Temporary job permits from September
From September 2007 onwards, the Ministry of Labour (MoL) will start issuing ‘temporary job permits’ to enable companies to hire workers for a short period of time.
The temporary job permits, the duration of which has not been specified yet, will curb the tendency of some companies to hire workers on visit visas.
Humeid bin Demas, assistant under-secretary at the MoL, said the decision aimed at checking the companies from hiring illegal workers. “Of the total illegal workers in the UAE, nearly 90 per cent are those working for companies on visit visas,” Bin Demas said.
The official added that the details of the temporary job permits would be made public soon.
Bin Demas’ statement came yesterday as he met Ibrahim Hafez, Consul-General of Egypt in Dubai and the Northern Emirates, at the MoL office in Dubai.
“The Egyptian Consulate is one of the first diplomatic missions to discuss with the MoL how to make amnesty a success. We have agreed on providing the Consulate with the names of illegal labourers whose labour cards or work permits have expired. We’ll soon start having regular meetings with the Consulate officials and labourers. We’ll clarify the amnesty procedures to the latter,” Bin Demas noted.
The official urged other diplomatic missions to follow suit and encourage the illegals from their countries to benefit from the amnesty period.
Bin Demas also said: “We agreed with the Egyptian Consul-General on facilitating the procedures of transfer of sponsorship for Egyptian labourers so that they can shift to new companies offering them sponsorship.” Source
The temporary job permits, the duration of which has not been specified yet, will curb the tendency of some companies to hire workers on visit visas.
Humeid bin Demas, assistant under-secretary at the MoL, said the decision aimed at checking the companies from hiring illegal workers. “Of the total illegal workers in the UAE, nearly 90 per cent are those working for companies on visit visas,” Bin Demas said.
The official added that the details of the temporary job permits would be made public soon.
Bin Demas’ statement came yesterday as he met Ibrahim Hafez, Consul-General of Egypt in Dubai and the Northern Emirates, at the MoL office in Dubai.
“The Egyptian Consulate is one of the first diplomatic missions to discuss with the MoL how to make amnesty a success. We have agreed on providing the Consulate with the names of illegal labourers whose labour cards or work permits have expired. We’ll soon start having regular meetings with the Consulate officials and labourers. We’ll clarify the amnesty procedures to the latter,” Bin Demas noted.
The official urged other diplomatic missions to follow suit and encourage the illegals from their countries to benefit from the amnesty period.
Bin Demas also said: “We agreed with the Egyptian Consul-General on facilitating the procedures of transfer of sponsorship for Egyptian labourers so that they can shift to new companies offering them sponsorship.” Source
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