The Draft Law indicates that job-seekers for all sectors need to be subjected to oral and practical tests to ensure that they are suited for the positions before being recruited for jobs in the UAE, and prior to issuing the visas.

Even expatriates who are already in the UAE will have to undergo these tests for renewing their visas. Only those who pass the tests can have their visas renewed, while the others will have to leave the country.

A draft is being prepared, wherein the UAE embassies abroad will be responsible for conducting the tests for the workers. The draft stipulates the conditions to be met in each profession, and this will be distributed to all UAE embassies. The draft stipulates mechanism for selection of skilled workers.

A government body will be entrusted the task of helping those who intend to bring in workers to the UAE. This will be the ‘only’ body to receive applications for visas from government and private organizations.

The body will then send applications to the UAE embassies abroad for proceeding with necessary examinations for selected workers to check if they meet the terms and conditions specified under the guideline.

The new draft aims to focus on keeping the skilled workers to train the UAE manpower. This will help the country benefit from their skills and get rid of unprofessional workers, who hinder the demographic structure.

Posted on 4/4/2009

Read more news

> Abu Dhabi organizes first-of-its-kind employment fair in UAE
> About 33,000 new jobs in hotel industry likely
> Dubai University Career Fair offers fresh opportunities
> New multilingual booklet on workers rights released
> More than four million jobs on offer in UAE labour market
> UAE tourism sector to profit from rise in budget hotels
> GCC to witness more recruitment in 2010
> Emirati jobseekers blacklisted for lax attitude to jobs
> New regulation on furniture allowance to divorced employees
> More job losses likely in UAE