People who switch jobs in the UAE can now pay a bank guarantee of Dh5,000 for each individual and avoid canceling the residence visas of family members sponsored by them. The bank guarantee of Dh5,000 for each family member can be paid to the Department of Naturalisation and Residency (NRD), reports Khaleej Times.

“The employee or resident must apply to the NRD (before the cancellation procedure) for not cancelling the visas of members of his family or those under his sponsorship. He should attach the Dh5,000 bank guarantee, the new employment permit issued by the Ministry of Labour to the new sponsor, and the job offer letter from the new employer,” Major-General Nasser Al Menhali, Acting Interior Ministry Undersecretary for Naturalisation, Residency and Exit Affairs, told the paper.

The applicant can get the bank guarantee refunded once he obtains the new residency permit, the paper said.

The residence visas of his family members and sponsored ones will be automatically transferred to him without paying any new fees.