Re-Entry certificate to UAE-if absent for 6 months or more

Can I bring my daughter studying in a University in India to UAE even after her stay in India is more than 6 months?
She is having a residence Visa in Abu dhab.
Can she come if she shows her Student ID card.?

Answer:   

No Residence Visa holder is allowed to stay more than six (6) months out of UAE. A Residence Visa holder staying more than six (6) consecutive months out of UAE, his/her Residence Visa will become null and void. However, if the Residence Visa is valid, the client may submit a request for a Re-Entry Permit. Before completing her 6 month stay in India, you must approch the immigration department and submitt application for extending her stay.

Filipino workers returning to Philippines during holiday season advised to secure travel exit clearances from Philippine missions in the UAE

Dubai: As per Gulf news report, Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) returning to the Philippines during the holiday season are advised to secure travel exit clearances from the Philippine missions in the UAE ahead of their scheduled departure to avoid hassles during their trip, a diplomatic official said.

"They should apply for the overseas employment certificate [OEC] before leaving the UAE to save them time and to avoid hassles and delays at Manila airports," Philippine Labour Attache Nasser Munder told Gulf News.

The OEC or the travel exit clearance is a document that proves that a returning OFW is in the Philippines for a holiday and intends to go back to the same employer abroad. Manila airport officials will not allow OFWs to return to their jobs abroad without the said document.

Task force formed

As the month of December is considered the ‘peak season' for returning OFWs, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) in Manila formed a task force earlier this month in anticipation of the arrival of thousands of OFWs who will spend the holiday season in the country.

OFWs in Manila usually begin queueing at the POEA main office as early as 4 am to get their OECs. Processing could take days and would sometimes need courier service for an additional fee. To avoid the long queues, returning overseas workers may apply for their OECs for a Dh10 fee at the Philippine Overseas Labour Offices in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

"If the OFW brings all the necessary documents with him, he can get the OEC in a matter of minutes," Munder said.

Presenting an OEC at Manila airports exempts OFWs from paying travel tax and terminal fees, he added.

What you need

·         Photocopy of passport with residence visa stamp.

·         Filled-in application form.

·         Additional documents for domestic helps and private drivers:

·         Copy of employment contract with sponsor's signature.

Immigration Ban in UAE

With the exception of UAE nationals, all other residents require permission from the UAE government to live in  UAE.All non-Emirati require work permits to be employed in Dubai and UAE. They may be subjected to a work visa or entry visa. Ban depending on who they are and what they had been doing when in Dubai or UAE. An immigration ban means you cannot enter the UAE, whether as a visitor or for residency. Other bans can arise if you have been convicted of a criminal offence while in the UAE. Common offences that many expats get into trouble with are bad debts, bounced checks, drinking and driving, drunk in public, inappropriate relationships. Of course, more severe offences such as theft, violence, rape, murder etc will also result in an immigration ban but not so many expats indulge in these activities, and those that do are not usually so surprised to receive a ban.

An immigration ban can also arise if you have broken the rules related to immigration for example entering the country illegally, working without a work permit, absconding (leaving your job without informing your sponsor / employer), overstaying (this last one is not so likely to be a problem, just expensive when you get your overstaying fine).
Criminal offences usually result in a permanent ban and this is monitored via eye-scanning equipment at airports, so losing your passport and getting a new one won't get you back in to the country.

The draft Companies Law approved by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai

Passing the new companies law, Shaikh Mohammed said move shows the government’s approach to enhance the flexibility and the strength of the national economy to keep pace with global economic changes so as to maintain a steady and balanced growth pattern in all economic sectors in the country.

The new companies’ law is passed as part of the government’s strategic approach to give greater flexibility to set up various types of companies and strengthen corporate governance of joint stock companies. It lays down a general framework for the governance of public companies to guarantee the rights of all shareholders and to ensure transparency and disclosure of financial data as well as the efficiency and integrity of the Board of Directors.

The cabinet also passed an order restructuring the National Authority for Qualifications under the chairmanship of Labour Minister Saqr bin Ghobash Saeed Ghobash and five officials representing various government departments as its members.

The cabinet also passed a law regulating the work of experts in the courts of law in the country. The cabinet also ratified a number of international agreements and budgets of some federal agencies. 

The new companies law is widely expected to  allow foreigners or foreign companies to own 100 per cent of their businesses in the UAE in some sectors. It has been under consideration for several years now

Under the prevailing law, foreign ownership of businesses in the UAE is limited to a maximum 49 per cent as nationals own 51 per cent. The current 49-51-equity law is applicable to all nationalities except those from within the GCC countries. At present, foreigners are given full business ownership rights in free zones across the UAE.

