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Employer of Record in the UAE الإمارات العربية المتحدة

Hire in the UAE. We meet your people at the airport.

We employ your hires, sponsor visas for them and their families, and pay them through WPS.

Residence visa Issued

Ana Ruiz

Product designer, Dubai

Employment residence, 2 years

Lands at DXB tomorrow

Terminal 3, 06:40

  • Met at arrivals
  • SIM card ready
  • Apartment booked
Sample data from our client platform.

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What Moha does

Employ, hire, move and run your team in the UAE, with people on the ground from the first offer to the first payslip.

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Hiring in the UAE without a company?

That's what we're for.

We employ your people here as their Employer of

Record: contract, visa, payroll and insurance.

We find the right person, with the visa worked out before you meet them.

We meet them at the airport and stay with

them until they're settled, family included.

And every month we run payroll through WPS, with everything in one platform.

Hire in the UAE.

We meet your people at the airport.

Inside the client platform

Every visa, arrival, payslip and renewal in one place, with who each one is waiting on.

  • Each hire, from signed offer to settled
  • Payroll to approve before the WPS deadline
  • Expiries and Emiratisation, before they cost you
Screens from the platform, with sample data.
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Everything about your people in the UAE, in one place.

Home shows what's waiting on you, and what we're doing on the ground.

Adding a hire takes a few fields.

We check the visa route before anything is filed.

Then you follow each step: the offer, the work permit, the Emirates ID and the visa.

Each month, you approve the payroll before the deadline.

Salaries go out through WPS.

Contracts, permits and letters live here.

We renew them before they expire.

Your people get their own app, for payslips, leave and their visa.

Open the demo and have a look around.

Someone is there when they land.

Each new hire gets one named person from our team for the first 90 days, on WhatsApp and in person.

From signed offer to settled

Typically 2 to 5 weeks

  1. Offer letter signed Your hire and us
  2. Work permit MOHRE
  3. Entry permit GDRFA or ICP
  4. Lands at DXB We meet them
  5. Medical test DHA
  6. Emirates ID ICP
  7. Residence visa 2 years
  8. Bank account Partner bank
  9. Home Ejari and DEWA
  10. Family joins Family visas
  1. Travellers with suitcases walk along the glass-roofed platform of a metro station in Dubai

    Day 1

    Airport pickup

    At DXB, DWC, AUH or Sharjah, with a name sign, a working SIM and a ride to where they are staying.

  2. Day 1

    A place for the first weeks

    A serviced apartment from our partners while they look for a home, booked before they fly.

  3. A doctor with a stethoscope listens to a patient across her desk in a clinic

    Week 1

    Medical test and Emirates ID

    We book the slots and go with them. No queueing at the wrong counter with the wrong photo size.

  4. A woman in a white blazer takes notes across a desk from a man in a grey jacket, seen from behind

    Weeks 2 to 6

    Bank account

    Opened in the first weeks with a partner bank, using the salary certificate we issue the day the visa is out.

  5. A hand holds up a set of house keys in front of an open door to a bright apartment

    Weeks 2 to 6

    A home

    Viewings with partner agents, contract checks, Ejari or Tawtheeq registration and the DEWA, ADDC or SEWA connection.

  6. A mother and her daughter draw together at a coffee table at home

    Up to day 90

    The family

    Spouse and children visas, school and nursery shortlists, and a sensible plan for when everyone flies in.

Illustrative photos. The people in them are not our clients or our team.

And partners for everything else

Homes, offices, movers, schools and cars, from people we trust. Everything an expat needs when they arrive, with one number to call.

One monthly fee. Government fees at cost.

No setup fee, and no minimum term on the monthly plan. Government fees and insurance premiums at cost, with every receipt, plus our set fee on the visa and the insurance.

Every service and price

Employer of Record

AED 2,000

per employee, per month

Or AED 1,600 a month when you pay the year upfront. Salaries, government fees and insurance premiums at cost, with receipts, plus our service fee on the visa and the health insurance.

