Complete your property transaction in Dubai within 12 minutes-Developers get authority from Land department

Dubai developers will now be able to register property transactions and complete them in mere 12 minutes compared to seven days required previously.Dubai Land Department (DLD) tweeted, saying, “The LD has granted developers the authority to register property transactions. However, the department will carry the auditing process and issue the contracts.”

The department added: “Now your transaction can be completed in just 12 minutes instead of 7 days.”

According to DLD, it has successfully achieved a “new” record in saving the client’s effort and time, achieving its objective of offering client satisfaction, transparent transactions and internationally premium real estate services.Real estate agents say these are primary market transactions between the first purchaser and developer.

Already in July, DLD had launched “registration trustees” service for the secondary market sales, allowing customers to complete transactions outside official working hours through licensed legal offices. The service, however, costs Dh4,000 per transaction.

The department also got a pat on its back when World Bank’s 2013 Doing Business Index ranked it has the fourth best in the world for ease of real estate and property registration. A year back, it was placed at number 12 globally by the same index.

DLD Director-General Sultan Butti bin Mejren said in September that total property transactions crossed Dh162 billion in the first nine months of 2013 compared to Dh90bn same period last year.

Dubai raised registration fee from 2 per cent to 4 per cent of the property value from October 6 aimed at eliminating speculators and controlling price volatility.

Abu Dhabi scraps five per cent rent cap

Abu Dhabi has removed the annual five per cent cap on rent increases, according to a resolution issued on Thursday.
The resolution issued by the Abu Dhabi Executive Council annuls the yearly rent increase and rent contract extensions from November 10, a WAM report said.
Analysts say the rents will now be determined by the market forces and the location and the neighbourhood of the buildings.
The change in rental laws comes as the property market in the capital has picked up pace.

New residence visa rules in UAE -Dh20,000 salary must to sponsor parents

The new ruling requires applicants to provide evidence of either having a minumum salary of Dh20,000 or a monthly pay of Dh19,000 plus a two-bedroom accommodation. The development has left many long-term residents here at their wits’ end.
Earlier rules
According to earlier rules (in place until a few weeks ago), someone able to provide proof of a monthly salary of Dh10,000 or Dh9,000 per month plus accommodation should have been able to sponsor either set of parents on a permanent basis
The minimum salary seems to be the only clause updated by the Ministry of Interior’s General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs in the new list of pre-requisites for those seeking to obtain long-term stay for their parents under ‘Humanitarian Cases’.
A Dubai Naturalisation and Residency Department (DNRD) official confirmed this .
Residents wanting to sponsor their parents must also furnish proof that they are living in a an apartment that has a minumum of two bedrooms.The tenancy contract should be officially attested. Similarly, the labour contract bearing proof of salary must be attested by the Ministry of Labour.
An applicant must also pay a deposit of Dh2,000 per parent after seeking approval for sponsorship from the special committee that handles such cases.As in the past, expats must also provide documents to prove that their parents are entirely dependent on them and that there is no one to take care of them back home.

This has to be certified by a letter from the embassy or consulate of the applicant’s home country.It’s not immediately clear how the new rule will impact expats whose parents are already in the UAE on residence visas.

Get Dubai immigration token sitting at home - The General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs – Dubai and Du signed MOU

No more do you have to wait in long queues at the Department of Immigration and Naturalisation in Dubai as 'smart queuing' will become a reality.

The General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs – Dubai and Du signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during the Gitex Technology Week 2013, to develop a smart app, among other areas, to simply a visit to the Directorate.
Smart queuing will be realised through time slots that can be booked by people who plan to visit the Directorate.
In order to get a token, you must select the purpose for which you plan to visit the Department, explained an official. Based on the number of people who have booked a time slot before you, you will be given a timeslot during which you are expected to visit the Department.
The timeslot can only be given on the same day of the request, and a new smart queue will be formed every day.
"This means you should be able to come to the Department on the same day, otherwise you should not book the time slot," said the official.

"We already have a queuing system in place, but the app enables customers to get a token for the queue online," explains Colonel Khalid Nasser Al Razooqi, General Director of the E-services Sector.

"The estimated time slot is based on the calculation of the average time each request is handled with. This is different for each service required, but it is never longer than 3 minutes."

Apart from the token, a general list of requirements will be provided based on the request, which will help customers prepare better for their visit to the Department.

The same information is available on the website, and customers can call the customer service desk to inquire about the required documents if they are not sure, said the Colonel.

“We are proud to support the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, by making the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs – Dubai a smart establishment, with full m-government accessibility for everyone within the UAE,” said Major General Al Marri, Director of General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs – Dubai.

“Through this collaboration, we aim to make our customers’ interactions even more streamlined, by rolling out various features that will add to their experience in a positive way.”

Expatriates with traffic fines cannot leave UAE

 Expatriates who have committed road offences will not be allowed to leave the UAE unless they pay all their traffic fines in line with new Interior Ministry measures.

The ministry said the new rules would be later expanded to cover all other financial obligations by expatriates seeking to cancel their visa and leave the country.

“We have linked procedures to cancel visas for expatriates with the payment of all their traffic fines.This step is intended to ensure departing expatriates will pay all their financial dues to the state,” said Brigadier Rashid Sultan Al Khadr, Director, Legal Affairs Department at the Interior Ministry.

“This is just a first step as it affects only individuals who apply for visa cancellation and must now pay their traffic fines. The ministry is also considering expanding this experience in the near future so all visa and immigration procedures will be linked to payment of all dues, including traffic, civil defence and other fees,” he told the Dubai-based Arabic language daily Emarat Al Youm.

Khadr said the computer systems of the traffic police have already been linked to those in all immigration departments in the UAE.“This means no application for visa cancellation by expatriates will be approved and they will not be allowed to leave the UAE unless they pay all their traffic fines.”

He said the new measures are part of an overall plan designed to cope with what he described as “the new developments and changes”, adding they would help bolster security for people and protect the country’s rights.

According to Emarat Al Youm, drivers in the UAE committed around 1.95 million traffic offences in the first quarter of 2013.