Author – Georgia Tolley The National UAE https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/10-popular-freelance-jobs-in-the-uae-for-the-self-employed-1.1213806 From life coaching to interior design, we list common freelance roles you can do in the Emirates There was once a time when all UAE workers were full time, with visa-linked contracts. If you lost your job, you had to leave the country. Now that is all changing, and in a recent survey Dubai was ranked as the eighth best place in the world to freelance. Even before the pandemic, the government sought to foster a freelance workforce of self-sponsored individuals, and the self-employed simply set up small companies, although this was often expensive. Now free zones make this process cheaper and easier by creating special licences that can be arranged through Dubai Media City, Dubai Internet City and Dubai Knowledge Park, Dubai Design District, twofour54 in Abu Dhabi, RAKEZ in Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah Creative City. For those without sponsors, residence visas can also be arranged....
