The Federal Authority for Id, Citizenship, Customs, and Ports Safety (ICP) has introduced the execution of 252 inspection campaigns throughout the UAE throughout February 2025 beneath the slogan “In the direction of a Safer Society.” These campaigns aimed to implement compliance with the nation’s international residency and labor legal guidelines and to curb violations associated to unauthorized employment and residency.
In the course of the month-long operation, 4,771 institutions had been inspected, ensuing within the apprehension of a number of violators who had been discovered to be working for entities apart from their legally approved sponsors, in violation of UAE regulation.
His Excellency Main Basic Suhail Saeed Al Khaili, Director Basic of the ICP, affirmed the authority’s unwavering dedication to implementing the regulation and making certain compliance with the accepted laws. He emphasised that the first purpose is to uphold nationwide safety and social stability whereas safeguarding the rights of all people residing and dealing within the UAE inside the authorized framework.
He additional famous that strict authorized actions had been taken in opposition to violators, together with referral to judicial authorities, issuance of fines, and deportation orders for these dominated for expulsion by the Public Prosecution. Employers and people discovered to be illegally hiring, sheltering, or using international employees with out authorization additionally confronted extreme penalties.
Main Basic Al Khaili said that UAE’s International Entry and Residency Regulation grants the authority the fitting to conduct inspections to confirm compliance and detect violations.
The infractions recorded throughout February 2025 included:
Hiring unauthorized international employees, together with infiltrators or these initially sponsored by one other entity however working outdoors their authorized framework.
Failing to make use of people beneath legally binding employment contracts, thereby permitting them to work elsewhere illegally.
Using international employees outdoors the scope of their contractual obligations.
Below the International Entry and Residency Regulation, a superb of AED 50,000 is imposed on any particular person or entity that illegally hires, shelters, or homes a international employee in violation of the regulation. The superb is multiplied per violation, making certain accountability for every case.
As a part of the February inspections, authorities apprehended a UAE nationwide and an Asian nationwide for illegally using 12 international employees with out official permits. The courtroom fined each people a mixed AED 600,000, holding them collectively liable, whereas the employees had been fined AED 1,000 every and deported from the UAE.
Main Basic Al Khaili urged all members of society to strictly adhere to the International Entry and Residency Regulation when hiring, sponsoring, or housing international employees. He warned in opposition to using people with no direct contractual relationship, or these whose sponsorship belongs to a different entity.
He reaffirmed that the ICP is not going to tolerate violations, and all offenders might be subjected to authorized repercussions, supporting the nation’s dedication to socioeconomic stability and sustainable development.
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