{"id":21538,"date":"2023-02-06T13:44:11","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T09:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/connectresources.ae\/?post_type=press-release&#038;p=21538"},"modified":"2024-04-22T14:08:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T10:08:55","slug":"aaron-portero-managing-director-of-connect-group-gives-insight-for-agbi-article","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/connectresources.ae\/press-release\/aaron-portero-managing-director-of-connect-group-gives-insight-for-agbi-article\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Portero, Managing Director of Connect Group, Gives Insight for AGBI Article"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On January 19<sup>th<\/sup>, one of the top news websites of the Middle East, Arabian Gulf Business Insight, posted a piece about European and Russian foreigners choosing to freelance in UAE. Therefore, to obtain information about visa application, this website reached out to Aaron Portero \u2013 Managing Director of Connect Group.<\/p>\n<p>To provide professional insight about Russians obtaining the UAE freelance visa, Portero says: \u201cTaking advantage of the freelance visa option to relocate themselves and their dependents to a safer location. Consulting, content developers, tutors, fitness trainers, and IT specialists are among the most popular freelance industries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Source Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agbi.com\/articles\/european-and-russian-expats-opt-for-freelance-jobs-in-uae\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European and Russian expats opt for freelance jobs in UAE<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>In addition, Connect Group states that \u201cAround 60% of freelance visa requests\u00a0come from UAE residents. With the remaining 40% coming from persons residing abroad who desire to relocate to the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One of the key reasons why locals\u00a0choose freelance licenses is because organizations prefer to hire people who already have a visa,&#8221; Portero explains. According to Aaron Portero, visa applications will increase by at least 25 to 30% in 2023. This is in addition to\u00a0a record amount of visa applications for its numerous UAE-based clients in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>We extend our gratitude to the Arabian Gulf Business Insight for reaching out to us to collaborate on this article. As a result, as freelance visa providers, we are thankful to be a trustworthy source of data for the AGBI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On January 19th, one of the top news websites of the Middle East, Arabian Gulf Business Insight, posted a piece about European and Russian foreigners choosing to freelance in UAE. Therefore, to obtain information about visa application, this website reached out to Aaron Portero \u2013 Managing Director of Connect Group. To provide professional insight about&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","month":[],"business_segment":[],"years":[],"class_list":["post-21538","press-release","type-press-release","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/connectresources.ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/21538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/connectresources.ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/connectresources.ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-release"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/connectresources.ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/connectresources.ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/21538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21540,"href":"https:\/\/connectresources.ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/21538\/revisions\/21540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/connectresources.ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"month","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/connectresources.ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/month?post=21538"},{"taxonomy":"business_segment","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/connectresources.ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/business_segment?post=21538"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/connectresources.ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=21538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}