This is the link below. Yes a very backward move if it's passed. Certainly not a step forward into the first world. Mind boggles how the permit/s will be issued - online, month/s at a time, or in person at the Ministry of Labour and the Interior.with one million others ahead in the cue and then automatically deducted from your salary. My first thought was it’s a move to restrict home owners leaving with hefty mortgages/bonds. Heaven forbid the UAE banks don’t want a thousand concrete block villas in the back and beyond!
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/Displaya...january756.xml
“The move aims at maintaining internal security and safeguarding the rights of employers as it was also meant to make sure that the travelling expat was not involved in any violation of labour law or residency rules,” said Dr Kaabi.