  • Employment contract registered with MOHRE
  • Work permit and residence visa sponsorship
  • Payroll through WPS, payslips, gratuity ledger
  • Health insurance arranged and administered
  • Offboarding, final settlement, visa cancellation

Plus our Emiratisation share, AED 250 a month, on its own line. Why it’s there

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Arrival package

AED 2,900

once, per new arrival

The stay and any government fees at cost.

  • Airport pickup with a working local SIM
  • Temporary home booked (the stay itself at cost)
  • Medical test and Emirates ID appointments, accompanied
  • Bank account with a partner bank
  • Home search, contract check, Ejari, utilities
  • A named person for 90 days, in person and on WhatsApp
The arrival package

Family add-on

AED 1,250

once, per family

Visa, medical and insurance fees at cost.

  • Visas for spouse and children, filed as soon as possible
  • Medical tests and biometrics for adults, accompanied
  • School and nursery shortlists with visits
  • Family health cover lined up with the employee’s plan
Family visas

Why your quote has an Emiratisation line

Everyone we employ for you is on our MOHRE file, so our Emiratisation target grows with each hire. From 50 employees, Emiratis must hold 10% of skilled jobs, or MOHRE charges AED 10,000 a month for each missing hire.

How the target is worked out

Questions we get asked

Something else? Ask us directly. A person answers, usually the same working day.

Can I hire someone in the UAE without a company there?

Yes. Without a UAE entity, you hire through an Employer of Record. Moha becomes the legal employer: we sign the employment contract, sponsor the work permit and residence visa, pay the salary through the Wage Protection System and arrange the health insurance the law requires. You choose the person and direct their work. Most hires are working legally two to five weeks after the offer is signed. Our fee starts at AED 2,000 a month per employee, with salaries, government fees and insurance at cost.

Your AI assistant can set it up with us, or get a quote.

Is Employer of Record legal in the UAE?

The model works through a MOHRE licence for temporary employment and outsourcing agencies, issued under Ministerial Resolution 51 of 2022. A licensed agency can employ people who work for its clients, and it has to keep a bank guarantee with MOHRE to do it.

How long before my hire can start work?

Most hires are legally working two to five weeks after they sign. The government steps take about 8 to 23 working days. What usually slows things down is paperwork from home, like an attested degree for a skilled role. We tell you on day one which documents to start on.

Can you sponsor the family as well?

Yes. The employee needs a salary of at least AED 4,000 a month, or AED 3,000 with housing provided. Spouses, sons under 25 and unmarried daughters can be sponsored, and parents case by case. Family visas start once the employee’s own visa is issued.

Who pays the visa costs?

The employer pays for the employee’s own permit, visa, medical test and Emirates ID. UAE law does not allow passing those costs to the worker. We charge the government fees at cost, itemise every receipt, and add our set service fee on the visa. Family visas are usually paid by the employee unless your package covers them.

Is health insurance mandatory?

Yes, for every private sector employee in all seven emirates, and the employer pays. Abu Dhabi has required it since 2006, Dubai since 2014 to 2016, and the other five emirates since 1 January 2025. In Abu Dhabi the employer also covers one spouse and up to three children under 18. The rules by emirate.

What does Emiratisation mean for us?

The people we employ for you hold work permits on our MOHRE file, so our Emiratisation target grows with them: from 50 employees, Emiratis must hold 10% of skilled jobs, or MOHRE charges AED 10,000 a month for each missing hire. That is our responsibility as the employer. We meet it by hiring Emiratis into real jobs, and your quote shows your share as its own line, AED 250 a month per employee. MOHRE has not published whose target agency placements count toward, so do not plan on them for your own. If you have your own UAE entity, we help you meet its target with Emirati hiring and Nafis support.

Can we use you only for visas, PRO work or recruitment?

Yes. Many clients have their own company and use us as their PRO, for visa processing, for recruitment or for document attestation, without any EOR. Each service is priced on its own. See all services.

Tell us who you’re hiring.

Role, salary, nationality and whether the family is coming. We reply with an itemised cost and a realistic start date, usually within one working day.