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UAE: sick-leave attestation services

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This dossier follows Health Ministry sick-leave attestation and approval procedures, their coverage and simplification.

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As of 4 November 2026, the ministry announces facility-submitted attestation requests and automatic approval-stage transfer for eligible applications.

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UAE: health facilities take over sick-leave attestation requests

The UAE Health Ministry announced on 4 November 2026 a process allowing licensed health facilities to request sick-leave attestation directly for patients and their companions.

Stethoscope, generic medical illustration from 2014. Not the project or its participants. Sprinno, CC0.
Stethoscope, generic medical illustration from 2014. Not the project or its participants. Sprinno, CC0. — Sprinno / Wikimedia Commons — CC0 1.0 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ — 28 février 2014, sans modification.

Eligible requests move automatically to approval without a second individual application. This integration covers federal employees and local government staff in Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah, subject to the prescribed conditions.

The reform concerns attestation and approval procedures. It aims to reduce paperwork; the reports do not yet provide measured time savings.

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