UAE residence visa validity reduced to two years

ABU DHABI, 8 December 2010, According to a new rule, the validity of UAE residential visa and labour card has now been reduced to two years.

In a statement by Humaid Bin Deemas, Acting Director-General of the Ministry of Labour it was made clear that the UAE Cabinet has reduced the validity of labour cards of all categories of people who work in private sector from three years to two years in a bid to regulate the labour market.

The Cabinet decision aims to merge the labour card validity for all work categories to be similar to that of drivers, domestic helpers and other similar categories who are given only two-year labour cards and residence visas by the Department of Residency and Foreigners Affairs, while other professions currently get three-year labour cards and three-year residence visa.

Courtesy : Khaleejtimes