I accept the offer?

Q: Hello, If my contract and visa will be cancelled due to medical exam failure, what should I expect from my company? And how much time do I have before I leave?

Q: Hi, I am a first timer here in Dubai. My employer wants to charge me all her expenses incurred during my application; like medical examination, visa, work permit and the money she gave to my agency. What should I do?

Q: Dear Sir/Madam, I am applying to transfer my US immigration case to the UAE and I am working on getting an UAE work permit. I understand that applying for residency comes with it. My question is, when I enter the UAE on a work permit, how long do I have to live in the UAE? Do I have to stay until I receive the printed residency card? Or do I have to stay until I get my interview letter and/or until I do the interview? Could I leave after the residency card has been applied for (but not received) and come back for the interview? I have read that you can leave as long as you come back before 6 months. Thank you!

Q: My friend is currently in the UAE on a visit visa and has received a job offer from a company. However, the employer is asking him to pay for the visa status change from a visit/tourist visa to an employment visa since he is inside the country. According to UAE labor law, who is responsible for covering these charges—the employee or the employer?

The fraudsters allegedly post jobs online or even on reputable websites like #Monster.com or #Naukrigulf.com with too good to be true salaries and unbelievable benefits. Then WITHOUT an interview or fake telephone call interview (which is never done for real jobs in the UAE) provides an offer letter which includes the names and logos of the employer with or without the UAE Embassy stamp and then asks you to pay processing or visa fee to a travel company or exchange companies. BEWARE!

Further to my article Scam Alert: Fake UAE Job Offers, I believe the scam artists have read the same. Yes, I call them the artists as it is an art to fool people. They have paid attention to every aspect of my article and now have come up with an innovative way to scam the job seekers. Therefore, my revised strategy in this article.

The UAE has adopted a major reform in its legislative system that brought about 40 new laws and amendments to the company law, criminal law, personal status, among others. The amendments aim to develop the legislative structure in various sectors, the labor law being one of these, was the most recent. We try in this article to shed light on the changes introduced with the new labor law and their significance on both, the employer and employee.

The provisions of this Law, known as "UAE Labour Law", govern the relationship between employers and employees and other labour matters in the United Arab Emirates. There are special labour related regulations applicable in some of the free zones in the UAE.

According to this Decree, tentative approval to admit a foreign worker for the purpose of employment in the UAE cannot be granted until an Employment Offer that conforms with the Standard Employment Contract is duly signed by the employee and presented to the Ministry of Labour.

The provisions of this Decree-Law, known as "New UAE Labor Law", govern labour relations in the private sector of the United Arab Emirates. The New Labor Law repeals the previous UAE Labor Law (Federal Law No. (8) of 1980).