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UAE Probation Period Rules: The Six-Month Cap, Notice, and How Either Side Can End It
Probation in the UAE is capped at six months and cannot be renewed. This guide sets out the statutory cap, the employer's 14-day notice, the two ways an employee can resign on probation, who pays recruitment costs, and how probation affects gratuity and leave.
The UAE Labour Contract: Contract Types, Mandatory Terms and MOHRE Registration
Every private-sector job in the UAE now runs on a fixed-term contract registered with MOHRE. This guide explains the contract types and work models, the terms the document must state, how the offer letter becomes the registered contract, and how to pull your own copy.
UAE Work Permit: Types, Eligibility, and How MOHRE Issues One (2026)
Working in the UAE without a valid MOHRE work permit is illegal for both the worker and the employer. This guide sets out the 13 permit categories, the conditions MOHRE checks, the offer-letter-to-contract sequence, the fee bands, and what cancellation does.
UAE Overstay and Visa Fines: How to Check What You Owe and Pay Before You Fly (2026)
An overstay fine check tells you what your immigration file actually owes today, not what a forum thread guessed. This guide covers the law behind the daily charge, the ICP and GDRFA lookups, the identifiers each one needs, and how to clear a fine before departure.
UAE Maximum Pension Salary: Contribution Limits and Deductions Explained
The UAE calculates pension on a capped contribution salary, not on total pay. This guide explains the floor and the ceiling, what counts toward the contribution salary, how employer and employee shares split, and why expatriate staff receive end-of-service gratuity instead of a pension.
Prenup in Dubai: What It Can Cover and the Formalities That Make It Usable
A prenup in Dubai is read under either the civil personal status law or the conditions written into your marriage contract. Here is what it can validly cover, what a court can disregard, and the formalities that decide whether it is usable.
UAE Traffic Rules 2026: Licences, Speed Limits and Driver Duties
A plain-English guide to what the federal traffic law actually requires of drivers in the UAE — licence eligibility and conversion, speed and lane discipline, seat belt and child seat duties, phone rules, pedestrian and e-scooter obligations, and the insurance you must carry.
Warning Letter UAE Labour Law: Rules, the Penalty Ladder and Your Rights
A written warning is a formal disciplinary penalty under UAE labour law, not an informal telling-off. Learn what a valid warning must contain, which sanctions an employer may impose and in what order, how many warnings can precede dismissal, and how to contest one.
Wadeema's Law: Child Protection in the UAE Explained
Wadeema's Law is the UAE's core child protection statute. This guide explains who it covers, the rights it guarantees, every official channel for reporting abuse, how it intersects with custody and guardianship, and the penalties framework parents and professionals should understand.
Visa Extension in the UAE: Tourist, Visit and Residence Visas Explained
Many UAE visit and tourist visas can be extended from inside the country through ICP or GDRFA Dubai, while residence visas are renewed through a sponsor. This guide covers who applies where, grace periods, overstay risks and common complications.
How to Remove a Blacklist in the UAE: Ban Types, Checks and Removal Routes
Blacklisted in the UAE? This guide breaks down the main ban types — entry bans, deportation blacklists, absconding-related bans and financial travel bans — how to check your status through ICP and GDRFA channels, and the realistic routes to removal.
Prosecutor in the UAE: How the Public Prosecution Works from Complaint to Trial
The Public Prosecution is the state authority that stands between the police and the criminal court in the UAE. This guide explains what a prosecutor does, how a case moves from complaint to trial, your rights when summoned, and how appeals work.