Facilitating the transfer of highly qualified and skilled people in the labor market

The Emirates announces a new path and an integrated system for residency in the country

The new system provides an integrated path for the residents' journey from entering the country to obtaining golden residency.

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Within the "50 projects", the UAE announced a new and integrated path for residency in the country as part of the updates to the residency law, with a package of improvement measures that keep pace with the state's directions for the next stage, and enhance its position as a global capital for skills and expertise, and the best place to live and reside in the world.

The updates included the green residency system that separates the residence permit from the work permit, so that self-residency is for the individual or employee and not for the company, and targets highly skilled, investors, entrepreneurs, early students and graduates, in addition to the first free residence of its kind at the federal level, which is intended for workers Independently for their own account, in addition to additional updates and other perks to the country's residency system.

The introduction of the "Green Visa" system constitutes a fundamental change in the residency system in the UAE, which is self-residency for the individual or employee, through which the residence permit is separated from the work permit.

The system targets highly qualified and skilled holders of a bachelor's degree and above, as well as investors, entrepreneurs, early students and graduates.

It includes a set of new privileges different from the normal residency, such as extending the residency period of children over their families up to 25 years, granting residency to parents, and a period of 90-180 days upon expiry of residency instead of 30 days.

The Freelancers Visa system, the first of its kind at the federal level, has been introduced and is intended for freelancers without the need for a work permit and an employment contract.

In addition to the legislative and procedural improvements to the residency law, the most prominent of which is extending an entry permit to visit a work mission for a long trip to six months instead of three months, adding the parents within the resident’s residency - the residence permit of family members – and allowing the extension of the residence of humanitarian cases to another additional year to enable the breadwinner from obtaining a job in the country, raising the age of children included in the residency of their parents from 18 to 25 years, and extending the mandatory period of time to leave the country in case of job loss or retirement for a period of 90 to 180 days, and these improvements are unique, even at the level of countries the world, and deals with many groups, positively, as is always the approach of the United Arab Emirates.

Thanks to these amendments, the UAE will have a system that is the first of its kind in the world, characterized by an integrated path for residency, including regular, green and gold.

The main objectives of the new residency system are summed up in five objectives, which are to consolidate the country’s position as the ideal destination for work, investment, entrepreneurship, education and life, to attract and retain talent and competencies from within and outside the country, to provide a clear, coherent and easy-to-proceed residency system, to raise the competitiveness and flexibility of the labor market, and to facilitate the transition of the labor market. Those with higher competencies and skills in the labor market, keeping pace with new work patterns, enhancing the resident's sense of stability and security, and actively contributing to the development process. These goals are integrated together in an effective, practical and useful system.

These goals, on the other hand, coincide with the goals of the national strategic projects included in the "50 projects" that focus attention on the state's position in the world, its life advantages, and the quality of life, and as a site for talented, successful and innovators looking for more excellence and success, in light of the existence of a system A legal and legislative environment that enhances their role, and a prosperous and vibrant economic environment, which increases the value of investments and their profits.

Among the most prominent updates to the system of entry and residence of foreigners is the creation of categories at the level of self-residency, such as those with high-skill levels, investors, entrepreneurs, early students and graduates, and the creation of independent work residency, and self-employed workers benefit from it from outside and inside the country in new areas of the economy such as artificial intelligence Blockchain, future technology, digital currencies, and other areas of importance, while the scope of the golden residency was expanded to include managers, CEOs, and specialists in science, engineering, health, education, business management, technology and other fields, and the necessary improvements were made to the controls and conditions for obtaining the golden residency, to ensure the provision of The best motivational environment for talented people.The new system provides an integrated path for the journey of highly skilled and specialized residents, investors, entrepreneurs, scientists, talented geniuses, first students and graduates, starting from entering the country and ending with easy access to golden residency.

And you benefit from the golden residency, multiple categories, in addition to the great facilities in terms of visit visas, for the purpose of tourism, treatment, or for the purposes of the visit, or in the event of carrying out a mission of an economic, scientific, or medical nature, or in any field, and visas The visit is also an entrance to the golden residence, or the rest of the types of residence, as it helps to explore the nature of living in the Emirates, and its level with its high and international standards, in addition to the availability of opportunities for talented, investors and creative people, who will find, during their visits to the Emirates, a match between the global reputation of the Emirates, and the reality in it on all levels.

green residence:

• Separate the residence permit from the work permit.

• Self-residency is for the individual or employee and not for the company.

• It targets highly skilled people, investors, entrepreneurs, early students and graduates.

Free accommodation:

• The first of its kind at the federal level.

• Dedicated to freelancers.

Additional updates and other privileges to the residency system in the country:

• Allow extending the residency of humanitarian cases to another additional year, to enable the breadwinner to obtain a job in the country.

• Extension of the entry permit for a "work mission visit" for a long trip to six months instead of three months.

• Extending the mandatory period of time to leave the country in the event of job loss or retirement from 90 to 180 days.

• Raising the age of children included in their parents' residency from 18 to 25 years old.

• Adding parents within the resident's residence through the residence permit of family members.

Consolidate the country's position as the ideal destination for work, investment, entrepreneurship, education and life.

Increasing the competitiveness and flexibility of the labor market, to enhance the resident's sense of stability and security and to contribute effectively to the development process.

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