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How to Retire in Dubai: UAE Retirement Visa Requirements 2026
Turning 60 in the UAE used to mean packing a life into boxes. Your employer cancelled your visa, your residency went with it, and twenty years here ended at an airport gate. That is no longer how it works. The UAE now runs a five year renewable residence visa for retired expatriates. What it is
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UAE industries hiring right now, according to latest employment index
Dubai: The overall job market is still facing some headwinds, but recruitment activity in certain industries is now picking up, a new research showed. The Monster Employment Index, a monthly gauge of the labour market in the Middle East based on tens of thousands of job listings online, indicated that hiring in certain sectors like
April 26, 2016
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Is Dubai a good place to bring up children?
Is Dubai a good place to bring up children? Ah yes, the million-dollar question. I’m sure every Dubai expat is asked this at least five times per trip home. But there is no simple answer : it depends on the age of the children, what your long-term plans are and your own attitude to being
April 21, 2016
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United Arab Emirates: New Visa Application Process Requires Appearance at Typing Center
The General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs in Dubai (GDRFA) has introduced a new electronic system for submission of visa applications which requires the foreign employee to appear at one of approximately 600 approved typing centers in Dubai, but eliminates the need for multiple appearances at a GDRFA branch. Most entry permits for visitors
Hospitality firm Louvre plans 40 budget hotel in MENA by 2021
Louvre Hotels Group has announced plans to expand its presence in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) by opening 40 budget and economy hotels over the next five years. Driving the group’s expansion in the region will be two of its fastest-growing brands – Première Classe and Campanile, said Rami Moukarzel, vice president –
April 21, 2016
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Boutique developer reveals plan to build 2,200 Dubai homes
Ellington Properties, a boutique property development company, on Wednesday announced plans to build more than 2,200 residential units including apartments, townhouses and villas, in Dubai.The company, jointly set up by industry veterans and joint managing directors Robert Booth and Joseph Thomas, has announced a pipeline of 14 residential projects for the emirate.Ellington said in a
April 21, 2016
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Kuwait strike boosts oil despite failure of Doha talks
Kuwait strike boosts oil despite failure of Doha talks Oil prices rebounded on world markets on Tuesday after a plunge caused by the failure of Opec and other producing nations, including Russia, to agree to a deal to freeze output at a meeting on Sunday in Doha. The main reason for Tuesday’s price recovery appeared
April 21, 2016
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Teamwork: What does it mean for managers?
The picture of the modern office is becoming one composed of teams. It seems that the ladder system of individuals reporting to the next higher authority is going the way of the flip phone. Replacing it are semi-independent teams that interact with one another, only occasionally reporting to management at key milestones. In that scenario,
April 20, 2016
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Dubai rents fall further on increased supply
Dubai: Housing rents in Dubai fell further during the first three months of the year as more residential units were delivered and property market conditions continued to soften, a leading real estate broker said.Leasing rates dropped by 5 per cent, while house prices dipped by 10 per cent compared to the same period last year,
April 20, 2016
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Dubai continues to remain a rental market
Dubai: Build, sell and then build some more – Dubai’s developers have stuck to this simple formula through every turn of the market cycle. Only rarely have they made a foray into creating rental properties, and mostly done by government-owned developers. For a private developer to do so was unheard of. It’s a fact that
April 20, 2016
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