Posts Tagged ‘family’

Family visas for Saudi Arabia now linked with salary

By Kipp • Dec 26th, 2009 • Category: Middle East Business News

The Foreign Ministry will issue permanent resident visas for wives and children of expatriate workers in the Kingdom without…


A crisis of hope

By Kipp • Dec 20th, 2009 • Category: Kipp's Blog

A family in Dubai allegedly committed suicide last week because of financial difficulties. Is the economic crisis actually over?


The rising illness

By Aarti Nagraj • Oct 20th, 2009 • Category: Bahrain, Cover Story, Health, The Work

Bahrain, which is suffering from high rates of absenteeism at work, has now approved a new plan that allows civil servants in the country to take a week off to support ill family members.


Earn AED10,000 or stay alone

By Aarti Nagraj • Jul 2nd, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Labor, Nation, The Life, news

The UAE is planning to impose a minimum salary requirement of AED10,000 for expatriates who want to bring their families into the country.


‘Bring your wives’, Qatar advised to host more expat families

By Kipp • Sep 1st, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Cover Story, The Work

Forget the construction stampede, demographic imbalance is causing long-term threat to social stability says new study.


Home groan

By Kipp • Aug 21st, 2008 • Category: Kipp's Blog

The UAE has announced that people with small houses can’t sponsor their families. Are they squeezing too hard?


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