All about the Employment Visa

Do your employees need to work in Dubai as well? Thousands of expatriates move to Dubai every year to work and live here in this bustling city. Like everywhere else, they'll need an employment visa to enter and work here. This is your responsibility to provide to them as an employer.

What is an employment visa in Dubai?

Simply said, an employment visa is a work permit. The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation or the MoHRE issues all work permit applications in Dubai. As an employer, the responsibility of applying for a work permit lies in your hands. This is then converted into a residency visa. This needs to be applied for in the first sixty days your employee arrives in the country. The whole process isn't that complicated and is mostly done online.

Required documents

As an employer, you will need to provide your employee with a list of all the required documents as part of the work permit application:

• Copy of the employee's passport
• Visa application form
• Health certificate
• Picture of the employee in the right format
• Entry Permit of the employee
• Copy of the employment contract
• Application fee
• Your trading license
  

what you need to know about the employment visa in Dubai

The minimum age to work in Dubai is 18, although people as young as 15 could enter the country to work as well, as long as they get approved for a juvenile work permit. The maximum age for your employees should be 60, but just like the minimum age limit, this one has exceptions as well. Expatriates can apply to work in Dubai up to the age of 65 if they get approval from the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation.

Once you'll end the contract of the employee the process is mostly done online, it's a very quick process that will take up to two days for their visa to be cancelled.

Corporate bank accounts may be one of the thorniest processes you will go through while setting up your business in Dubai. While you won't have to worry about a thing as we will arrange everything for you, it's still handy to know how everything sets in place. This bank account is going to help you observe all of your transactions, deposits and loans if required. With challenges like:

-          Requiring a physical office

-          Should prove credibility at all times

-          Not easy to open when you come from a high-risk country

To open a bank account for an LLC of Free Zone each bank has its own timeline, all in all, it will take up to four weeks to complete this process.

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Opening your bank account in Dubai

The UAE doesn't allow the do business with a personal bank account, so aside from that, you will need to open a corporate bank account as well.

Your corporate account should be a current one, this means that this has to be a transaction account.This type of account comes with the ideal way to make daily transactions, this provides a chequebook, debit card, no limit on your withdrawals, and many other strong points.

Current accounts are the main ones that will be used for corporate accounts, this comes with one obvious reason and that is: the ability of many daily transactions.

When we open your bank account we will need a few documents, these documents contain:

1. Trade license which we already have provided for you
2. Certificate of the company's registration
3. Your and the shareholder's visas and passports
4. The company's memorandum and articles of association

What about credit cards?

Credit cards are very handy to be used for businesses, this allows you to make small or big purchases on credit, they are only to be used for business purposes only, any personal purchase is not allowed here. This card is very important and can be used as a metric that is associated with your company's prosperous health.

It's also crucial to know that this card can be used for emergencies within the company, however, we do suggest you to obtain a credit card for you to build a credit score for your business.

Other than this, choosing the right credit card for you is a valuable decision to make as an entrepreneur as many banks do have different settlements. We assist you in this decision, making sure your choice will meet up to your wants and needs. With this process, you will also have to fall in on some criteria.

-          A valid trade license

-          Your age

-          Income

Getting started on this is an exciting journey where we are at support and assist at all times, making it a trouble-free process for you. We will arrange this in a time span of 2 to 4 weeks, are you ready to jump in?

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