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These UAE residents can get long-term visa

These UAE residents can get long-term visa These UAE residents can get long-term visa The decision aims to maintain the position of the UAE as a country having optimal business environment.  The UAE Cabinet on Saturday approved the recently announced long-term visa system, which includes 10-year residency visa for investors and specialists and five-year visa for exceptional students. The decision of the Cabinet will facilitate visas for investors, entrepreneurs, specialized talents, researchers – including their spouses and children – and create an encouraging environment for the growth of business for investors, entrepreneurs and professional talents. The decision includes the terms and conditions for obtaining long-term visas for all the above-mentioned categories as well as outstanding students to attract talents in all vital sectors of the national economy. The visa benefits for the family ensures a cohesive social structure that will create a stimula

New DIFC Law Set to Help Small Private Companies in UAE

New DIFC Law Set to Help Small Private Companies in UAE Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has enacted changes to the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) authority’s legal and regulatory framework. The newly enacted laws, which update the DIFC’s companies and property regimes, as well as the overall operating environment for entities based in the centre, aim to ensure that the DIFC remains the most sophisticated and business-friendly common law jurisdiction in the region. The new law will now follow a public and private company regime after substantial research, consultation and global benchmarking to allow maximum flexibility, especially for small private companies.  In addition, it will provide appropriate levels of oversight for complex corporate arrangements, such as those associated with listed entities, mergers, schemes of arrangement and debt restructurings. The changes to th