SECTION TWO
GENERAL PROVISION FOR THE ENTRY PERMITS AND VISAS
Article (12)
The Entry Permit and Entry Visa are defined as follows:
Entry Visa:
An endorsement made in the foreigner's Passport or Travel Document, allowing him to enter the territories of the state, in the company of all the persons mentioned in such p
Passport or Travel Document, unless the Consulates representing the names of its beneficiaries. This vise is issued by the Consulates representing the State abroad, and is also issued by the Directorate General of Naturalisation and Residence, according to the relevant regulating rule.
Entry Permission:
A Special document issued to the foreigner allowing him to enter the territories of the State, in the company of all the persons mentioned therein and in his Passport or Travel Document, and with the exception of the special permits referred to in Article(45) hereof, the Entry Permit are issued by the General Directorate of Naturalisation and Residence.
Article (13)
A Foreigner may not be granted entry permit or visa unless he satisfies the following conditions:
a. He should have a passport or travel document valid for entering the State and returning to the country in which he is residing, or from which the Passport or Travel Document is issued.
b. The concerned official authorities should have approved his entry according to the purpose for which he came.
c. He should have a sponsor residing in the State, whether U.A.E National or foreigner.
d. He should not be barred from entering the territories of the State.
e. He should not have previously been deported from the Country, unless he is in possession of the special permit stipulated in Article (91) hereof.
Article (14)
The sponsor shall abide by the correctness of the information stated in the application, and undertakes to bring his sponsored person or deport him when necessary, along with any other obligation imposed upon him by the Directorate General of Naturalisation and Residence.
Article (15)
The foreigner present outside the Country shall submit an application for entry visa on the approved form, to the Consulate representing the state abroad, and the Consulate shall obtain the approval of the Directorate General of Naturalisation and Residence of the application, and in case of approval, the required visa shall be granted, and registered in a special record.
Article (16)
The entry permits and visas shall be issued on the forms approved by the directorate General of Naturalisation and Residence, and the State Missions and Consulates abroad, and after collecting the prescribed chargers, subject to the conditions and procedures stipulated in the regulation
Article (17)
Each permission or visa allows its holder to the country and stay in it for the period stipulated in this Regulation. As for the persons exempted from such permit according to article (2) of the low of Foreigners referred to herein, their period of stay in the country shall be thirty days from the date of entry, which subject to reciprocal treatment, may be extended to the same period for two consecutive times.
Article (18)
It should be added to each Entry Visa issued by the Consulate bodies, representing the State abroad, whether it was for work, residence or visit, an expression drawing the attention of its holder to the necessity of approaching the Naturalisation and Residence Administration within one week of the date of this entry into the State, to complete the formalities.
A statement warning its holder against practicing any work, without wages, or as a proprietor of business during the period of stay allowed by the visa should also be added to each Entry Visa for visit or residence.
SECTION THREE
TYPES CONDITIONS AND PROCDURES OF GRANTING THE ENTRY PERMIT AND VISAS
Article (21)
Entry Permit for Employment
The General Directorate of Naturalisation and Residence, after the approval of the concerned authorities, as the case may be, may grant the foreigner a permit allowing him to enter the Country to work therein.
The Consulate bodies representing the Country abroad, may after the approval of General Directorate of Naturalisation and Residence, issue the foreigners entry visas, in order to work in the government or the public corporations, boards or establishments in the A State on the basis of the approval of the parties with which they are going to work.
Article (22)
The Entry Permit for employment allows its holder to enter territories of the State for one time during two months from the date of its issue, and to stay therein for a period not exceeding thirty days from the date of entry.
Article (23)
In order to obtain the Entry Permit for Employment in the Country, it is conditional to take the necessary procedures, and submit all the required documents, according to the category to which the application belongs, and the party with whom he is going to work.
First:
If the recruiting party is an establishment or a company related to the private sector, its employees are subject to the provisions of the Low of Organization of Labour Relations, or if applicant is going to practice a professional or vocational activity, he should obtain the approval of the Ministry of Labour, and prepare the documents they require. The concerned employee in the Naturalisation and Residence Administration should also ascertain the validity of the license of practicing the activity, by comparing the original or an attested copy, thereof, or what establishes that the original license is under processing by the concerned authority.
