Sponsoring wife and children in Sharjah

Husband has to sponsor himself and a company cannot sponsor dependent.
Requirement
Marriage certificate/birth certificate for children
Education certificate
These documents are to be attested by the concerned Consulate
Thereafter obtain attestation from the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs Salary Certificate from the sponsor.
Purchase an immigration file and type all the necessary information in it.
Type all the necessary visa forms and attach
Passport copy of the person/s for whom the visa is being requested
2 Photographs each
All attested certificate copies
Salary certificate
Original and copy of the Passport of Husband
All necessary forms typed and signed by Husband
Visa should be ready within 10 days.
After entering the U.A.E. follow the steps of Visa Stamping
No medical test is required for children below 16 years of age
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

Industrial and commercial properties in Dubai to be freehold

Decree allows UAE citizens to own industrial and commercial properties with full freehold legal status.UAE nationals will now be able to own industrial and commercial properties, granted by Dubai's government, with full freehold legal status and get title deeds registered through the Dubai Land Department.

His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE, in his capacity as Ruler of Dubai, on Monday issued a decree regulating ownership of industrial and commercial plots granted to UAE nationals.

The decree allows every citizen who has been granted an industrial or commercial plot to apply to the Land and Properties Department to obtain a title deed with freehold status for the plot by registering it under his name.

Ownership

The decree also allows ownership of industrial or commercial land which previously changed hands but was not registered with the department.The move comes in line with the procedures to activate property and commercial sectors which are vital to Dubai's economy.

As per the decree the UAE nationals will be able to freely own these properties and act on them legally. These lands were earlier restricted to some extent by government regulations.

The Dubai government had granted thousands of plots to UAE nationals for commercial use.Emirati owners will have to pay 30 per cent of the value of the property to the Land Department as an ownership transfer and registration fee.The 30 per cent value of the land will be determined by the department on the date of transfer of ownership.

Investor confidence

Analysts say the decree will help boost confidence among investors as it opens up industrial and commercial plots for investment.

"Clearly, this has the potential to significantly change the real estate sector in the emirate," Blair Hugkull, managing director of Jones Lang LaSalle Middle East, told Gulf News.

For some time, Dubai's property sector remained too focused on residential property. This decree could change that.

"The previous real estate laws have helped Dubai in attracting foreign capital. However, since the residential property market currently has enough supplies, the new decree will help investors shift focus to industrial and commercial properties — that will help job creation," he said.

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)