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I have a Sharjah entry visa and believe that once I enter the UAE, I will get a residence via from Sharjah. Since my job is in Dubai, I was wondring what the implcations of having a Sharjah visa, while workng and livin gin Dubai are? Can I get a driving license in Dubai even though I have a Sharjah visa?

Is your visa a visit visa or employment visa?

syiem wrote:I have a Sharjah entry visa and believe that once I enter the UAE, I will get a residence via from Sharjah. Since my job is in Dubai, I was wondring what the implcations of having a Sharjah visa, while workng and livin gin Dubai are? Can I get a driving license in Dubai even though I have a Sharjah visa?

If your company is in Dubai, your employment visa will be from Dubai. If you have a visit visa, you are legally not allowed to work at all.

You cannot get a visa of one state and a licence of another. Not any more at least. But you can live anywhere you want.

At the moment I have a Sharjah entry visa. What I have been told is that once I arrive in Dubai, I will have to go to Sharjah, for my medicals, after which I will get my employment visa (also from Sharjah). My office is in Dubai.

syiem wrote:At the moment I have a Sharjah entry visa. What I have been told is that once I arrive in Dubai, I will have to go to Sharjah, for my medicals, after which I will get my employment visa (also from Sharjah). My office is in Dubai.

You say your office is in Dubai, however your Company would have to be based and registered in Sharjah if thats where your employment visa is to be issued.

Well, yes. they have offices in Dubai and Sharjah, so I guess the Sharjah office would have processed my visa.