This guide turns the supplied application checklist into a clear readiness map: applicant integrity, financial capacity, premises, Ministry acknowledgements, labour accommodation and the guarantee or insurance layer.
Business facts and scope to clarify
Sources, evidence and open questions
Required records and responsibilities
Evidence, review and unresolved gaps
Written scope and acceptance
Activity, conditions and issued record
Use the detailed guide to distinguish the regulated recruitment models. The overview does not transfer one model’s conditions to another.
The source manual describes the actual-activity route as the ordinary model where customers visit the recruitment office to use Ministry services, recruit domestic workers and complete related services.
The manual also provides for an electronic route where mediation, temporary-employment and typing services may be delivered through applications and platforms, subject to Ministry approval and a maintained physical location for administrative and operational activities.
Prepare the licensee's professional biography as part of the core application file.
Provide passport copy and Emirates ID copy (both sides).
A valid Police Clearance Certificate is listed as part of the applicant documentation.
Where the applicant is a legal entity, provide its valid commercial licence and the legal representative's passport and Emirates ID.
Obtain initial approval from the Department of Economic Development and reserve the business trade name.
The checklist requests a credit report from the competent authority, including Al Etihad Credit Bureau references.
A bank statement / certificate of financial solvency forms part of the application package.
The checklist calls for a licensee property report issued by the Land Department.
The source requires an acknowledgement of obligations under Ministerial Resolution No. 92 of 2022 concerning domestic workers recruitment offices.
The licensee must pledge compliance with the service-level agreement designed to ensure Ministry services are delivered to the required standard.
The legal representative must submit written confirmation that they understand and accept the rules governing agency activity.
The supplied checklist states that the applicant must provide a bank guarantee of not less than AED 500,000 throughout the licence validity, automatically renewed, or an insurance scheme may be introduced in lieu of the guarantee.
It also states that the Ministry may increase the guarantee based on risk and may use all or part of the guarantee/insurance to settle amounts due because of non-compliance.
*Source requirement from the supplied checklist; confirm the current Ministry rule before application.The source restricts certain Ministry employment / family relationships and requires a written acknowledgement from the legal representative.
The checklist addresses prior convictions involving honour, breach of trust, human trafficking or offences under the applicable decree-law, subject to rehabilitation / lapse periods.
Licence details and new branches may not be changed without written Ministry approval.
The applicant may not own or partner in an establishment carrying violations that may lead to suspension under Ministry rules.
The checklist requires a showroom or shop with a clear location, unless the Ministry permits the recruitment activity to be practised electronically.
Where physically practised, the premises should accommodate reception, domestic-worker service desk, typing, mediation and temporary-employment desk, worker waiting area and administration rooms.
Prepare the owner's no-objection letter stating the property area, a location diagram, and inside/outside photos.
The checklist states that the applicant must provide labour accommodation and register it in the workers accommodation system at the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation.
The source manual states that the licence should be renewed within 30 days of expiry and records a historical combined renewal charge of AED 37,500.
Historical source fee: AED 12,500 mediation + AED 25,000 temporary employment.Adding or withdrawing partners, changing activities, trade name or legal form requires a formal amendment process and Ministry approval.
Source response time for amendments: 5 working days.Existing licensees may apply for a branch in the same or another emirate, subject to local licensing rules and any additional guarantee/insurance requested by the Ministry.
Source response time: 10 working days. Historical branch fee: AED 75,000 for both activities.The risk in this activity is not failing to reserve a trade name.
It is reaching the Ministry stage without the required financial capacity, premises design, applicant evidence, undertakings or accommodation plan.
Vantablack maps those requirements before money is committed to the wrong structure.
This guide combines the supplied checklist with the supplied 2022 Administrative Resolution procedures manual for domestic workers recruitment agencies. The fee figures, response times and process descriptions shown with an asterisk are source-document values, not guaranteed current MOHRE quotations. They must be revalidated before submission.
Related commercial labels can describe different regulated functions. Identify who employs the worker and what the client is paying the company to do.
Moving from HR advice to recruitment or worker supply requires a new review; a consultancy label does not authorise the additional function.
