✅ UAE Job Offer & Contract Check
Verify the employer and compare every important promise with the official employment documents before signing, paying, resigning or starting work.
Do not treat WhatsApp text as a contract. Keep the advertisement, written offer, official contract and work-permit documents, and compare them line by line.
1. Verify the employer
- Legal company name, trade name, office address, landline and official website
- Recruiter's full name, position and company-domain email
- Trade/licence details through the relevant emirate or free-zone authority
- Actual workplace visit or verified video process for remote recruitment
- No mismatch between the company offering work and the company sponsoring the permit
2. Details that must match
| Item | Check carefully |
|---|---|
| Employer and worker | Correct legal names, identity details and establishment |
| Job | Job title, duties, location and employment type |
| Pay | Basic salary, total salary, allowances, commission formula and payment date |
| Time | Working hours, shift, break, weekly rest and overtime arrangement |
| Benefits | Accommodation, food, transport, insurance, ticket, vehicle/tools and leave |
| Term | Start date, contract duration, probation and notice |
| Costs | Any lawful, clearly explained deduction; reject blank deduction authority |
3. Official verification
- For MOHRE-regulated private-sector work, use official MOHRE website/app/service channels to review available approved offer, contract or permit information.
- Use UAE Pass or the transaction/reference details only on the genuine official domain/app.
- For a free-zone employer, verify the permit and contract with that exact free-zone authority; MOHRE processes may differ.
- For domestic-worker employment, use the separate official domestic-worker framework and approved recruitment channels.
- If information cannot be found, contact the relevant authority using contact details obtained independently—not a number supplied only in the suspicious message.
Verification sequence you can follow
- Get the legal employer name and a copy or reference number of the offer; compare them with your passport details and promised job terms.
- For a MOHRE-regulated private-sector offer, open the official MOHRE offer inquiry yourself. Select the applicable service such as Job offer or Work Permit with job offer, and follow its current instructions. Never enter your credentials on a link sent by an unverified recruiter.
- If the record is absent, pending, or different, seek an explanation from MOHRE using official contact details. For a free-zone or domestic-worker role, contact the authority responsible for that arrangement instead.
- Only accept and begin work when the correct documents and required authorisation are in place. Save the final signed copy.
4. Salary wording matters
- Basic salary can affect calculations such as overtime or end-of-service benefits; do not look only at the total.
- Fixed allowances should state amount and purpose.
- Commission must state rate, target, cancellations/returns, payment date and what happens after resignation.
- “Up to AED X” is not a guaranteed salary.
- If room/food/transport is promised, state whether provided directly or paid as an allowance.
5. Dangerous differences
- Official contract salary lower than the offer
- Different job title or employer
- Verbal promise that a missing benefit will be added “later”
- Blank resignation, blank paper or amount left empty
- Worker asked to pay recruitment/work-permit costs to a personal account
- Start work before required authorisation is complete
- Passport retained without a clear lawful reason and voluntary access
6. Safe signing process
- Read a language you understand; request clarification/translation.
- Correct every mismatch before signing.
- Do not share an OTP with a recruiter; enter it yourself only in the official service you opened.
- Download/store signed copies and screenshots of the official confirmation.
- Keep payroll, attendance and benefit records after joining.
Use the official UAE Government Jobs portal for current employment-process and contract guidance.