Recruitment in the UAE, with the visa already worked out
We find people who fit the role and can actually get the visa, the licence and the start date you need. Permanent hires for your company, or through our Employer of Record if you have no entity yet.
- Fee
- 15% of first-year salary
- Guarantee
- Free replacement, 90 days
- First shortlist
- About 10 working days
- Candidates pay
- Nothing, ever
- Invoiced
- On start date
- Visa route
- Checked first
In 30 seconds
We find them, then we employ them
Brief, shortlist, interviews and offer, then the visa and the first payslip, with one team.
Read the transcript
Need to find the right person in the UAE?
Give us the brief.
We search, screen and send you a shortlist.
Every candidate is checked for the visa before you meet them.
You interview and choose.
We run the offer, then the visa, and we can employ them for you too.
Tell us about the role.
How we recruit
Most recruiters stop at the signed offer. In the UAE that is where hires fall apart: a degree that takes six weeks to attest, a licence that only a hospital can hold, a family that cannot be sponsored on the salary. We check those first.
- 1
Brief and market check
Role, salary, must-haves, start date. We tell you straight away whether the salary is realistic for the UAE market and whether Emirati candidates are an option.
- 2
Sourcing
Our network, job boards, referrals and direct approach, in the UAE and abroad. For Emirati roles, the Nafis platform as well.
- 3
Screening that includes the visa
Before anyone reaches you: notice period, current visa status, degree attestation route, family situation and, for licensed roles, whether the licence can be obtained.
- 4
Shortlist
Usually three to five people in about ten working days, each with a short note on fit, salary expectation and the visa route.
- 5
Interviews and offer
We run the calendar, collect feedback, and price the offer with the real employer cost, insurance and visa included.
- 6
Visa and start
Through your own company with our PRO team, or through our Employer of Record if you have no entity. Then our arrival team takes over.
Roles we fill
Professional and specialist roles, from first hire in the UAE to a team of twenty.
- Technology
- Engineers, data, product, IT operations, cyber security.
- Sales and growth
- Country managers, account executives, partnerships, marketing.
- Finance and operations
- Finance managers, accountants, office and operations leads.
- Engineering and energy
- HSE, project and site roles, with operator approvals in mind.
- Health and education
- Non-clinical health roles, trainers, edtech. Licensed roles case by case.
- Emirati talent
- Graduate and experienced Emirati hires for real roles, with Nafis support.
The rules we work under
Recruitment agencies in the UAE are licensed by the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation under Ministerial Resolution 51 of 2022, and must keep a bank guarantee with MOHRE. The law protects candidates: an agency cannot charge them recruitment fees.
For you, that means we get the salary, job title and basic pay right at the offer stage, because changing them after the contract is registered means amending it with MOHRE.
Questions we get asked
Something else? Ask us directly. A person answers, usually the same working day.
Do candidates pay anything?
No. UAE law does not allow recruitment agencies to charge job seekers, and we never do. The employer pays our fee.
How is the fee worked out?
15% of first-year gross salary, invoiced when the person starts. If they leave or you let them go in the first 90 days, we find a replacement at no extra fee.
What does the fee include?
Our fee is 15% of first-year salary, and it includes the visa and licence checks most agencies leave to you: we check the visa route and any professional licence before a candidate reaches your shortlist.
Can you hire someone from abroad?
Yes. A large share of our candidates are outside the UAE when they apply. We check the visa route and the documents they need before shortlisting them, so the offer does not stall on a degree that cannot be attested in time.
We have no company in the UAE. Can we still hire?
Yes. We recruit the person and employ them through our Employer of Record service. You manage the work; we hold the contract, the visa and the payroll.
Do you recruit Emiratis?
Yes, for real roles with a career path. Emirati hires must earn at least AED 6,000 a month to count toward Emiratisation, and the good candidates choose employers carefully. See Emiratisation.
Often used together
All services- Emiratisation advice Check your number, avoid the contributions, and post real roles on Nafis. from AED 2,500 per review
- Employer of Record Hire in the UAE without your own company. We employ, sponsor and pay. from AED 2,000 per employee per month
- Visa services Employment, family and Golden visas, with or without our EOR. from AED 850 per employment visa
Tell us about the role.
Title, salary range, location and when you need them. We come back within a working day with a view on the market and the visa route.