Many people ask me about the work permit process in canada work permit lmia in dubai and I am happy to talk to them. Once they say that a friend of theirs was charged with Dh10,000 for his work permit consultant and its too expensive for them, you could see the expression on their face.

I have been helping expatriate workers to get their visas right from 1991 when I first came here as a student. The internet did not exist at that time so it was necessary for us to depend on friends or relatives who had gone through work visa/permit before – then you didn't have much choice – today there are many consultants around but this is my advice:

First of all if anyone tells you that a fee fixed under any law/regulation/rule, it will be fraudulent. There is no fixed fee for anything in UAE.

The government fees are Dh5,000 or Dh100 or Dh500 depending on what they are – mainly whether you go direct with the company to get the visa or do it through any of these consultants (of which there more than 300).

So if someone asks for Dh10,000 that means he is taking advantage of your ignorance and giving you false hopes. He may get you the visa but the visa may not be under 'free zone' conditions - ask him about everything before you pay any money to anyone.

Secondly don't tell him that friends/relatives got their visas done earlier without any saskatchewan immigration consultants in dubai . Again this is irrelevant as each case