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Glossary

Visit visa

A tourist or visit entry permit. It does not permit work, and employing someone on one is not lawful.

Someone in the UAE on a visit visa may be perfectly suitable and genuinely available — but she cannot lawfully start work until a residence visa and a contract are in place through a Tadbeer centre.

The pressure to start "just for a trial" while paperwork is pending is where a lot of households get into trouble. The exposure is the employer's, not only the worker's.

Why it matters

Do not have anyone begin work on a visit visa, however informal the arrangement seems. Start the process, and agree a start date that follows it.

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This is general information, not legal advice, and the rules change. Confirm anything you intend to act on with a licensed Tadbeer centre or with MOHRE.