UAE Labour Card Guide
The labour card sits at the centre of mainland employment in the UAE, linking your work permit and your registered contract. Understanding it helps you make sense of your employment status. This guide explains it plainly.
Our labour services can retrieve and explain your labour records.
What the labour card is
The labour card is MOHRE's record that you are legally employed by a specific mainland company. It connects to your work permit (which authorised the employment) and your registered labour contract (which defines the terms).
How it relates to other documents
- Work permit: MOHRE's approval to employ you
- Labour contract: your registered terms of employment
- Labour card: the record confirming the active employment relationship
- Residence visa: your permission to live in the UAE, linked to the employment
These move together — when one changes (a transfer, a cancellation), the others usually follow.
Checking your labour card
You can check it through MOHRE's online services with your details, or ask us to retrieve it. It is useful for confirming your employment is correctly recorded.
When employment ends
- The labour record is cancelled in the labour cancellation step, before the residence visa cancellation
- Make sure cancellation is completed and confirmed, not just promised
- Keep copies of your contract and cancellation papers for future applications
Conclusion
The labour card ties your work permit, contract, and visa together. Knowing how they connect makes employment changes — transfers, cancellations — far less confusing. To retrieve or understand your labour records, message our labour services.
Related guides: UAE Labour Contract Guide · Check Labour Contract Online · How to Cancel Residence Visa