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Dubai: The Naturalisation and Residency Department will not stamp a work ban on the passport of a resident who wishes to change sponsors, unless the Ministry of Labour instructs that it be imposed.
The resident will then only get a renewable visit visa. The person will not get a resident visa or a work permit. The ban is usually for six months to a year.
The transfer form can be obtained from any typing centre. If the labour department is involved, you will also need a form from that department.
Those working for a government department can transfer to another government department in another emirate, but you need to apply for an application form at the entry permit section.
Your present sponsor will need to sign on the forms. You will have to submit the original documents and passport to the new sponsor for signature and company stamp.
The next step is to go back to the present sponsor and get the visa cancelled and then get the residence visa stamped.
If the first sponsor cancelled your visa without asking that a work ban be imposed on you, the Labour Ministry and the Naturalisation and Residency Department will, however, automatically stamp a work ban on you if it does not receive a 'no-objection' letter.
Sponsorship of wife
Meanwhile, the wife of a resident who wishes to leave her job, will not be able to transfer her sponsorship to her husband directly. She should first cancel her visa and then her husband has to apply for a new entry permit.
She can change her visa status by paying Dh500 and another Dh500 if she does not want to leave the country and then re-enter again. The residency fees cost Dh300 for three years.
If the applicant wishes to get the passport urgently, the departments charge Dh110.
If the wife receives a work ban, she can still be sponsored by the husband as a housewife. She cannot take up employment till the end of the work ban. As a precautionary measure everyone needs to first check with the Naturalisation and Residency Department in their emirate, before going through the visa change process as some rules change in accordance with the development and needs.
Also everyone needs to obtain a medical card prior to stamping the visa in the passport. The card can be obtained from the Ministry of Health office.
You will need a passport copy, four photographs. The fee is Dh300. You will also need a photocopy of the entry permit.
Requirements
How to get a visa
While applying for a new entry permit, the department will ask for the following papers:
- An application form, attested by the new and old sponsor.
- Original passport.
- Copy of work cards of both establishments.
- Dh100 fee.
To apply for a residence visa you will need:
- Copies of the labour cards of both establishments.
- Original passport.
- Three passport-sized photos.
- Medical check for HIV.
- Application form for transferring sponsorship.
- Dh300 residency fee.
- Dh110 if you need it urgently.
Transferring from one private company to another is not possible unless you get a no-objection letter from the old sponsor.
The Labour Ministry and the Naturalisation and Residency Department will automatically impose a work ban.
You cannot transfer sponsorship from the private to the public sector and vice versa.
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