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66-year-old wants visa
66-year-old wants visa
- Gulf News Report
- Published: 00:09 November 16, 2007
A reader in Dubai asks: I am an expatriate with a degree and am 66 years old. At the moment I have a free zone investor visa. I would like to close the establishment in the free zone and cancel my investor visa and work for an existing private expatriate company in Dubai as a manager. Kindly enlighten me about the following: Is there any restriction regarding joining an expatriate private company in Dubai after cancellation of a free zone investor visa?
Will it be hassle free to obtain a residence visa from an existing expatriate private company in Dubai for an employee aged 66? If yes, how many years will the visa be valid for? If no, how can I obtain a residence permit visa from the Dubai company? Will it depend on my job title in the company, for example will being a consultant, manager or partner be a more suitable job title in order for me to obtain the visa?
I would like to state that the Ministry of Labour may let some employees over 60 years of age renew their visa.
An application should be submitted with the Ministry in that respect and the positive or negative answer will be up to the committee who will be in charge of such a resolution. In the case of approval for such an application, the visa renewal will be for a period of one year only for a Dh5,000 fee.
It is worth mentioning that the Ministry of Labour might take into consideration, at the time of reviewing the application, the employee's qualifications and his profession. Afterwards, the questioner will again be subject to such a procedure yearly.
However, I would like to draw to the attention of the questioner that in his case the Ministry of Labour visa might be a little costly and not guaranteed as it might be granted or dismissed as per the labour committee's decision as stated above.
Therefore, I advise the questioner to seek a partner visa from the Naturalisation and Residency Administration, as such a visa is for a period of three years and incurs insignificant fees of no more than Dh1,000 after the questioner gives a sum of Dh10,000 with the Naturalisation and Residency Administration as a security deposit refundable upon cancellation.
- Questions answered by Advocate Mohammad Ebrahim Al Shaiba of Al Bahr Advocates and Legal Consultants.
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