Also in the pipeline is legislation aimed at protecting foreign investments in the UAE.

Analysts believe that such bold reforms will help attract foreign direct investments and big multinationals to the UAE mainland instead of to certain free zones where they are currently confined.

The proposed law on foreign investment will address a key investor concern about protection against contract disputes and other legal issues.

It will further enhance the UAE’s position in the global competitiveness ranking by the World Economic Forum, analysts said. 

 Sultan Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy, said the new companies' law issued by the cabinet today contributes to enhance the competitiveness of the national economy at all local, regional and international levels as well as enhance the performance of the business environment and investment climate in the UAE.

The Minister pointed to the importance of being a new law that keep pace with local and global economic developments and supports the economic openness and diversification policies. He also praised the remarkable cooperation of all federal agencies, local and private sector that have had a major role in expressing opinions and observations that enhanced it content and effectiveness to comply with different needs and economic requirements of the UAE. 

The new law provisions of the law are stated as follow: Develop a general framework for corporate governance that contributes to protecting the rights of shareholders and to achieve transparency and disclosure of financial data and the efficiency and integrity of the Board of Directors.

Entrusted to the Registrar of Companies at the Ministry of Economy to the task of supervising the record of brand names for different types of companies that are registered in any emirate, in order to avoid repetition among them.

Did not identify minimum capital for the companies with limited liability.

Allow the Cabinet to issue a resolution specifying the forms of businesses, activities or groups that may increase the share of foreign partner for 49% of the capital of the company and so may not reduce the ratio after the issuance of that resolution.

Authorized the shares for public subscription on the basis of the price of the security by one of the companies specialized in this field.

Unify standards and accounting principles, which the company must comply with when preparing interim and annual accounts and when determining the distributable profits.

Authorized exception to the priority right to subscribe into new shares to shareholders in the following cases: A. Allocating a proportion of the company's shares to its employees. 

B. Entering a strategic partner in the company.

C. Capitalization of the debt.

12. Allows the co-founders of the public shareholding company to the subscription in shares of not less than (30%) and not more than (70%) of the capital of the company. The new law also reduced the length of time spent in founding companies.

Labour ban still making life tough for workers seeking to change jobs in UAE

Ministry consultant says new rules apply to companies that have closed down or no longer exist
Dubai: Workers have complained that the Ministry of Labour is still asking for approval from sponsors if workers wish to change jobs after two years.

Affected workers pointed to the ministry's earlier reforms to the labour law which did away with the need for a sponsor's approval for employees who have been with their sponsors for two continuous years. The workers complained that they were being slapped with one-year ban for failing to secure such approval.

The labour rules, which were implemented early this year by the Ministry of Labour, allow workers to switch jobs at the end of their employment contracts without the need for a no-objection certificate.

However, Hussain Hussain, a legal consultant at the Ministry of Labour clarified the new rules and said expatriate workers would still receive a one-year ban if they failed to get their sponsor's consent before changing employment.

"No one is allowed to switch jobs even if they complete many years in their [current job], without the consent of their sponsor," Hussain said.

He also said the new law allows workers to change employment in cases such as when the company employing them has closed down and no longer exists.

"But those workers will be given one-year ban if they do not file a complaint at the Ministry in less than two months after the [closure] of their company."

Ahmad Tajul Deen an Indian, employed in Dubai said he been with the same company for six years before the manager fled the country.
"My colleagues and I went to complain at the ministry after we lost hope that the manager would come back," he said.
"That happened three months [after the manager] left the country. The ministry stamped a one-year ban on each worker in the company."
Ameer, an Afghani PRO for a company in Sharjah, said that he went to apply for a visa for a new employee for his company.
Proof of cancellation

"I was told that the approval of the previous employer is required and the previous employer should show at the ministry that the visa has been cancelled, otherwise a one-year ban will be [slapped on] the worker," he said.

He said the ministry had not changed any rules and added that workers still needed approval of the sponsor to change jobs.


    January 1, 2011: New rules allow expatriate workers to seek new employment without a no-objection certificate
    The worker should have served out a two-year contract with the company.
    A worker with an expired contract can obtain a new work permit and shift to another employer without the passing of the six-month period and consent of his sponsor.
    The resolution says new employment permit will only be granted to the worker after the end of his work relationship amicably with his employer.