No family visa cancellation required for job change in UAE

Hi,am sponsored by my husband and we both have Dubai visa.I came here on 12th December 2011.But now my husband got a new job in Sharjah Airport free zone.so he need to change his visa.How can i hold my visa and do we need to submit 2 bedroom contract.I am looking forward for your detailed valuable advice regarding this as early as possible.
Thank You. 
Mehriya

Answer :

The general immigration practice in the United Arab Emirates requires expats switching employers not only to cancel their own residence visas but also the visas of everyone under their sponsorship, be it spouses, children or housemaids. It is only after cancellation is arranged that expat may apply for the visas sponsored by the new company. General directorate of residency and foreigners affairs (DNRD) residence visas of persons under sponsorship may stay in place and remain valid for the originally determined period of time, regardless of the sponsor’s visa change. The employee or resident must apply to the NRD (before the cancellation procedure) for not cancelling the visas of members of his family or those under his sponsorship. He should attach the 5,000 dirhams bank guarantee, the new employment permit issued by the Ministry of Labour to the new sponsor, and the job offer letter from the new employer. The original passports and deposit is kept by the DNRD until the new visa is issued. This sum can be refunded once the sponsor obtains the new residence permit. Residence permits of family members will be automatically transferred to the sponsor without the need to pay a fee.

Employment contracts of Indian workers to be attested online

Employment contracts of Indian workers will now be attested online, a move which will make the process transparent and safeguard workers' rights, Saqr Gobash Saeed Gobash, Minister of Labour, said yesterday.

Workers can review the terms of the contract and approve them before leaving India for the UAE.

Saqr Gobash and Vayalar Ravi look on as Maher O. Badh from the Ministry of Labour (left) and Atul K. Tiwari, joint secretary, Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, exchange documents signed between the UAE and India to activate an electronic contract in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.

The online validation of the contract will be mandatory for any employer in the UAE, the minister said.

The system was launched yesterday in the presence of Vayalar Ravi, Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs. It is expected to be fully operational in weeks.

At present, job contracts of Indian workers with an Emigration Clearance Required (ECR) stamp have to be attested by the Indian Protector of Emigrants and the Indian Embassy. The ECR stamp is required for those who have not completed their matriculation.

Agents took advantage of the old system to make separate, fake contracts. The new system is activated by an online application by a UAE employer and requires disclosure of the key terms of the offer.

The system follows an agreement signed by both countries last September.

Pension scheme for non-resident Keralites

The Kerala Non Resident Keralites' Welfare Board [KNRKWB]Kerala Pravasi Kshemanidhi Board is a Kerala Government Statutory Undertaking (NORKA Department) and is functioning under the Non-Resident Keralites' Welfare Act, 2008. It has no other Agencies / Organisations / Partners in any form. 

Every Non-Resident Keralite of 18-55 age is entitled to register his name as a member of the Fund. A Non-Resident Keralite (India) above 18 years of age who has left Kerala for employment or otherwise and resides for more than 6 months in a place in India outside Kerala and continues there can register his name as member. A Non Resident Keralite (abroad) can register his name immediately on obtaining the emigration clearance and before leaving the State. Non Resident Keralites who left Kerala prior to the commencement of the Act and the Welfare Scheme implemented under it can register their names to the Fund within a period prescribed by the scheme.

The registration fee is Rs. 200

A Non-Resident Keralite (India) who has returned to Kerala leaving his employment or residence outside Kerala and resides permanently within Kerala can continue as deemed member to the Fund on continuous payment of contribution to the Fund until the attainment of 60 years of age.

Fund formation:The Act envisages the formation of the Welfare Fund through contribution from the registered members @ of Rs. 300/- per month as contribution from each Non Resident Keralite (abroad). Every Non Resident Keralite (abroad) member when returned and settled down permanently in the State has to pay Rs. 100 only. Non Resident Keralites (India) member has to pay Rs. 100 as contribution per month.  Every deemed member shall contribute Rs. 50 per month. The Board can avail for the Fund grants or loans or advances from the Government of India or the State Government or the local Self-Government institutions or any other institution/organization. Board can attract donations from any individual or any organization in India or abroad or from any Government agencies in India or aboard or from any other sources.

 Benefits to Member

• Pension to members and deemed members who had completed 60 years of age and had remitted contribution for not less than five years
• Family pension on the death of a member or a deemed member who had remitted contribution for not less than five years.
• Financial assistance on the death of a member due to illness or accident.
• Financial assistance for medical treatment of the members affected with serious illnesses
• Financial assistance for marriage of women members and daughters of the members and for maternity benefit to women members.
• Financial assistance or loans or advances to members for the construction of dwelling houses or for the purchase of land and building or for the purchase of land or for the maintenance of house.
• Financial assistance for education including higher education to the children of members.
• Self employment assistance to reputed persons
• Financial assistance to members incapacitated to attend work due to permanent physical disability
• Financial assistance investment in any company or firm or co-operative society or institution constituted under the Act.