Transfer of Visa from one company to another company

Transfer of visa is possible only to Government sector

Transfer form is available in typing center.
If the Labor department is involved type the labor department required form also.
Obtain the signature of the present sponsor on it.
Submit the original documents and Passport to the new sponsor for signature and seal.
Approach the present sponsor and get the visa cancelled with out the ban.
Follow the steps for Visa Stamping
All should obtain medical card prior to stamping visa in the Passport.
Medical card can be obtained from the Ministry of Health office.
Passport copy, 3 photographs and Dhs. 300/- required.
Passport photocopy,
photocopy of the entry permit,
4 photographs are to be submitted to the Medical Authorities for the medical test.
For government department's medical tests will be normally done only in the afternoons from 4 to 6 hr.
The medical test is free for government employees.
The certificate will be ready after 3 days.
The following documents are to be submitted to the Immigration Authorities within 28 days after entering the UAE.
Original Passport
Original Entry Permit
Original medical certificate
7-Passport size photographs Dhs. 300/-(residence visa fee)
Duly filled in security form (only in Arabic)
Residence visa forms duly signed and sealed by the sponsor
Normally the Residence visa will be stamped in the Passport within 10 days valid for 3 years

New property law extends protection for home buyers

A new decree by Dubai Executive Council will provide more protection to home buyers as well as increasing the Land Department's (DLD) role as mediator in property disputes.

Law firm Hadef & Partners, which has reviewed a copy of the decree, released a brief summary of the regulations awaiting formal publication in the Official Gazette.

According to the statement, a buyer can request the courts to cancel a contract if the developer "significantly changes" the agreed specifications, or refuses to deliver the unit without any "justifiable reason".

Home buyers can also seek legal action if developers do not bind payments to construction-based milestones approved by the DLD, or the unit is proved unstable due to “major structural defects”.

“The regulations whilst providing some much needed clarity over many issues also throws up some interesting characteristics such as reinforcing the wide degree of power and discretion the DLD holds in respect of projects,” Hadef & Partners said in a statement.

Under the regulations, which govern off-plan property sales in Dubai, the DLD is able to cancel a project if the developer does not begin construction without “justifiable cause” or because of “gross negligence”.

If the developer is “not serious” about the project or declares itself bankrupt the DLD can also cancel the project.

The regulations also prevent developers from selling off-plan units before taking possession, which includes actual control of the land.

“It is also still not clear how the DLD will approach situations where a purported termination of a purchaser is met with resistance and/or whether the DLD will remove an interest in the interim register without a court order where a legitimate dispute has arisen,” the statement said.

“Further clarity may also be needed where a bankruptcy event occurs as to how exactly the interim registered interests will be treated as far as priority is concerned in the bankruptcy situation.”

UAE eyes foreign ownership law by year-end - econ min

The UAE will review rules governing foreign ownership of companies in the next month and implement a new law by the end of this year, economy minister Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansouri said on Tuesday.

"The law should be submitted to the cabinet within a month," he said on the sidelines of a conference. "Our expectation is that the law would come out by 2010."

Under current regulations, business owners from all nationalities except from within the six GCC states must have a local majority partner. Exceptions apply in free zones such as Jebel Ali Free Zone and Dubai Internet city, where 100 percent foreign ownershThe new regulations have been in the pipeline for several years and are aimed at increasing foreign investment as restrictions on full ownership were considered a key reason for holding back investment and stifling competition.

The UAE, the world's third-largest oil exporter, has been striving to diversify its economy away from a dependence on energy exports by pouring windfall oil revenues into real estate, financial services and infrastructure.

Mansouri said in September the law was in its final stages and would include a rule stipulating a minimum capital of 200-300 million dirham ($54-$82 million). The new law is in line with recommendations made by the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

Dubai, the commercial hub of the seven members of the United Arab Emirates, has long sought to position itself as an international tourism and financial centre, luring businesses to its free zones with promises of tax-free earnings.

The global financial crisis put the brakes on a six-year oil-fuelled economic boom in the Gulf Arab region with Dubai hit the hardest after its real estate sector crashed in 2009.

Meanwhile, Al Mansouri said that growth in the UAE economy will rebound in 2010 to 3.2 percent from 1.3 percent in 2009. Mansouri was speaking in Dubai at a tea industry event.

The ministry recently said it expected GDP growth of 2.5-3.0 percent in 2010. (Reuters)

Dubai Labour Law Article 122 -Employer may dismiss a worker without notice

An employer may dismiss a worker without notice, provided that the dismissal is in writing, based on valid grounds and handed to the worker, if and only if the worker:
1. assumes a false identity or nationality or submits forged certificates or documents
2. is engaged on probation and is dismissed during or at the end of the probationary period

3. Commits a fault resulting in substantial material loss to the employer, provided that the latter notifies the labour department of the incident within one week of his becoming aware of its occurrence
4. Disobeys instructions on the safety of work or workplace, provided that such instructions are in writing and posted at a conspicuous place.

5. defaults on his basic duties under the contract and fails to redress such default despite a written interrogation and a warning that he will be dismissed if such default is repeated
6. reveals any confidential information of his employer
7. Is found in a state of drunkenness or under the influence of a narcotic drug during working hours
8. Assaults the employer, the manager in charge or any of his workmates during working hours
9. Absents himself from work without a valid reason for more than 20 non-successive days in one single year, or for more than seven successive days.
 or
10. Starts a work stoppage, or instigates or participates in such acts.
Save for in the case cited in item (2) of this Law, the worker’s employment permit shall be cancelled and he shall be banned from working within the State for at least one year in implementation of Article 16 of this Law.

Find out Visa validity of your Dubai visit visa, resident visa online

You can find out your visa status ,validity and resident application status etc online using General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs - Dubai web site. Please click the web site url
https://www.ednrd.ae/portal/pls/portal/INIMM_DB.DBPK_VISAVALIDITY.Query_VisaValidity


 Please note that Extension for Tourist Visa can only be applied online IF there is NO overstaying sponsored person on the Establishment