United Arab Emirates–Anonymous
Asking anonymously because my current employer would not be happy to see this.
I have been here seven months. Another company wants to hire me. My employer is telling me there is a ban if I leave before two years and that they will not give a NOC.
My understanding is that the rules changed and the automatic labour ban is gone, but I cannot tell what still applies to a limited contract. Has anyone actually moved companies inside the first year recently?
The automatic ban is gone. Employers still say it because it works. What can bite you is the notice period and any early-termination clause in a limited contract, which is a contract matter and not an immigration one. Read that clause before you resign, not after.
Moved companies at month nine last year. No ban. The old employer was unpleasant about it for two weeks and that was the whole consequence.