Second:
If the recruiting party is a public board, company or corporation, the application should be submitted directly to the Naturalisation and Residence Administration, according to the following
1. Employment in the Federal Ministries, local departments, Ruler's Courts and their representatives, department related to Their Highnesses the Rulers, Crown Princes, Deputy Rulers, and parties which are not subject to the Labour Law. The Naturalisation and Residence Administration shall issue the Entry Permit for Employment with these parties, on the basis of the decision of appointment of the sponsored person, issued by concerned party.
2. Public Companies and corporations
The Naturalisation and Residence Administration shall issue the Entry Permit for Employment with these parties according to the following:
a. Attachment of an approved copy of the Articles of Incorporation for the first time.
b. Attachment of an approved copy of the decision of appointment of the sponsored person, along with the application for the Entry Permit.
3. Companies and Establishment Operating in the Free Zone
The Naturalisation and Residence Administration shall issue the Entry Permit for Employment with the companies and establishment operating in the Free Zones according to the following:
a. The said companies and established should be located within the free Zones, which are established and specified by Federal or Local Decrees, or lows.
b. The Entry Permit is granted to the workers of such companies and establishments according to the approval of a committee formed by a Ministerial Decision and according to the Ministry of Education and Youth.
4. Union, Clubs and Athletic Societies
The Naturalisation and Residence Administration shall issue the Entry Permit for Employment with these parties on condition that application of entry permit is approved by the Ministry of Education and Youth.
5. Religious and Charity Societies
The Naturalisation and Residence Administration shall issue the Entry Permit for Employment with these parties, according to the following:
a. Attachment of an approved copy of the Federal or Local Decree or Administrative Decision issued in relation its establishment as being of benefit to the society.
b. Approval of the application by the concerned government authority.
Third:
If the recruiting party is a foreign or international board, the application shall
Be submitted according to the following condition:
1. The place of work should be from the Embassies. Consulates, International bodies and organization, Arab or foreign social clubs, churches, and the schools under the supervision of Embassies.
2. The sponsored persons should be from the administrators and non-diplomatic employees.
3. The application should be approved by the State Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Fourth:
The following is conditional for the issue of an Entry Permit for a servant or
Housemaid to work with the foreign individual.
a. The monthly salary of the sponsor should not be less than (Dhs.6,000)
Six Thousand Dirhams.
b. The sponsor should pay to the State Treasury annually, the equivalent of the annual salary of the servant or housemaid, provided that the monthly salary should not be less than (Dhs.400) Four Hundred Dirhams.
c. The sponsor should not have relinquished the sponsorship of a servant or housemaid during one year, up to the date of submitting the application.
d. The sponsor and sponsored should not be related to each other by family ties.
e. The sponsor should be residing with his family in the Country.
f. If meeting sponsorship conditions, the foreign woman working in the rare or important specialities such as medicine, engineering, teaching and similar specialities, which require a university degree or specialised, courses of not less than one year in the same professional speciality, to be determined in consultation with the concerned parties, may be allowed to replace the family man in sponsoring the servant or housemaid.
Article (24)
The Naturalisation and Residence Administration shall not issue an Entry Permit for Employment in place of the absconding sponsored person, for the categories which are not subject to the low of Organization of Labour Relations, before the expiry of three months from the date of reporting the incident of absconding.
Article (25)
The Director of Naturalisation and Residence Administration may according to his own discretion, exempt from the condition stipulated in items (c), (d) and (e) of Para. (Fourth) of Article (23) and Article (24) of this Regulation.
Article (26)
No person is allowed to sponsor the category of house servants or similar occupations, if it is established at any time, that he is incapable of paying the wages of one his sponsored person, or arrange the costs of his travel, or if he left such sponsored person and subsequently the latter without work, was apprehended while doing work for others.
Aritcle (27)
The following categories of foreigners are not permitted to sponsor or recruit a foreigner even if they satisfy the conditions of salary:
a. House servant or similar occupation.
b. Labourers or similar occupations.
Article (28)
Entry Permit for Residence
The General directorate of Naturalisation and Residence may grant the foreigner an Entry Permit for Residence in the country, in the following cases:
a. To join his family man or guardian
b. To study in one of the universities, colleges or institutes.
c. To join a training course or specialization course, in one of the public boards or corporations.
d. To the foreigner lady, whose U.A.E National husband had died or divorced her, provided she should have one son or more, from him.
e. To the parents or children of the U.A.E National who hold foreign passports.
f. To the husband and children of the U.A.E National lady who hold foreign passports.
g. To the foreign wives of the citizen of G.C.C States if the were licensed by a valid residence visa in the Country in which he husband is a national, on the condition of reciprocal treatment.
h. To the family members of the foreign lady working in the rare or important specialities, such as medicine, engineering, teaching and similar occupations, referred to in Para (f) of item (fourth) of Article (23) hereof, if the required conditions of sponsorship are satisfied.
