Q: Job Ref Number: [--------] Candidates are advised to proceed with all necessary document processing, as we look forward to reopening all working activities in UAE, once your work permit is approved we will arrange for flight ticket. Upon submitting this signed offer letter you are directed to contact most experienced United Arab Emirates Work Permit Visa expediting services [-------] for the acquisition of your Work Permit Visa Application. You must complete the new employee work permit visa application processing prior to a week mandatory Orientation/Training Exercise which is 10 days before Joining Date and if there is a need for extension of joining date, Kindly let us know. Are those legit offers or scam?

Q: Good evening Madam, You are requested to send some details regarding a job offer. I recently got one employment letter from the University of Sharjah with correspondence after documents verification and qualification experience without any interview. So I suspect something on this employment which I'm unable to find out if it's genuine or fraud. Could you help me? Are you willing to provide provision to me? I will send the details to you. Thanking you ma'am, D.R. V. Hyderabad, India

Q: Hi Madam, My name is K B. My wife attended an interview last Friday in an office in Business Bay, Dubai. She got selected and they said will release the offer letter on Sunday. When I tried to search for the company information, I dint not find any results. Also, the employer responds only on Whatsapp at night at 1:45 AM. So I am a bit worried if it is a valid company. Please advise

Q: Dear sir/madam, Filing a case against recruitment agency because of giving us false hope and information and getting money from us.

Q: Dear sir/madam, I applied for an immigration program to Canada known as a startup visa through a consultant in Dubai and paid AED 85,000. The consultant has not been able to get me the letter of support that is needed to apply for immigration to Canada in the time frame mentioned in the contract. When I ask for a refund, the consultant does not respond. The incubator from whom the consultant is supposed to get the letter of support has sent us a mail saying that the way the immigration consultant is operating is illegal. How can I get my money refunded?

Q: Dear Sir/Madam, I have received an offer from a hospital in Dubai. The work permit and visa processing have been assigned to an agency that is demanding 1480/USD from me. What to do?

Q: Hi All, I paid an immigration consultant to provide me with a job offer for Canada. The office is in Business Bay. We agreed on a total cost of 30,000 CAD and a time frame of 90-120 days. I paid an initial deposit of 10,500 AED in May 2023. After I paid, they told me that the employer charged an additional 5 CAD. They have said this multiple times, claiming that the employer has high demands and the fees have increased. When I asked for a refund, they said I have to wait because they are still working on finding another employer who will charge the same amount. However, as soon as I started asking for a refund, they began to change their story. I no longer want to proceed with this process, and I want a refund.

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).