57 work categories banned from sponsoring families January 2, 2009
Posted by Duncan in Dubai Visa.Tags: Dubai, family, visa
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After a rule for family visa sponsorship was proposed 2 weeks back, the Federal Naturalisation and Residency Department ( FNRD ) announced a new rule and was released this Wednesday banning 57 categories of employees from sponsoring the families.
Categories are mostly skilled and semiskilled workers.
About 57 categories of expatriates will be restricted from sponsoring their families even if they earn the minimum required salary. The following categories are included:
* Cooks (Arabic cuisine cook, continental cuisine cook, falafel maker, sweets maker, pastry maker, assistant cook)
* Certain skilled categories like welder, blacksmith, goldsmith, plumber, tile worker, painter (automobile painter), engine worker, assistant mechanic
* Laundry worker, car washer, grave digger, grocer, salesman, waiters, office boys, butcher
* Makeup man, hairdresser, barber, tailor, decoration jobs
* Drivers (pick up driver and private drivers)
* Trainers like falcon trainer and private tutor.
* Guards
* Labourer (construction workers)
New family visa sponsorship rule December 17, 2008
Posted by Duncan in Dubai Visa.Tags: Dubai, Dubai Visa, visa in dubai
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A new rule in sponsoring families to Dubai or in UAE was proposed yesterday by the Federal National Council or FNC.
The proposal was to increase the minimum salary required for an expatriate – without company accommodation – to sponsor a family should be Dh10,000 and an expatriate with company accommodation, Dh8,000.
Having a salary lower than the required is not a problem, right? Salary certificate can be change by some HR department, I know that. But here is the other rule suggested by FNC.
Family visa applicants should also be asked to submit a bank statement of six months detailing salary transfer. So now you have a problem.
And what about getting a housemaid visa? FNC suggested that expatriate who wishes to apply for a housemaid visa should have a minimum salary of Dhs15,000.00 and an annual fee of Dhs7,000.00.
Dubai’s population by the end of the year will be 6.3 million and 5.5 million of it are foreign workers.
