No objection certificate

A reader from Dubai asks: I've worked with my present company for 10 months and found a new job. I can't get NOC. As I know, once my work permit is cancelled, there will be a 6-month ban. I am willing to pay whatever fee required. What can I do to be able to join the new company? How to lift the 6-month ban?

I would like to clarify to the questioner that a 6-month ban could be lifted by the following two cases:

1. The worker shall spend 3 years with the sponsor; in this case, the worker may transfer to another sponsor without the need to No Objection Certificate from the earlier sponsor.

2. The worker shall obtain No Objection Certificate from the sponsor to enable him to transfer to new sponsor.

And thus, the ban can be lifted by only the above mentioned two cases. Therefore, the questioner may transfer to another sponsor after obtaining No Objection Certificate from the current sponsor, and maybe the questioner could offer the company a sum of money for this Certificate as compensation for the visa expenses incurred by the company.

Questions answered by Advocate Mohammad Ebrahim Al Shaiba of Al Bahar Advocates and Legal Consultants