UAE Work Bundle: One stop platform for employment, work permit, visa renewal

Dubai: The Work Bundle is a unified digital platform launched by the UAE government to streamline all employment-related procedures for private sector companies.

It centralises and simplifies everything from hiring a new employee to renewing or cancelling their work permits, all in one place.

Developed as part of the UAE’s Zero Bureaucracy initiative, the Work Bundle removes repetitive, manual government processes and replaces them with an efficient, digital-first system designed to improve speed, transparency, and user experience for both employers and employees.

Services offered

New employee onboarding: This service aims to simplify the process of hiring new employees. Using the platform, employers and companies can submit a request for a work permit for a new employee, along with all the required documents, online. The request is then processed quickly and efficiently by the relevant authorities participating in the platform.

Employee work permit renewal: This service allows for proactively renewing work permits for existing employees. Through the platform, employers can easily submit requests to renew work permits for their employees, along with the workers’ updated data, in order to expedite the approval process.

Employee work permit cancellation: This service allows employers to cancel work permits for employees who are no longer needed. The process of cancelling work permits is done securely and efficiently through the platform, reducing the time required for this operation.

Additional features:

• Digital notifications for renewals

• Real-time tracking of requests

• A dashboard for reports and analytics

• Secure access using UAE Pass (the UAE’s national digital identity)

Online platform

The Work Bundle project aims to provide an integrated online platform accessible via the internet. Employers, employees, and relevant government entities can login to the platform securely using the national digital identity solution UAE PASS. The platform enhances the experience of employees and management alike, saving time and effort required for personnel management procedures.

Previously, companies had to interact with up to five separate government entities through 15 steps and 16 documents, making seven physical visits over the course of 30 working days. With the Work Bundle, this has been reduced to just 5 steps, 5 documents, 2 visits, and a total processing time of 5 working days.

Key features

• Single unified application

• Streamlined onboarding of new employees

• Work permit renewal

• Work permit cancellation

• Integrated medical exam, fingerprinting, Emirates ID services

• Digital access via UAE Pass

• Real-time status tracking, notifications & analytics dashboard

A unified effort

• This initiative is the result of collaboration between multiple federal and local entities, including:

• Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation

• Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs & Ports Security

• General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs – Dubai

• Dubai Health

• Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism

• Digital Dubai, which provides the digital infrastructure for secure data exchange

A leap forward

In alignment with the UAE’s long-term vision to enhance business competitiveness and digital efficiency, the Work Bundle is expected to:

• Eliminate 25 million redundant procedures annually

• Reduce 12.5 million physical visits

• Support the ease of doing business

• Drastically improve the employee and employer experience

How to access the Work Bundle

Employers can begin using the platform by visiting MoHRE website or www.workinuae.ae and logging in using UAE Pass, the country’s official digital identity system.