The process for cancelling a worker’s work permit in the UAE has been significantly streamlined. The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratization (MOHRE) announced that the cancellation process has been upgraded, reducing the time required from 3 minutes down to only 45 seconds. Furthermore, the new process requires zero documents, eliminating the previous requirement of two documents.
In line with the UAE’s Zero Government Bureaucracy Programme, we have upgraded and streamlined the cancellation of a worker’s permit service, providing our customers with a hassle-free procedures experience.
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— وزارة الموارد البشرية والتوطين (@MOHRE_UAE) July 8, 2024
Streamlining work permit cancellation process
This improved cancellation procedure is part of the second phase launch of the Work Bundle platform. Work Bundle is a unified platform that integrates various work and residency services for businesses and employees, including:
- Issuing new work permits
- Adjusting employee status
- Issuing visas and employment contracts
- Handling Emirates ID, residency, and medical exams
- Renewing employment contracts, Emirates ID, residency, and medical exams
- Cancelling work permits, employment contracts, and residency
Key enhancements to cancellation process
The key enhancements to the cancellation process under Work Bundle include:
- Eliminating document requirements from 2 down to 0
- Enabling automatic approval
- Reducing the number of required fields from 7 to only 2
- Shortening the processing time from 3 minutes to just 45 seconds
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Easing labor-related services across UAE
This upgraded and streamlined cancellation process is part of a broader effort by several government ministries and federal authorities to ease hiring, work permit renewals, and other labor-related services for businesses and employees across the UAE. The first phase of Work Bundle was launched in Dubai in March, and the second phase is now being implemented throughout all seven emirates, covering around 600,000 companies and over 7 million workers.
Previously, the time required to process documents for work permits and residency visas had already been reduced from 30 days down to 5 days across the UAE.
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