Moving To Dubai
Moving Your Family to Dubai
Once you’ve secured a job in Dubai, you have to move to the United Arab Emirates. It’s not compulsory to stay in the Dubai city to be employed in Dubai. You can live in one of the neighboring emirates and commute daily. Everyone who comes to Dubai for employment must be sponsored by a company. The employment visa permits a person to work and reside in Dubai with all civil rights.
However, there’s no permanent residency or citizenship on offer to any expatriate. After you arrive in Dubai on an entry permit supplied by the employer, you will be subjected to a medical test. Your employment visa status will then be stamped on your passport. You get two months (60 days) for this process. You can only move your family to Dubai after your visa status is confirmed.
Dubai, even though distinctively modern in comparison to other Islamic nations, is still a patriarchal society. This means, men are allowed to sponsor their immediate families with a very few restrictions, while women need to be employed in highly respected professions to sponsor family members, so it’s quite rare to find women who sponsor their families in Dubai.
A minimum salary of dirhams 3000/- plus employer sponsored accommodation or dirhams 4000/- all-inclusive is necessary to obtain residency sponsorship for a spouse and children. You will need to submit your salary certificate, passport copies of all parties and an attested copy of your marriage certificate (translated, if the original is in a language other than English). If you have children, their birth certificates must be attested and submitted too.
Once your wife is in Dubai, she can find employment for herself. She does not need an employment visa, as she’s already under your sponsorship. However, the company must provide her with a work permit, which entitles her to employment rights as stipulated by the UAE Labour Law.
There are plenty of schools in Dubai, some following Arabic medium instruction and others following English medium instruction. Some schools are specialised for certain communities, such as Urdu-medium schools for Pakistani expatriates. Both co-ed and segregated school environments are available. Schools provide daily transport for the children in school buses.
Dubai is based around family living, with lots of parks, beaches, amusement and entertainment parks, allowing families to spend time together and make friends.
