Dubai: The Indian Embassy has advised the expatriates in the UAE to report any delays in non-payment of salaries directly to the missions in Abu Dhabi or Dubai.
“All Indian nationals are hereby informed to report to the Embassy of India, Abu Dhabi? Consulate General of India, Dubai of any instances of delay in payment of salary by the employer in the UAE,” the embassy said in a tweet on Wednesday (May 8).
@navdeepsuri @cgidubai @HelplinePBSK pic.twitter.com/FPofwTHWVp
— India in UAE (@IndembAbuDhabi) May 8, 2019
The tweet was put out in English and four other regional Indian languages including Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam.
To spread awareness, the embassy also posted stories of distressed job seekers who were duped by unscrupulous agents in a bid to prevent further people from becoming victims of job scams.
Bhakshinder Kaur from Jalandhar had travelled from @DelhiAirport to Sharjah on a tourist visa. She holds an ECR Passport. She informs that she had paid Rs 22000 to her agent. @ProtectorGenGOI @CPVIndia @navdeepsuri @PoEDelhi @cgidubai pic.twitter.com/K097Kb2JFA
— India in UAE (@IndembAbuDhabi) May 8, 2019
Rijwan Ahmad &Parvej Hashmi were trapped by an illegal agent in Lucknow and lured to come to UAE on visit visa. Both are ECR passport holders. They had travelled from @DelhiAirport to Sharjah. They were safely repatriated to India today. @navdeepsuri @ProtectorGenGOI @cpvindia pic.twitter.com/8Mdke2fDgL
— India in UAE (@IndembAbuDhabi) May 2, 2019
Vikram Kumar from Pali, Rajasthan, was duped by an illegal agent from Mumbai.He informed that he had paid Rs. 55,000 to the agent & had travelled from @CSIAMumbai on a visit visa.He was repatriated to India yesterday. @ProtectorGenGOI @CPVIndia @navdeepsuri @PoEMumbai @cgidubai pic.twitter.com/VdUBD8eFNA
— India in UAE (@IndembAbuDhabi) May 7, 2019
“Spreading awareness is important to deter people from accepting fake job offers and coming to the UAE on visit visas. Women are more vulnerable as they will be exploited by criminal elements,” said the official.