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Council of Ministers and Ministerial Resolutions On Work Permits

Council of Ministers Decisions

Council of Ministers Order No. (4) year 1994Council of Ministers Order No. (428/1) year 1995Council of Ministers Order No. (7/7) year 2003Council of Ministers Order No. (455/3) year 2004

Ministers Decisions

Ministerial resolution no. (120) for the year 1999 AD. Ministerial resolution no. (140) for the year 1999 ADMinisterial resolution No. 516 for the year 2002 AD Ministerial resolution No.(167) for the year 2004 AD Ministerial resolution No.370 FOR 2005



Council of Ministers Order No. (4) year 1994

The Council of Ministers Order:• After taking cognizance of the provisional constitution; • The Federal Law No.(1) of the year 1972 in the affair of

ministries jurisdictions, ministers powers and the Lawsamending to it;

• And the Federal Law No.(6) of the year 1973 in the affair ofimmigration and residence and the laws amending them,

• And pursuant to the population composition the MinisterialBoard has presented and the approval of the Council of

Ministers;

Decides as follows:Article 1The following groups but not others shall be allowed to bring theirfamilies:

• Engineers, • Doctors, pharmacists and nurses, • Agricultural guides, • Qualified accounts and auditors, • The education members in universities and high educational

institutions and teachers, • Officers in the army forces and police, • The technicians working with scientific electronic instruments

and in laboratories, • Advocates and Lawmen, • The employees in oil companies, • The qualified managers, • The businessmen who are partners in the companies with

limited liability provided that the partners portion is not less thanthe third or seventy thousand Dirhams as a minimum, and itshall be possible to add or omit from these groups with an orderfrom the Council of Ministers in order to achieve the generalwelfare, and professions of these groups shall be identified inpursuance of the confirmed work card and contract;



Council of Ministers Order No. (428/1) year 1995

The Council of Ministers approved in its session no. (16) held on

November 20th

, 1995 the bill of the Council concerning the émigrésbringing of their families and servants, canceling the Fourth article.



Ministerial resolution no. (140) for the year 1999 AD.

Minister of Labour & Social Affairs:

•

On sight the federal law no. (1) for the year 1972 ADconcerning the specialities of ministries and the offices of theministers and its amendments thereof.

• And the federal law no. (8) for the year 1973 AD, regulating thesystem of the civil service in the federal government and itsamendments thereof.

• And the cabinet resolution no. (5) for the year 1990 AD,concerning the organizational Skelton of the Ministry of Labour& Social Affairs.

• And the cabinet resolution no. (194/2) for the year 1983 AD,which allows the legal residents in the state, who are notallowed to work and sponsored by their husbands, to work.

• And responding to the noble instructions of H.H. the Presidentof state, may Allah protect him, concerning the motherssponsored by their sons the locals.

• And the record of the higher committee of the labour affairs inits 20 th meeting dated on 17/3/1999.

Decides as follows:

Article 1Giving employment cards to the mothers, sponsored by their sonsthe locals, who wish to work in the private sector similar to the wifeand the unmarried daughter.

Article 2Applying the same procedures practiced in the ministry to give anemployment card to the sponsored by their husbands according tothe case mentioned in article One.

Article 3This resolution becomes valid from the date of issue and to benotified to whom it many concern for execution.

Mater Humaid Al TayerMinister of Labour & Social Affairs



Ministerial resolution No. 516 for the year 2002 AD

Minister of Labour and Social Affairs:

• On sight the federal law No.1 dated in 1972 concerning thespecialties of the ministries and the offices of the ministersand the amendments thereof.

• And the federal law no. (8) For the year 1980 organizing therelations of labour and the amendments thereof.

• And the cabinet resolution No. 391/2 for the year 2001.• And the requirements of the public interest.

Decides as follows:

Article 1Giving employment permits (employment cards) to the sons anddaughters of the women locals who don’t have official documentsaccording to the following terms:Firstly, the required conditions of accepting the employment cardsto this group of residents in the state:

• Mother must be local. • Age to be 18 years up wards.

Secondly, the following documents to be enclosed with theapplication:

• Birth certificate. • A photocopy of the mother’s passport or a registration

certificate. • The certificate of the last stage of learning, if found. • Marriage contract if the marital relationship stands still

between the parents, death certificate if the father was deador a certificate of abandonment or separation if the father hasabandoned or divorced the mother.

• A certificate of well conduct. • A certificate of medical fitness for employment.

Article 1Sons of the women locals are free from the charges related to theministry. Article 1This order to be notified To Whom It May Concern for executionfrom the date of issue.

Mater Humaid Al TayerMinister of Labour & Social Affairs




The Council of Ministers approved in its session No. (1) held onJanuary 13 th, 2003 to amend the recommendation mentioned in

the article No. (4) of the indicated Council of Ministers Order No.(563/1) of the year 2001 as the following:

• Preventing bringing new laborers who have neither high schoolcertificate nor an equivalent one, but the laborers who work inconstruction sector shall be exempted in accordance with thekind of work permits and the rules and conditions the Ministrydecides; and preventing bringing all Laborers who are from theArab countries. This shall start from January 2003, and the

Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and the Ministry of HomeAffairs shall write the rules necessary to apply that.

• Continuing renewing the work cards of Laborers existing in thestate

Prime Minister



Ministerial resolution No.(167) for the year 2004 AD Amending the ministerial resolution No.(161) for the year 2004

Minister of Labour and Social Affairs: •

At sight the federal law no. (1) for the year 1972 AD concerningthe specialities of the ministries and offices of the minister andits amendments thereof.

• And the federal law no. (8) for the year 1980 AD, regulating therelations of labour and its amendments thereof.

