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13 available 13 • View allTips for knowing the authenticity of an offer letter
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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?

Jun 23, 2019
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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/


Oct 26, 2018
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How can I check if an employment offer is genuine or scam?
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Q: Hello,
Would anyone advise, I have got an employment offer letter from a Dubai based company named 'Global Shipping and Maritime Company'. They refer me to a travel agency.
Now they want money - 1750$. How can I check if it is fake or real?

Nov 6, 2017
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Charging an employee for employment expenses
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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?

Mar 13, 2020
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Leaving job after 6-month probation period and searching for another
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Q: Hi,
I came with an agency for a housemaid job and after the 6-month probation period, I left the place because of many reasons. Then, my employer canceled my visa.
Now I want to search for an outside job, but my agency is claiming 5000 AED to give me back my passport.
Please I need to know my rights!

Mar 19, 2020
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Requirement for the payment of oath certificate in a job offer
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Q: I got a job offer from the UAE.
Now for the visa application form, they had to send me a form from the Abu Dhabi legal chambers as per my agency's request for an "affidavit of oath certificate" and they are asking me for AED 3300 for the certificate.
Is the oath certificate needed for a job in the UAE if the person hiring me told me that he'll pay it back when I reach Dubai?
Is this true and is there a so-called certificate?

Dec 30, 2019
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How to ensure the authenticity of a company job offer asking for money upfront
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Q: A UAE-based company for oil & gas sends a letter of employment but asks for almost $ 5000 for VISA and other expenses collected by an immigration services agency upfront by the future employee.
Promises in writing to reimburse, but doesn't give access to a bank account. Everything has to be pre-financed. I already paid € 1700!
Is this serious?

May 25, 2021
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عرض عمل عبر الإنترنت والمطالبة بدفع رسوم
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س: السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته،
وصلني إيميل من شركة لخدمات النفط والغاز وطلبوا مني إرسال سيرة ذاتية مُحدَّثة واسمي والراتب المتوقَّع.
قالوا أنهم وجدوا سيرتي الذاتية بموقع عبر الإنترنت وبعدها بيومين أرسلوا موافقة وأرسلوا عرض وظيفي وطلبوا مني تخليص إجراءاتي مع شركة سياحية لخدمات الجوازات ودفع المبلغ الذي سسيُرد لي.
تواصل معي شخص وطلب مني تحويل مبلغ لاسم شخص عن طريق الويسترن وسألتهم لماذا لا يكون باسم الشركة فردوا أن الضرائب مرتفعة وأنا الآن أنتظر حسب قولهم خلال يومين ليصدر work permit لأنني سعودي من دول GCC.
أنا الآن قلق لأن أحد الإخوة أخبرني أنها نصب واحتيال؛ علمًا بأن الإيميلات باسم الشركات المذكورة أعلاه وعرض العمل به أختام الوزارت الإماراتية.

May 20, 2021
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Job offer and a request to pay visa charges first: Is it genuine or fake?
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Q: I got a call for an interview and I have attended it in one free zone located in Sharjah.
After 2 days, I got a message from the company that I need to pay for the first two-year visa but later they will renew, and it was AED 7000.
I replied to them that I can't afford that amount at this time, then they agreed that I pay AED 2000 first later they will deduct from my salary.
I don't know what to do and how I should proceed. Is it genuine or fake?
I am confused and also it is located in the free zone. Can anyone help me with how to proceed?

May 15, 2021
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I have received a job offer from a company in Fujairah. How to know if it's real?


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Q: I have received a letter of appointment from a company in Fujairah via mail without any interview, neither personal nor telephonic.
The selection has been based on my CV posted in one of the leading job portals in India and I am based in Bangalore, India.
The company has asked me to contact a Travel Agency in Dubai for processing my work/residence permit visa.
Accordingly, when I contacted him via mail he says that I need to pay US $ 1850/- to process my papers or send him US $ 2950/- to process my and my family's visa
papers in the UAE.
After going through the advice given on this portal, I find this is also a fake one.
Can somebody advise me in this regard at the earliest?



Dec 23, 2022
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A company showed interest in my CV posted online. How to know if it is real or fake?


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Q: I posted my CV to work in the middle east on a job site in the gulf. Last week, I got an email claiming from a general hospital in Abu Dhabi.
They showed interest in my CV. All emails were from free accounts (gmail.com address).
I received an offer of employment asking me to sign and contact and return the signed copy and cc AL HILAL TRAVEL AND TOURISM LLC-UAE to arrange my visa and work permit.
Is this a legit job or a scam?
I have the letter.



Mar 20, 2023
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How can I make sure of the authenticity of a job offer if they ask for medical fees upfront?



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Q: Can You please guide me on this offer received from [----] UAE?
I have written an email to [-----] to check the authenticity of this offer directly with the company but unfortunately, there is no response.
Note: They have sent me a MOL to sign and they are forcing me to pay medical fees of [-----] which will be done in the UAE.
Dear Mr. R. S.,
Congratulations on your offer from [-----] Group L.L.C., We are delighted to offer you the position of "CAMP BOSS".
Please find the attached offer letter. If you accept this offer, please sign it, paste your thumbprint & scan your letter, and send it back.
For any query consult through Email or WhatsApp.
We look forward to hearing from you soon and hope you join our team!
Best Regards
N. K.
Human Resource Director
Petroleum services area plot 1 and 1A
PO Box [----], Abu Dhabi, UAE




Nov 23, 2023
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Is the employee responsible for the expenses of changing his visa status from tourist to employment?




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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?





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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!
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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.
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With the introduction of the new procedures for obtaining a power of attorney (POA) remotely in the UAE, after it was mandatory to appear in person in front of the notary public as a global rule to ensure the identity and intention of the person requesting a POA, we put between your hands this brief guide for how you get it done.
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The UAE government introduced the new Unemployment Insurance Law under the Federal Decree-Law No. 13 of 2022 Concerning the Unemployment Insurance Scheme for Unemployed People. The law aims at providing a sort of financial support in case of unemployment for a brief period, probably to help employees who got terminated find another job and avoid failing in other financial obligations.
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3 available 3 • View allFederal Law No. (8) of 1980 Concerning the Regulation of Labor Relations 53
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.
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Ministerial Decree No. (764) of 2015 On Ministry of Labour Approved Standard Employment Contracts 5
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.
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