Article (29)
The consulate Board representing the State a broad may issue Entry Visa for Residence to the Wife and children of the U.A.E National who hold foreign passport after ascertaining the approved supporting documents.
Article (30)
The Entry Permit for residence allows its holder to enter the territories of the Country for one time within two months from the date of its issue, and stay for a period not exceeding thirty days as of the date of entry.
Article (31)
The applications for obtaining Entry Permits for Residence for the foreigners shall be submitted to the Naturalisation and Residence Administration on the forms designed to this purpose, after satisfying all the particulars and documents required for each case, applying the following procedures:
a. If the sponsored person is a wife of a U.A.E National, the Marriage Certificate, duly certified and attested by the Consulate representing the Country abroad or the Embassy of the country from which the Marriage Certificate is issued and attestation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, should be submitted, and is case of divorce or death of the husband, the Application of Sponsorship shall be submitted by the eldest son of the sponsored lady, and if she has no son, then the matter goes to her eldest daughter.
b. If the sponsored person was one of the parents of a U.A.E National or one of his children who hold foreign passports, an approved subsistence certificate should be submitted for the parents and an approved Birth Certificate for the children's. If the sponsored was a husband of the U.A.E. National lady or one of her children holding foreign passports, the duly approved Marriage or Birth Certificate should be submitted.
c. If the sponsored was a husband of the UAE National lady or one of her children holding foreign passport, the duly approved Marriage or Birth Certificate should be submitted.
d. If the sponsored person was the wife of the foreigner, the following conditions should exist:
1. The sponsor should be in possession of a valid residence visa for employment.
2. He should submit the Marriage Certificate duly approved from his country and attested by the Consulate representing the State abroad, or the Embassy of the country from which the Marriage Certificate is issued and Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
3. The monthly income of the sponsor should not be less than Three Thousand Dirhams if his employer is not providing him with accommodation.
4. The salary should be evidenced by an official certificate duly attested by the official concerned authorities in the State.
5. The same condition apply if the foreign lady working in the rare specialities is sponsoring her foreign family members only.
6. The following categories are exempted from the condition of salary, and they are entitled to bring their family members only:
a. Teachers
b. Mosque Imams
c. Drivers of buses allotted for the transportation of the male and female
d. Students of schools, universities and other educational institutes.
e. If the person for whom the permit is required for coming to join his family man, he should be from the female unmarried children, or male children whose age does not exceed eighteen years, with the exception of students studying in universities, colleges and higher institutes in the State.
f. The application for obtaining an Entry Permit for Residence for a foreigner, in order to join one of the universities, colleges or institutes, shall be submitted by the party with which the student will be enrolled, directly to the Naturalisation and Residence Administration, according to the following conditions and procedures:
1. The enrolment of the student should be as a regular student and not as an associate student.
2. The party with which the student is going to enroll should undertake to bear the responsibility of his sponsorship, and to deport him/her and to report about him/her, if he has completed or abandoned his study.
g. The application for obtaining an Entry Permit for Residence for the purpose of joining a training or specialization course in one of the public corporations or institutions shall be submitted directly to the Naturalisation and Residence Administration, according to the following conditions:
1. The training or specialization party should be from among the public corporations or institutions.
2. The trainee or the person coming for a specialization course should be delegated by an official authority in his country.
3. The party, to which the trainee is coming for training, should sponsor him, and undertake the responsibility of deporting and reporting him in order to cancel his residence permit upon completion of his course, or his abandonment of the same.
Article (32)
Multiple – Travel Visa
The visa is granted by the General Directorate of Naturalisation and Residence and Consulates abroad to the foreigner whose circumstances of work, or nature of his relationship with one of the public or private corporations or institutions operating in the Country, impose upon him to frequent continuously to the territory of the State.
Article (33)
The multiple-travel visa allows its holder to enter the territory of the State, several times during a period of six months from the date of its issue, and to stay each time for a maximum period of thirty days.