• And the cabinet resolution no. (5) for the year 1990 AD.Concerning the organizational Skelton of the Ministry of Labourand Social Affairs.

• And the cabinet resolution no. 563/1 for the year 2001 AD.

Reorganizing the labour market in the state and theamendments thereof. • And the cabinet resolution no. 717 for the year 2003 AD

amending the recommendation mentioned in the article (4) ofthe cabinet resolution no. (161) for the year 2003 A.D.

• And the cabinet resolution no. (161) for the year 2003,disallowing the new workers who haven’t got the generalsecondary certificate to enter the state.

• And the record of the meeting of the higher committee of thelabour affairs no. (50) Dated on (10/3/2004).

Decides as follows:Article 1Adding the following activities which are permitted to bringhandicraft, ordinary and professional labour without submitting anyevidence whether the workers have the general Secondarycertificate or not:

• Contracting of constructing networks and stations of wastewater and restoring them.

• Contracting of constructing networks and stations of water andreconditioning them.

• Contracting of constructing power stations and restoring them. • Contracting of constructing pipelines of oil and natural gas. • Contracting of constructing electric lines and reconditioning

them.

Article 2• If the licensed activities of a foundation to practice becomenumerous, and among which there is an activity which requires



the general Secondary certificate, then the foundation is tosubmit the above – mentioned certificates for all theapplications of the labour permits applied by it.

• If the owner of work wishes to submit the labour permits,

exclusively mentioned in the ministerial resolution no. (161) forthe year 2003 and its amendments thereof, which are free fromthe condition of the general secondary certificate, then he is tosingle out an independent license for these activities.

Article 3This resolution becomes valid from the date of issue and to bepolished in the official newspaper and to be executed minutely.

Matar Humaid Al Tayer Minister of Labour & Social Affairs




The Council of Ministers approved in its session held on July 5 th,2004 to give a work permit (work card) to foreign residents

sponsored by their national wives, after the obligation in the highcommand concerning the necessity of the precedent approvalbefore the marriage of national women with non-national men.



MINISTERIAL DECISION NO 370 FOR 2005,

REGARDING THE SPECIAL MISSION ENTRY PERMIT

The Minister of Labour and Social Affairs;

After having reference to Federal Law No.( 1) for 1972, on the functionsof ministries and the responsibilities of ministers and the amended lawsthereof;

And to the Federal Law No. (8) for 1980, on regulation of labourrelations, and the amending laws thereof;

And to the Cabinet Decision No. (5) for 1990 regarding the organizationstructure of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

And to the ministerial decision No. 401 for 1997 regulating temporaryand part-time work in the UAE private sector;

And to the ministerial decision No. (37/2) for 1982 on the standards of medical care to be provided by employers;

And to the General Directorate of Naturalization and Residency;

And based on the proposals presented by the ministry’s undersecretaryfor labour sector;

Decides as follows:

Article 1Without prejudice to the provisions of Article (3) of the ministerialdecision No. 401 for 1997 regulating temporary and part-time work in theUAE private sector, the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs may granttemporary mission work permits for ninety (90) days only, to companieswhose work conditions require this type of permit.

Article 2Companies requesting temporary mission permits shall be committed to:• grant each worker a return travel ticket to the UAE and back to his

country of domicile or any other destination agreed upon;• ensure that the worker is medically fit to perform the intended

assignment, and that he is free from any epidemic diseases accordingto an authenticated medical certificate;



• pay a fee of Dh 500 for each worker granted a temporary missionpermit;

• prepare a work contract upon the arrival of the worker to UAE, dulysigned by the company and the worker and approved by the

competent labour department;• provide medical care at the standards stipulated in the ministerial

decision No. (37/2) for 1982, in addition to adequate health insurance;• present the Ministry’s approval for hiring expatriate workers on

temporary mission permits, to the General Directorate of Naturalization and Residency for the issue of the necessary entryvisa;

• not allow the temporary worker under his sponsorship to work for anyother employer;

• regularly pay the workers’ salaries every month, throughout theirassignment, on a working day and at the workplace, provided paymentlists are presented to the competent labour department monthly;

• repatriate the worker to his country or any other destination agreedupon, once the work is completed or within a period of time notexceeding seven days from the expiry of the permit; and

• Fulfill all other requirements stated in the Ministry’s application formdesigned for the purpose, or any further conditions that may be madeby the Ministry.

Article 3The Ministry’s undersecretary for labour sector shall determinenecessary measures, conditions and forms to implement this decision.

Article 4Companies seeking temporary work permits shall apply to theEstablishments Affairs Department at the Ministry, and in case theapplication fulfills the required conditions, it shall be referred to the e-

committee.Article 5An e-committee shall be formed to determine the eligibility of theapplying companies and their actual need for this type of permits, and tospecify a quota for each eligible applicant based on certain criteria.

Article 6

Applications for temporary work permits to the Ministry or thecompetent regional office, as well as their response to the applicants,



shall be made electronically and according to the form specified for thepurpose.

Article 7

The Ministry may renew the temporary work permits for another periodbased on conditions it considers fit.

Article 8Any company that is in breach of the conditions required for granting thetemporary work permits, presents false information or documents to getthe Ministry’s approval, or otherwise violates any of the provisions of Federal Law No. (8) for 1980 and the amended laws and executive ordersthereof, shall have its firm card cancelled from the register forthwith and

shall be subject to legal measures according to clause (11) of the labourlaw and relevant ministerial decisions issued for the purpose.

Article 9This decision shall take effect as of the date of its issue and shall bepublished in the official gazette.

Dr. Ali bin Abdulla Al KaabiMinister of Labour and Social Affairs

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