The United Arab Emirates (UAE) earlier this year further simplified the process for obtaining work permits and residency visas for the employees of the private sector companies.

The Gulf country has launched the “Work Bundle” platform that unifies the services of various departments in order to shorten the process time for issuance of work permits and residency visas. The project has initially been launched in Dubai and will be expanded to other areas in next phase.

The entities include the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation, the Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship, Customs and Ports Security, the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs in Dubai, and Dubai Health.

The project, which aims at facilitating the private, web 3 firms offers a single platform to complete employment services including renewal, cancellation, medical examination, and fingerprinting.

Get Dubai Work Permit, Residency Visa in 5 Days

The required steps and documents to obtain work permit and residency visas were reduced to 5 steps and 5 documents only instead of 15 steps and 16 documents. The time period has been reduced from 30 working days to 5 working days.