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Webinar video | UAE : Current immigration changes affecting business

Webinar video | Current changes in immigration and subsequent impact on business in UAE

Watch the on-demand webinar ‘Current immigration changes affecting business in UAE’ originally broadcast live online from Dubai on 14 November, 2019.

This webinar covers various immigration challenges as well as compliance and risk management faced by HR/Global Mobility teams nowadays.

The session also enable participants to gain recommendations and insights into the key questions surrounding the topics and interact with our immigration experts during the Q&A session.

What does the webinar cover?

Short Term visas and current changes
Employment visas
Gold Card scheme and its impact
Dependent visa process
Housemaid & Nanny visa process
Case studies to reflect the practical use of these visas
The introduction of virtual business license for non-resident entrepreneurs and freelancers and it’s impact

Our speakers are our in-house subject matter experts :

Ayaz Sheriff, Senior Immigration Consultant, UAE
Paolo Longo, Regional Immigration Director

This webinar is part of our ‘Learn with Santa Fe Relocation | APAC immigration webinar mini series’ which aims to explore and navigate some of the critical immigration challenges organisations are facing today.

For more information, please feel free to contact Ayaz Sheriff or Paolo Longo

Speakers

Paolo Longo

Regional Immigration Director

Paolo is an expert in global mobility and has managed immigration cases into various African locations over the last 20 years. He holds various roles in South Africa to manage relocation of expatriates into Africa serving clients including mining, banking, telecoms and FMCG. He joined Deloitte & Touche in 2009 to start their relocation business in South Africa and gained experience in immigration & emigration into Sub-Saharan Africa, Europe and the Middle East.

Paolo joined Santa Fe in 2012 as Customer and Partner Relationship Manager and is currently a member of the Regional Immigration team for the APMEA Region, overseeing a team of professionals within African region, delivering immigration services across Africa.

Ayaz Sheriff

Senior Immigration Consultant - UAE

Ayaz Sheriff has over 10 years of experience in consulting on immigration cases within the UAE. Ayaz’s expertise is on working in conjunction with mobility and human resource managers to efficiently guide and process all immigration related formalities. He joins the Immigration team to work on several strategic clients. He is responsible for consulting and processing the onboarding formalities for Santa Fe assignees relocating to and from the Middle East. Prior to working in Relocation Services, Ayaz had a broader immigration role and assisted with visa related inquiries for Qatar, India, Canada, UK, Australia and USA.