Visit Visas from Farook
The labour laws of the UAE are fair, just, and reasonable. (The problem is in how they are enforced.)
I was invited to Fahad’s for dinner, and the conversation turned to Farook. I told Fahad some of my experiences with Farook. And Fahad reciprocated.
Farook has a business, and is allowed to issue two visit visas at a time for employment interviews.
Formerly, visit visas cost about €30 in fees, and were sold for about €200, after which the person came to the UAE on the two month visit visa and remained, and the business had a profit of €170.
Now, companies must make a deposit of about €400, and also pay fees of about €30 for each visit visa. If the person does not leave on time, the company forfeits the deposit.
Fahad asked Farook to get him two visit visas for some friends to visit. This is illegal, but Farook said he would be happy to help, only he had no cash, and asked for the €430 required for each visa.
Fahad is very wealthy, and had no problem giving Farook the €860.
Then Fahad found that one of the people he had invited would be unable to come, so he asked for his €400 deposit back.
Four times, Farook called Fahad, said that the agency that had taken the deposit was only open early in the morning, and told Fahad that he had to meet Farook and go to the agency if he wanted to get his deposit back.
Four times, Fahad (who normally gets up after noon) got up at 7:00 a.m., drove from Sharjah to Dubai (a short journey that takes from one to two hours because of traffic), and was told by Farook that some problem (that had arisen at the last minute) prevented them from going to get the deposit.
The fourth time, Fahad was furious, and asked, ‘What the [deleted] is going on???’
Farook told him that illegal visit visas normally sell for €800, and that a charge of €400 was a very special deal, only given to close friends.
Fahad told me that he didn’t mind being cheated out of €400, but he was furious at having to get up at 7:00 a.m. and to drive from Sharjah to Dubai (four times).
I was invited to Fahad’s for dinner, and the conversation turned to Farook. I told Fahad some of my experiences with Farook. And Fahad reciprocated.
Farook has a business, and is allowed to issue two visit visas at a time for employment interviews.
Formerly, visit visas cost about €30 in fees, and were sold for about €200, after which the person came to the UAE on the two month visit visa and remained, and the business had a profit of €170.
Now, companies must make a deposit of about €400, and also pay fees of about €30 for each visit visa. If the person does not leave on time, the company forfeits the deposit.
Fahad asked Farook to get him two visit visas for some friends to visit. This is illegal, but Farook said he would be happy to help, only he had no cash, and asked for the €430 required for each visa.
Fahad is very wealthy, and had no problem giving Farook the €860.
Then Fahad found that one of the people he had invited would be unable to come, so he asked for his €400 deposit back.
Four times, Farook called Fahad, said that the agency that had taken the deposit was only open early in the morning, and told Fahad that he had to meet Farook and go to the agency if he wanted to get his deposit back.
Four times, Fahad (who normally gets up after noon) got up at 7:00 a.m., drove from Sharjah to Dubai (a short journey that takes from one to two hours because of traffic), and was told by Farook that some problem (that had arisen at the last minute) prevented them from going to get the deposit.
The fourth time, Fahad was furious, and asked, ‘What the [deleted] is going on???’
Farook told him that illegal visit visas normally sell for €800, and that a charge of €400 was a very special deal, only given to close friends.
Fahad told me that he didn’t mind being cheated out of €400, but he was furious at having to get up at 7:00 a.m. and to drive from Sharjah to Dubai (four times).
posted by Dubai@Random at 6:43 pm
3 Comments:
Surely the sale of visas like this is criminal corruption?
SD: Well, it is illegal. In this case, Fahad had a very good friend, and wanted the simplest way of getting him and his wife into the UAE, and I don't really have a problem with that.
Selling visas to people from the sub-continent for three years wages seems a bit harsh, though. And that's what Farook usually does.
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