Abu Dhabi: The UAE authorities have slashed fees levied on 145 services and transactions by 50 to 94 per cent.
The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation released a revised fee structure, listing the old and new fees, including Tawafuq, Tas'heel, Tadbeer and Tawjeeh.
Under the new measure, work permit fees across all categories have been halved while fees for two-year work permit renewals have also been reduced.
The ministry said that it would continue to exempt companies from paying the work permit fee to employ an Emirati or GCC national and exempt fishing boat facilities from work permit fees.
The work permit fee for those who are sponsored by their families for different categories of businesses has been reduced from AED200 to AED100 - a cut of 50 per cent.
The new decision also set the fee for those wanting to sponsor their parents for a two-year work permit at AED300 for different categories of enterprise - whether the worker is skilled or semi-skilled.
Fees for issuing a two-year work permit for those who are sponsored by their parents for skilled and low-skilled workers of the first category were initially AED300 and the second category (a) for skilled workers AED500.
The fee for issuing a work permit has decreased by 50 per cent from AED200 to AED100, while a two-year work permit fee for the skilled worker decreased by 50 per cent for the various categories of establishments.
For the second category (a), the fee is AED250 and level (b) AED500, level (c) AED750 and level (d) AED1,000. The fee for the establishments of the second category is now AED2,500.
The ministry also reduced the fee for swapping the permit of a skilled worker from one establishment to another owned by the same owner or partner by 50 per cent.
The fees for the applications of all categories of work permit for teenagers have been reduced by 50 per cent.
The licence fee of the agency for a period of one year and renewal has been reduced by 50 per cent. The current licence fee is AED25,000 and the renewal is UAE12,500, which is the same reduction rate for a temporary employment agency's licence for one year and renewal.
&uuid=(email))