UAE cancels 6-months visa ban on foreign workers

Tuesday, 28 December 2010, 21:06 IST
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Dubai: In a bid to reform its labour market, the UAE has introduced a new work permit which will allow foreign workers, including Indians, in the country to switch jobs after two years without facing a six-month ban for leaving their work. Expatriate workers in the UAE who have received a six-month ban on leaving their jobs recently will be able to obtain new work permits from the beginning of the new year, a senior official has said. The new work permit will be issued only if they have completed two years with their former employers, Humaid Bin Deemas, Acting Director-General at the Ministry of Labour, said. Deemas told a local radio programme that these workers will be issued new work permits from January even if they have not served the full six-month ban
Source: PTI
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