Article (34)
The application for obtaining a Multiple-Travel Entry Visa for the foreigner shall be submitted directly to the Naturalisation and Residence Administration or one of the Consulates representing the State abroad, according to the following conditions and procedures:
a. The nature of the foreigner's employment should require his frequenting to the State due to a relationship, which associates him with one of the companies or establishments operating in the Country.
b. He should attach with the application a letter from the sponsoring party showing the nature of relationship with the sponsored person, and the purpose of entry.
c. The sponsored person should have entered the Country on the basis of a visa or visit permit, if the application is submitted to Naturalisation and Residence Administration.
d. The visa is granted according to the approved form, and that is by affixing it on the foreigner's passport or travel document, after collection of the prescribed charge.
(35)Article
ignmentEntry Visa for an Ass
The visa is granted at the State Entry Airports to the foreigner coming to the Country to accomplish an urgent assignment associated with one of the public or private companies or establishments, operating in the Country, provided that he is holding a ticket to travel outside the Country, and should have a sponsor in the State from among those engaged in a licensed commercial activity, or from an official concern, and it is conditional that he should be from one of the following categories:
a. Businessmen.
b. Managers of companies and their representatives, sales managers and auditors.
c. Representatives of companies or commercial establishments, who are delegated for works related to a commercial activity in the territory of the State
d. Engineers, doctors, lawyers and technicians of rare specialities, coming on the basis of a request made by one of the official concerns, establishments or companies operating in the Country to accomplish a special assignment
e. Wives and children accompanying members of the categories mentioned under the preceding items of the Article.
Article (36)
The Entry Visa for assignment allows its holder to enter the territories of the Sate. For one time during period of (14) days from the date of approval of the visa, and to stay for a period of (14) days starting as of the day following the date of entry and the holder thereof should leave the Country on the day following expiry of the said period.
Article (37)
The application for obtaining Entry Visa for on assignment, are presented to the Section concerned with the entry of foreigners at the air ports entry outlets in the State, according to following conditions and procedures:
a. The applying party shall fill in the e Visa Application in triplicate, in Arabic for the Arabs, and in the both Arabic and English for the other nationalities.
b. The application is be delivers during the official working hours, to the concerned section in the port of entry before not less than (48) hours of the time of arrival of the sponsored person.
c. A copy of the Trade License, after being compared with the original, is to be attached to application, and presentation of the authorization card showing the approved signatures, if the sponsor was a public corporation or organization, an official letter from such corporation or organization would be sufficient.
d. The vise shall granted on the approved from, and that is by affixing it on the Passport or Travel Document.
Article (38)
Entry permit for Visit
The naturalization and residence Administration and consulates representing the Stat abroad, shall when necessary, issue this permit to the foreigner desiring to enter the territories of the State to the following purposes:
a- To visit a relative or a friend who is legitimately residing in the Country.
b- To visit a public or private legal entity.
c- For tourism, and under the sponsorship of the bodies working in the field of tourism.
Article (39)
The Entry permit for Visit allows its holder to enter the territories of the Stat one time within tow months from its date of issue, and to stay for thirty days from the date of entry which may be extended for the same period for tow consecutive times for a serious reason and for other than those coming for tourism.
Article (40)
The application for obtaining Entry permit for visit permit, are submitter on the forms designed to this purpose, after completion of all the required particulars and documents for each according to the following procedures:
a. If the purpose of entry is to visit a relative or a friend who is legitimately residing in the country, the following conditions should exist.
1. The visitor should be a husband or a first-degree relative of the sponsor, and the second- degree relative many also be allowed to visit on the basis of the approval of the Assistant under-secretary for Naturalisation and Residence Affairs or his delegate.
2. The sponsor is U.A.E. National if Visitor is a friend.
3. Attach evidence of marriage or relationship, or the justification for the visit, and sponsor should present sufficient guarantees that the sponsored visitor shall not violate the rules.
b. If the purpose of entry for the foreign wife is to visit her husband who is a citizen of the G.C.C. States she should be holding a valid residence in the country to which her husband belongs.
c. If the purpose of entry is to visit a public or private legal entity, a justification which acceptable to the concerned Administration shall be submitted, as to the reasons of the visit and its purpose.
d. if the purpose of entry is for tourism, the sponsor should be an establishment or organization operating in the field of tourism, and should have sufficient guarantees and the relevant application should be submitted to the concerned Administration , at least one week before the date of arrival, enclosing therewith a list of the names of the persons intended to be brought and their personal particulars, provided that they shall be not less than ten persons, along with their itinerary reflecting both the dates of arrival and departure, places of residence, and places determined to be visit in the Country.
