Tom Jones
[color=darkblue] Well.... Here we go...!!!
He says hundereds of thousands of new visas have been issued??
That means, we should be seeing hundreds of thousands of new people on the streets of Dubai pretty soon???!!!
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Dubai Continues to Attract Expats
DUBAI - Global recession or not, Dubai continues to be a favourite destination with expatriates, a top official said.
Major General Mohammed Ahmed Al Marri, Director of the Dubai Naturalization and Residency Department (DNRD), said that Dubai was still experiencing a healthy number of incoming residents in 2009, after years of boom inflows.
“It is true there are residence visas that were cancelled but at the same time [color=red]there are hundreds of thousands of new ones that were issued[/color]. There is still a sort of balanced situation as far as the labour market goes,” Al Marri said.
“This has to do with the supply and demand in the labour market.”
According to figures available with DNRD, 1,088 visas were issued per day in January this year. This is just under 1,000 fewer than in the same period of 2008.
However, the DNRD chief did not deny that the global financial crisis has had some negative impact on the labour market in Dubai.
“Like all cities in the world, Dubai has had its share of the global meltdown. Lots of major private companies in the US, considered to be one of the strongest economies in the world, have had to cut some jobs. Likewise, companies here have had to take that difficult option at that particular stage to slash their manpower.”
Major General Al Marri added: “Still, one should not just see the bad side of the coin. Even under the financial crisis, we are still issuing new residence visas, which means that there are new job opportunities.”
The DNRD official praised the strong resilience of Dubai. “Our economy has always been dynamic. This is proven by the influx of people to Dubai in the middle of the financial crisis.”
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arniegang
It was confirmed in 7 Days that the official average daily figure for visa cancellations is 1700
So assume that 1000 visas issued a day is true. OK, so what portion of that 1000 is holiday makers and business people on a short visit visa?
Lets be generous and say only 300 of the 1000 are visit visas, that still leaves an average 1000 a day visa cancellations.
We are not counting all the 000's every week they are sending home on temporary leave without cancelling their visa's.
ArchitectRoel
Are they not the same people who are cancelled? and applied to another company?
Tom Jones
- ArchitectRoel wrote:
Are they not the same people who are cancelled? and applied to another company?
Whoever they are, it’s hard to believe that this number amounts to HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of new visas!!!
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wordyexpat
ok, dont wwant to get technical but if this article is focusing on 2009, and they're issuing a thousand visas a day---and we're only in Feb---and then thats only about 45 thousand right? Where's the HUNDREDS of thousands coming from?
muslimbengladeshi
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smoggie
MODS....Can this idiot be banned?
This is unacceptable abuse and typical of this sort of person that hates free speech and wants to hide behind hypocritical, hateful and dangerous views. This sort of tirade is dangerous and I suspect illegal.
uaekid
Expats will eventually come back !! UAE is effected by the crisis but the outside world is worst . it is a fact. some foreigners I know even somehow changed their names when they went back home just not to get caught coming in again being banded here. the numbers are multiplied by 100s in term of unemployment and layoffs compared to UAE.
smoggie
- uaekid wrote:
Expats will eventually come back !! UAE is effected by the crisis but the outside world is worst . it is a fact. some foreigners I know even somehow changed their names when they went back home just not to get caught coming in again being banded here. the numbers are multiplied by 100s in term of unemployment and layoffs compared to UAE.
Yeah. The UAE will recover...just like the rest of the world. The question is how long to recovery. I think and hope that lessons have been learned and things are very different when this blows over
uaekid
- smoggie wrote:
- uaekid wrote:
Expats will eventually come back !! UAE is effected by the crisis but the outside world is worst . it is a fact. some foreigners I know even somehow changed their names when they went back home just not to get caught coming in again being banded here. the numbers are multiplied by 100s in term of unemployment and layoffs compared to UAE.
Yeah. The UAE will recover...just like the rest of the world. The question is how long to recovery. I think and hope that lessons have been learned and things are very different when this blows over
well as long as things are cheaper I'm not complaining and yes it is a lesson for all greedy ones.
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hack88
more than 70% of indian families are goin back to india..
every indian school has increased the fee to 90%
lol...how are u guys gonna feel about a NO INDIAN UAE
smoggie
Let's see what happens..... The school fees are going to be an issue for many families. But 70%????.