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Jobseeker Visit Visa

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Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

This is not a job itself but a visit visa to search for a job in the UAE: foreigners are granted the visa to search for a job without requiring a host or sponsor in the country, for one trip.

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Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

No host or sponsor is required to obtain this visa; because its purpose is only to search for work, it does not itself involve an employer relationship.

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What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

The applicant must be in the first, second or third skill level under MOHRE's professional job levels, or be a graduate of one of the world's best 500 universities (as classified by the Ministry of Education) who graduated within the last 2 years; either way, the applicant must hold a bachelor's degree or its equivalent.

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    in the first, second or third skill level as per the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MOHRE) professional levels of jobs, or
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    a graduate from the best 500 universities in the world according to the classification approved by Ministry of Education and must have graduated within the last 2 years.
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    He/she must hold a bachelor's degree or its equivalent

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

The visa is a visit entry visa to find job opportunities, granted without a guarantor/host in the UAE. Under the executive regulation, a foreigner may not work, with or without pay, without a licence from the competent authority. The official source does not state whether family may accompany.

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Limits of the record
  • The sources do not state whether a holder may start work on this visa once a licence is issued, or whether family may accompany.

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

The job-seeker visa is issued with a validity of 60, 90 or 120 days; ICP's services list it as single entry for each validity. The official source does not state renewal or a longer-term residence direction.

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Limits of the record
  • Renewal or extension and the transition to a work residence visa after a job offer are not stated.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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