Emirates ID replaced Labour Card

Based on the report of Yahoo!Maktoob news, the spokesman of the Ministry of Labour (MOL) has said that the foreign workers in the UAE will no longer needed the labor cards after three months.

"The document which was essential for any employee in the country will now be replaced by the Emirates ID and there will no longer be a need to have a labour card by the end of June, when the deadline for registering expatriates in the ID system expires," he said.

"After the completion of ID registration of all expatriates in the country, the labour card will be eradicated and replaced by the Emirates ID," he said. He added.