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Tasheel centres are the official service counters for labour-related transactions, and for domestic workers they handle the government paperwork side of hiring: processing the work permit application, registering the standard contract, and handling renewals through the official systems. They do not find the worker for you. Recruitment itself, if you are hiring from abroad or through an agency, goes through licensed domestic-worker recruitment offices, which operate under a regulated framework with standard contracts and defined protections. The usual order looks like this: decide whether you are recruiting through an agency or hiring someone already in the UAE with transferable status; agree terms and sign the standard domestic-worker contract; the service centre processes the work permit; if the worker is abroad, an entry permit is issued; after arrival come the medical test, Emirates ID registration, and the residence visa through the immigration authority. As the sponsor, prepare your Emirates ID and passport copies, proof of income, and your tenancy contract, plus the worker's passport details and photographs. Remember that domestic workers have their own federal law covering wages, rest days, and leave, and the registered contract is what gets enforced. A licensed UAE lawyer can step in if a dispute with an agency or over the contract arises later.

To sponsor your wife and children you mainly need to meet the salary requirement, hold suitable accommodation, and produce properly attested documents. The published baseline salary for family sponsorship is modest, four thousand dirhams a month or three thousand plus accommodation, so for most professionals the real work is the paperwork. You will need your marriage certificate and each child's birth certificate, legalised in the country of issue and then attested by the UAE authorities, plus Arabic translations where required; this attestation chain is what typing centres most often quote differently, and it is worth starting early because it is the slowest step. You also need a tenancy contract registered in your name, Ejari in Dubai, and health insurance for each family member. The process runs roughly: apply for entry permits through the GDRFA in Dubai, your family enters or adjusts status if already here, then each completes a medical test where applicable, Emirates ID biometrics, and visa stamping within the allowed window. Wives and young children are straightforward; the rules differ for older sons and for daughters, so check the current age criteria. A licensed UAE lawyer can untangle attestation problems quickly if any document gets rejected.