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| Sponsorship for Dubai |
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| To work in the UAE you must have a sponsor.
This can be someone already living there or an employer who
will sponsor you for admittance so you can take up a job.
The sponsorship system is an effective form of immigration
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As your sponsor is responsible
for you and ‘takes the rap’ if you misbehave
or contravene any regulations (which will also involve
him in loss of ‘face’ in the community),
he automatically checks that you’re reliable
and trustworthy, as well as ensuring that you don’t
inadvertently step out of line. For this reason, |
your sponsor is an important source of help
and advice and a valuable ‘ally’. This
was already a minefield, at least for the processing,
but now Dubai Immigration and Naturalisation, has
devised a list of multiple categories to encompass
all types of travellers. The NOC is what is required
to 'safely' transfer from one job to another. If
you choose to leave a company within the term of
your contract, and the employer is happy to let
you go, they still have to produce an NOC. If you
are a citizen of an Arab Gulf Country Council (but
not one of the GCC countries) and belong to a list
of certain professional occupations then you will
be allowed a 30 day visa.
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