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8 available 8 • View allProcedure to be followed while changing visa to another employer
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Q: My husband is under my visa (wife's visa). He found a job and the company is going to give him an employment visa.
Does he need to cancel his current visa in order to proceed for the company’s visa or just do the labour permit and give the No Objection letter?
And if he really needs to cancel his current visa, does it affect also his medical insurance or he can still continue using it even if his visa is will be under the company’s visa?
Thank you so much.

Mar 11, 2020
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The process of visa transfer and sponsoring family members

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Q: Hello,
I am sponsoring my baby (10 months old) and my Filipino nanny. I am switching jobs shortly. My current visa will be cancelled in July and my new one will be activated in early September.
Can you please explain where this leaves us in terms of the period in which I have no visa and my baby and nanny have no visa. (Can we leave the country and return during this period?)
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.


Apr 2, 2020
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The consequences of canceling the sponsoring family member's visa
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Q: Dear Madam,
Currently, I am residing in the UAE on a sponsorship visa (valid till 26/01/2020) of my husband and working with UAE work permit which is valid till 02/02/2020.
Currently, my husband's visa expired and, due to some internal issues, his visa is not renewed and subsequently, it will affect the renewal of my visa also.
So, in this situation, what can I do?
Do I need to cancel my visa and go back to the home country until his visa issuance problem is resolved?
Would this cancellation affect my work permit?

Jan 20, 2020
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What happens to the dependents visa when the sponsor is changing job? 
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Q: How can I hold my family visa when I am changing my job from a Dubai employment visa to a Free zone visa?

Oct 18, 2021
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What to do with the visas of family members upon changing the employer?

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Q: Dear sir/madam,
I am changing employers from different emirates. I am sponsoring my daughter and nanny, so what should I do with their visas after changing mine?


Oct 17, 2022
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My husband is changing his job and visa. Do our daughters and I have to cancel our visas too?


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Q: Hi,
My husband sponsored our 2 daughters' visas under his company. Now he is changing to a new company and he was told that before they cancel his work visa, we need to cancel his sponsorship visas for our kids.
I want to know if there is any other way to retain our daughters' residence visas, and just change the name of the company. Or should it really be all canceled and we apply to a new one for them?



Mar 9, 2023
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How do I get guarantee my salary and benefits if I am on wife visa?

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Q: I'm currently holding a wife visa status and I want to find a job.
I want to know more about salary and benefits and if there is also the right of employees holding dependent visas.
It's my 1st time working with a wife visa so I don't know.


Mar 17, 2023
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Can I exit and re-enter the UAE on a new visa while my family’s visas are on hold?




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Q: Dear Lawyers,
At present, my visa is canceled, and my family’s visas are on hold. As their sponsor, can I exit the country and re-enter with a new visa due to issues with my current employer?
Once I return, I plan to remove the hold on their visas. Is this legally permissible, or could there be issues with my exiting the country while my family remains inside with their visas on hold?
Please advise!





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