Layla Hassan

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Layla Hassan writes Gulf Times Now’s guides — the practical, checkable answers to moving to the Gulf, living here, working here and starting a business. Her brief is service journalism: what the rule actually is, what it costs, what it takes and what changed, written so a reader can act on it the same day.

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Registering a Birth in the UAE: Certificate, Emirates ID, Passport

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The 30-day and 120-day deadlines, the attestation chain, and the exact order to get a UAE-born baby a certificate, passport, Emirates ID and visa.

UAE Public Holidays: What the Law Owes You

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Worked a UAE public holiday? The law gives you a replacement day off or your day's wage plus 50 per cent of basic pay. What Article 28 entitles you to.

UAE Labour Disputes: How the MoHRE Complaint Process Works

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How to file a UAE labour complaint: the 30-day and one-year deadlines, the AED 50,000 threshold, and why appeals go to the Court of Appeal.

Your Flight Is Cancelled in the UAE: What the Airline Actually Owes You

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What UAE regulation actually requires when a flight is cancelled: care and re-routing yes, a refund and compensation no. The rules, the thresholds and where to claim.

Getting Around Abu Dhabi: Buses, the Hafilat Card, Taxis and Darb

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Abu Dhabi bus fares, the Hafilat card, official taxi tariffs and the Darb toll — including the two new 24/7 gates and the caps that were scrapped.
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How the UAE Left the FATF Grey List — and What Did Not Change

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The UAE came off FATF monitoring on 23 February 2024 with three other countries — and was never blacklisted. What delisting did not change for businesses.

Al Wathba Wetland Reserve: Abu Dhabi’s Flamingo Sanctuary

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The flamingo figure everyone quotes is a seasonal peak. The real story is 1,000 nests — and the GCC’s first IUCN Green List site almost nobody mentions.

UAE Commercial Agency Law: What Federal Law 3 of 2022 Changed

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The 2022 agency law did not open agencies to foreign ownership, and the transition is not two years. What the Ministry’s own text actually says.

The UAE Data Protection Law: What the PDPL Actually Requires

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The PDPL is in force but its Executive Regulations are not issued — so the fines, the breach clock and your compliance deadline do not yet exist in law.
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