The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) announced on 18 December that its new AI-driven ‘smart work-permit quota’ system has already processed 13 million labour-market transactions in 2025, cutting establishment approvals from ten days to just one second.
Nearly 900,000 permit quotas have been proactively issued this year, part of Phase Two of the UAE’s Zero Government Bureaucracy programme. The platform also automates contract attestation, labour-card renewals and compliance checks, feeding predictive analytics that alert firms before they breach quota ratios.
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As the government continues to digitise entry formalities, VisaHQ can shoulder much of the administrative load. Its cloud-based platform lets HR teams submit UAE work-permit and visa requests, track MoHRE quotas, and integrate directly via API to keep compliance data current—helping businesses capitalise on the one-second approval cycle. Learn more at https://www.visahq.com/united-arab-emirates/.
For global-mobility teams the impact is immediate: HR can secure extra head-count allocations in real time, accelerating expatriate onboarding and reducing project ramp-up delays. Companies should audit internal data feeds and ensure API connectivity with MoHRE to exploit the shorter processing windows.
Expatriates benefit from fewer trips to typing centres, faster Emirates ID issuance and transparent application tracking—further enhancing the UAE’s attractiveness as a regional talent hub.
Nearly 900,000 permit quotas have been proactively issued this year, part of Phase Two of the UAE’s Zero Government Bureaucracy programme. The platform also automates contract attestation, labour-card renewals and compliance checks, feeding predictive analytics that alert firms before they breach quota ratios.
As the government continues to digitise entry formalities, VisaHQ can shoulder much of the administrative load. Its cloud-based platform lets HR teams submit UAE work-permit and visa requests, track MoHRE quotas, and integrate directly via API to keep compliance data current—helping businesses capitalise on the one-second approval cycle. Learn more at https://www.visahq.com/united-arab-emirates/.
For global-mobility teams the impact is immediate: HR can secure extra head-count allocations in real time, accelerating expatriate onboarding and reducing project ramp-up delays. Companies should audit internal data feeds and ensure API connectivity with MoHRE to exploit the shorter processing windows.
Expatriates benefit from fewer trips to typing centres, faster Emirates ID issuance and transparent application tracking—further enhancing the UAE’s attractiveness as a regional talent hub.
