Registered nurses, caregivers, medical technologists and physiotherapists from the Philippines for UAE hospitals, clinics and home-care providers — and the licensing path stated exactly, because an unlicensed nurse cannot work on day one.
Filipino nurses staff hospitals across the Gulf, and the UAE is no exception — but every nurse, technologist and therapist must hold a licence from the health regulator of the emirate: DHA in Dubai, DoH in Abu Dhabi, MOHAP elsewhere. The path is fixed: primary-source verification of credentials through DataFlow, then a Prometric assessment, then the licence — before the work permit. Started at selection, it is a defined two-to-four-month step; started late, it is a stalled hire.
Prime Search screens for the degree, PRC licence, hospital experience and specialty you need, runs an English and clinical-scenario interview recorded for your nursing director, and launches the DataFlow file at selection. Caregivers and nursing assistants follow a shorter route with TESDA Caregiving NC II. Everything here is subject to applicable UAE MoHRE or free-zone, licensing, attestation and visa requirements and the health regulator's licensing rules.
On the UAE side, your company is the sponsor: a signed job offer, MoHRE work-permit approval (or the free-zone equivalent), an entry permit valid sixty days, then medical, Emirates ID biometrics, contract registration and the residence visa — typically two to four weeks once documents are complete. Roles are classified by MoHRE skill level; levels 1–2 require an attested degree, levels 3–4 a diploma. Our UAE company, licensed for HR consultancy in Dubai, advises on classification, attestation and Emiratisation standing and coordinates the sequence with your PRO — it does not place or supply workers, and the employment relationship is yours.
DataFlow verification and the Prometric exam typically take two to four months; we start at selection so it runs before the visa.
Yes — ICU, ER, OR, dialysis, oncology and paediatrics are common specialties in the candidate base.
Yes — under the home-care provider's sponsorship; regulator requirements for caregivers vary by emirate and we confirm before recruiting.
General information for employers, not legal or migration advice. Rules change; we re-verify before each hire.