Plan the residence and work permit paperwork for someone moving to, working in or leaving a Gulf country: the sequence of steps, who does each one, documents and attestations, family sponsorship, renewals, changing employer, and cancellation with its grace period. Use when asked what are the steps for my UAE residence visa, how do I sponsor my family in the Gulf, my iqama is expiring, I am changing jobs in Saudi Arabia, or what happens to my visa when I resign. Produces a step-by-step plan with owner and timing, a document and attestation checklist, a cost-responsibility note, deadlines that carry fines, and questions for the employer's government relations officer.
“I start a job in Abu Dhabi next month. What are the visa steps and what must I attest?”“How do I sponsor my wife and two children in Dubai?”“My iqama expires in three weeks and my employer is slow. What should I do?”“I resigned in Qatar. What is the order for cancelling permits and leaving?”“Run this skill in your browser: https://mohitagw15856.github.io/pm-claude-skills/skill/gulf-residence-visa-admin.html”
What to give it
▸Country — UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain or Oman
▸Situation — arriving for a job, sponsoring family, renewing, changing employer, leaving
▸Nationality and current location — inside or outside the country
▸Employer type — mainland or free zone (UAE), private or government
▸Job title and salary, since family sponsorship and — some permits depend on them
▸Family members to sponsor, with ages
▸Current permit expiry date, if any
▸Qualifications that the job title requires
✅ The bar it holds itself to
Every skill in this library self-verifies — these are this skill's own quality checks, straight from its definition.
✓The steps are in dependency order with an owner each
✓Attestation needs are listed per document
✓Cost responsibility is stated and unlawful charges are flagged
✓Every figure that changes (fee, threshold, grace period) is marked for verification, not asserted
✓Exit plans cancel dependants' permits before the sponsor's
✓Loans and bank accounts are covered in a leaving plan
⚠️ What it refuses to do
**Do not quote fees, salary thresholds or grace periods as fixed facts.**
**Do not suggest working on a visit visa** or before the permit allows it.
**Do not treat all Gulf countries as one system.**
**Do not advise handing over a passport for safekeeping.** Employers retaining passports is prohibited in several Gulf states.
**Do not skip attestation** and hope it will not be asked for.
Install
npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y -p pm-claude-skills pm-claude-skills-mcp