Step by step guide for a residence visa for your maid in Dubai. Procedures:
1. Go to authorized typist & get form filled up. Pay AED 110 + separate typing fee (which varies from typist to typist). If urgent, pay additional AED 100.
2. Go to Immigration & Naturalization Department & submit all documents after attaching Empost sticker for non-urgent visa. For urgent, wait for a few minutes and receive the employment entry permit. You will have to pay a refundable deposit of AED 5000/- along with the application.
3. Send either original visa or copy to your maid. If only copy was sent, then deposit original at DNATA Visa Desk at Dubai airport or at DNRD counter.
Applying for a residence visa for your maid
1. Apply for a residence permit and health card within 30 days of the arrival of your maid's entry into the country. Visit an authorized typist & pay for either urgent or non-urgent form & submit to DNRD counter.
2. After stamping, take your maid for a medical test and health card (average cost AED 250, though waiting time differs from 24 hours to 36 hours for most government hospitals. Iranian Hospital can give it to you in 12 hours for AED 400)
3. Take medical results to the typist and pay AED 5,200 (or 5,100 for non-urgent) to apply for residence visa.
4. Submit medical report with stamped employment permit, maid's original passport, sponsor's passport copy and a salary certificate/labour contract to residency section. It is preferable to take your maid with you to save time. You must declare to the officer what salary you propose to pay your maid, as this will be entered into the contract. You will receive 4 printouts of the unified contract which has to be signed by both sponsor and maid. If your maid is with you, request her to sign. Go to the bank counter inside the visit visa section and purchase an AED 10 sticker for attestation, and re-submit copies of the contract to the officer, who will counter-sign and return 2 copies to you. (One is for the sponsor, the other for the maid to keep.) A residence stamp valid for one year will then be placed in your maid's passport.
4. You may have to return after 24 hours to collect the labour card.
5. To collect your deposit, take your AED 5,000 sticker receipt to Counter 17 (Deposit Refund). Then present the sticker to Commercial Bank of Dubai along with AED 10 to receive your deposit.
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