Nobody doesn’t want a better life. If an opportunity comes, chances are you’ll grab that at once. We can never tell if there’s another opportunity that will come again. There are many Filipinos in Dubai working with a tourist visa but they’re facing a big problem now with the new rules in Dubai effective October 1, 2007.

Many Filipinos are trying their luck to work in Dubai. I have several friends working in Dubai, some did underwent with this procedure. They entered Dubai with a Tourist Visa on hand and look for work when they get there. Most of the time they moved from one job to another because their employer doesn’t signed their employment documents. The new visit visa rules states that:

Any person found to be working after entering the country on a visit visa will face a life ban while his employer would be fined Dh50,000. An employer who hires a person who is an infiltrator will be fined up to Dh100,000.

Its sad that Filipinos in Dubai would come home eventually within the year if they still doesn’t have their working visa. Another close friend of mine’s flight to Dubai is on November 8. Her sister works there as civil engineer, her sister as a sponsor. They’re planning to put up a salon there, my friend will be the manager. She’s offering me a job there, now that I know the rules, I guess this is not possible. A friend in Dubai with residence visa said the offer is good but I should have a valid working visa because the new rule had started already last October 1. I’m worried with my other friends in Dubai.

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