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Saudi sponsors to pay for deporting workersSaudi Arabia will make sponsors and employers of foreigners working illegally in the country pay the cost of deporting them, under new rules approved by the cabinet, the Saudi Gazette reported on Monday. More… |
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Can UAE’s new mortgage caps check speculation?This article appeared in the April 2013 edition of The Gulf. If Sultan bin Nasser al Suwaidi has his way, by the end of this year it will be that little bit harder for people in the UAE to buy their own homes. The central bank More… |
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Saudi orders 3-month delay to 'illegal' clampSaudi Arabia's King Abdullah has ordered a three-month delay to a crackdown on migrant workers which has led to thousands of deportations, to give foreigners in the kingdom a chance to sort out their papers. &n More… |
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Dubai’s home ownership on the riseDubai’s freehold real-estate market is increasingly becomes a dominating force, with owner occupied home ownership now accounting for nearly one in six transactions, up by more than 100 per cent in the last four years, a report said. More… |
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Expat cover ‘to boost Bahrain’s insurance sector’The proposed introduction of compulsory health insurance for all expatriates would open up a BD50 million ($132.6 million) market for Bahrain's insurance industry, experts said. The implementation of the proposal was at an adv More… |
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Saudi reforms provide 600,000 jobs for localsSaudi Arabia's attempts to reform its expatriate-heavy labour market have put more than 600,000 locals into jobs at private companies, a senior official said on Tuesday, a sharp increase over previous rates. &n More… |
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Payout over expat worksite deaths urgedCampaigners are calling on the government to introduce an official compensation scheme for expatriate workers killed in Bahrain as a result of their job. It follows the deaths of two Asian men a week ago today, when explosives wer More… |
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Work permits for travel ban expats in BahrainBahrain’s Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) will soon develop a clearly defined mechanism for granting work permits to foreign workers facing travel ban, said its chief executive. Ausamah Al Absi said there was no legal li More… |
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Kuwait to limit scope of family visaKuwait will limit family visa applications by expatriates to the spouse and children of the applicant, said a report. The interior ministry has directed immigration directorates not to consider applications for other relatives, Arab New More… |
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Saudi to licence expat labour firmsSaudi Arabia's deputy labour minister said on Tuesday the Middle East's largest economy will start licensing expatriate labour companies within a month in a first move away from the sponsorship system for foreign workers. 'Thes More… |