The condition of the number of persons in the preceding Para may waived with the approval of the Assistant Under-secretary, Naturalisaton and Residence Affairs or his delegate.
Article (41)
Its is not permitted to convert the visit permit or visit into a Residence Permit for Employment in the private sector except for the following categories:
1. Engineers.
2. Doctors, Pharmacists, Male Nurses, and medical Technicians.
3. Agricultural Guides.
4. Teachers
5. Qualified Accountants and Auditors.
6. Technicians working on the scientific, electronic instruments and laboratories.
7. Driver licensed to drive heavy-duty means of transportation and buses.
8. Workers in the private oil companies.
The Minister of Interior or his delegate in the matter may exempt according to his own discretion, any party other than the above-mentioned, if the public interest so dictates.
Article (42)
Changing the situation of foreigner coming to the Country on Entry permit or visa for visit, to a Residence for Employment, shall be done observing the following:
1. The foreigner should obtain the approval of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, or the concerned official authorities for those who are not subject to the labour law, to reside under sponsorship of the same sponsor who provided him with the visit visa, according to the conditions and procedures required by the official authorities.
2. Collection of charge for exemption from the condition of departure, specified by the Cabinet Resolution No. (6) of 1994 regarding the amendment and introduction of some charges for transactions of the Naturalization and Residence Administration, Traffic Department and Arms Licenses, and that in case of work with the private sector.
Article (43)*
Entry Permit for visit to Residents of the G.C.C states
This permit is granted at the State Entry Outlets approved for the foreigner residing in one of the G.C.C States, who is not holding a prior visa or permit which allows him to enter the Country, if he was one of the following categories:
a. Subjects of the United States of America, Canada, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Spain, Republic of Germany, Republic of Ireland, Republic of Iceland, Republic of Italy, Republic of Portugal, Kingdom of Norway, Austria, Netherlands (Holland), and Greece.
b. Subjects of other countries from among businessmen, managers of companies and their representatives, accountants, auditors, doctors and engineers.
c. Family members of the categories mentioned in paragraph (a, b) and their sponsored drivers upon entry through land entry points.
Article (44)
This Entry Permit for the residents of the G.C.C States allows its holder to enter the Country once, and stay in it for a period not exceeding thirty days, from the date of endorsement of such permit on the Passport, and this period may not be extended, and in case of exceeding this period, the legally prescribed delay penalty shall apply.
Article (45)
Special Entry Permit
This is an exceptional permit granted according to the provisions of Para (e) for Article (37) of the Law of Entry and Residence of Foreigners, referred to herein, and is issued by the Minister of Interior or his delegate, to persons on his discretion, for international courtesy considerations.
Article (46)
The Special Entry Permit allows its holder to stay in the Country for a period of thirty days from the date of entry.
Article (47)
The application for obtaining the Special Permit to enter the Country is submitted by the inviting party directly to the Minister of Interior or his delegate, vide an official letter showing the capacity of the invitee and his personal particulars, if any , at least (48) Forty Eight hours before the time of arrival. Application shall indicate the time of arrival, and the entry outlet.
Article (48)
This visa is granted by the authority concerned with the entry of foreigners at the Sate airports, and is given to the foreigner in the transit and continuing his flight to another country, but compelled by the circumstances of his light to enter the country, according to the following conditions:
a. He should be holding a Passport or Travel Document valid for entering the country and the country to which he intends to continue his flight.
b. He should have a ticket to continue his flight.
c. He should depart within (96) Ninety- Six hours from the time of obtaining the visa.
Article (49)
Transit Visa
This Transit Visa is granted according to the following conditions and procedures:
a. The carrying Airline shall submit a list of the names of transit passengers, undertaking therein their responsibility for such passengers violation of the Law of Entry and Residence of Foreigners and relevant Executive Regulations and Decisions.
b. The concerned authority at the port of entry shall approve that list containing the names of transit passengers, who desire to enter, after being audited, and thereafter endorse the foreigner's passport or Travel Document with the period for which he is permitted to stay in the Country, and stamp it with the stamp of entry.
c. It is conditional that the transiting passenger should be heading to a country other than that he came from.
SECTION TWO
RESIDENCE OF FOREIGNERS
CHAPTER ONE
Types of Resident Permits and their Validity
Article (57)
The Residence Permit specifies the purpose of its issue and is of two types:
a. For Employment:
1. In the government and the federal and local public sector, corporations and Arab, foreign and international organizations.
