NEWS & INSIGHTS

Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar may need a year and a half to introduce an agreed 5 per cent value added tax rate, according to an International Monetary Fund official. The deputy director of the IMF’s fiscal affairs department, Abdelhak […]

Oman has temporarily halted issuing visas to hire expat workers in 87 job roles. The six-month hiring freeze was recently imposed by the country’s Ministry of Manpower. According to the Times of Oman, the ban came into effect following the […]

A spontaneous weekend trip to Oman may now require more planning, as Royal Oman Police announces new procedures. Travellers to Oman will have to apply in advance for a tourism visa online in a move that is expected to affect […]

Dubai immigration authorities have temporarily exempted foreign nationals from producing good conduct certificates for processing their employment visas. This measure is expected to improve job prospects for them in free zones of the emirate. Free zones fall outside the purview […]

Main Responsibilities and Required Skills: The position will be to work directly with the Company Incorporations Manager Responsibilities Creating and maintaining filing systems of documents in both hard and soft copy formats Manage and maintain up-date internal databases and Master […]

EuRA Quality Seal Accreditation EER is delighted to announce becoming the first company in the Middle East to achieve the EuRA Quality Seal accreditation across all areas of our business including relocation, immigration and company incorporation. The EuRA Quality Seal is based […]

Part Time Relocation Consultant We are looking for part-time relocation consultants to work in Dubai for our company Executive Expatriate Relocations (EER) with immediate start. Essential requirements are to have lived in Dubai for a minimum of 2 years, a […]

Fourteen private schools are rated as high-performing, out of 73 privately-owned educational establishments. Under new performance-based criteria, only schools rated “Good” or “Excellent” will be authorised to increase students’ fees by five per cent, pending board of directors’ approval. In […]

Muscat Municipality has announced plans to introduce new fees and taxes for individuals and businesses based in the Omani capital. The plans, which come into effect in February, include an up to 2 per cent increase in electricity prices based […]

Royal Oman police (ROP) has put out a three-step explainer on how one can apply for an unsponsored tourist visa to the Sultanate. In the first step to submitting an application, one must first visit the ROP website (www.rop.gov.om), fill […]

A number of Dubai schools have lowered their tuition fees for the next academic year starting September, citing economic pressure as one of the reasons. Horizon International School (HIS) in Dubai reduced its tuition fees by 33 percent to AED65,000 […]

The rule will come into effect from February 4, 2018. A ‘certificate of good conduct’ will now be a prerequisite for obtaining a work visa in the UAE, a high-level panel has announced. The decision of the committee, which was […]