2. In the private sector as a worker, employer or employee.
3. With individuals as professionals, house servants and the like.
a. For Residence without Employment:
This is granted to the foreigner in any of the following case:
1. To join his parent or guardian.
2. To join one of the universities, colleges of institutes.
3. To join a training or specialization course in one of the public corporations or organizations.
Article (58)
The General Directorate of Naturalization and Residence is concerned with the issue of the Residence Permit for the following periods:
a. Three Years, if the purpose of residence in the country is to work with the public or private sectors, the international, Arab and foreign bodies and organizations, and my be extended for similar period or periods, according to the same conditions on which basis it was granted.
b. Two Years, if the purpose of residence in the country is to work with individuals, any may be extended for the same period or similar periods, according to the same conditions on which basis it was issued.
c. Individuals coming to the Country to reside with their foreign sponsors shall be granted a Residence Permit, which does not exceed the period of residence of their sponsors.
d. The Residence Permits may be issued for periods less than those stated in the preceding two items, and for not less than one year, on the basis of the request made by the concerned party, and for the requirements of public interest, or the case assessed by the Director of the concerned Naturalization and Residence Administration.
Article (59)
The Resident Permit authorities its holder the right to reside in the Country during the granted period, and therefore, upon its expiry of earlier cancellation, the holder should leave the country within a maximum period of thirty days.
Article (60)
The Naturalization and Residence Administration undertakes the regulation of the situation of the following categories of foreigners:
a) The new-born children who obtained separate passports or those added to the passports of their parents during four months of their birth within the Country, in which case the Residence Permit shall be affixed on their passports or they shall be added to the Residence Permits of their parents, if they satisfy the prescribed conditions.
b) Persons holding residence permits in the Country, and are not permitted to work, but later obtained an approval to work.
c) The wife or daughter holding a Residence Permit for Employment, and later on obtained an approval for residence, if satisfying the prescribed conditions.
d) The category of individuals from whom the nationality of the Country is withdrawn, and also the category of individuals who were staying in the Country without Passports and were holding passports or Travel Documents form one of the Emirates before the formation of the Federation, provided that the above two categories obtain Passports from their original domiciles as well as the approval of the Official authorities in case of work within the Country.
Article (61)
The Residence Permit granted to the foreigner shall be deemed be cancelled if the period of his stay outside the Country exceeds six months.
Article (62)
As an exception fro the provisions of Article (61) hereof, the Residence Permit shall continue to be valid until the end of its term for the following categories:
a) The foreigner wives of U.AE. National.
b) Servants accompanying U.A.E. Nationals delegated to study abroad.
c) Servants and escorts of U.A.E. Nationals patients traveling or sent for medical treatment abroad.
d) Foreign patient (and their escorts) who are traveling or sent for medical treatment abroad, holding valid Residence Permits, provided that they present a Medical Report approved by the Ministry of Health or the Medical Services of the Armed Forces or Police.
e) Servant of the members of the diplomatic and consular missions representing the State abroad, and employees of such missions holding Residence Permits in the State.
f) Foreigners delegated by the Public Sector Corporations to attend training or specialisation courses, or those working in their employers offices abroad, and their families holding valid Residence Permits in the State.
g) Servants of the members of the ruling family in the Unites Arab Emirates, who are serving in their houses abroad, and who are holding valid /Residence Permits in the State.
h) Students studying in one of the universities or institutes abroad.
Article (63)
Without prejudice to provisions of transfer of sponsorship stipulated in Chapter (3) of this Section, the Residence Permit for employment shall be cancelled upon termination of the work relationship, and no new Entry Permit or Visa may be issued for employment except after the elapse of six months from the date of the last departure form the territories of the State, and one year for the house servants and similar occupations, and the Naturalization and Residence Administration shall affix a stamp on the foreigner’s passport of travel document to this effect. The following categories are exempted from the provisions of this Article.
1. Engineers.
2. Doctors, Pharmacists and male nurses.
3. Agricultural Guides.
4. Qualified Accountants and Auditors.
5. Administrative Employees holding university degrees
6. Technicians operating on scientific, electronic instruments and laboratories.
7. Drivers licensed to drive heavy vehicles and buses, in case the transfer of sponsorship is to a similar party.
8. Workers in private oil companies when the transfer is between such companies.
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