Every claim has a source
Each factual claim on a published page is tied to an entry in our source register: the authority, the document, the article or section, the link, the date we read it and the exact wording we relied on. A page states which jurisdiction a rule applies to (mainland, DIFC, ADGM or another free zone; Dubai or Abu Dhabi) and keeps the law apart from an authority's practical guidance.
Which sources count
- Federal law: UAE Legislation, the official federal register.
- DIFC and ADGM: their own official registers of laws and regulations.
- Services and how a rule is applied: the authority that runs the service, such as MoHRE, ICP, GDRFA, DLD or DoH.
- u.ae, the government portal, as guidance that points to the authority.
- Law firms only help us find the primary source. They never replace it.
- A newspaper is used only when it is the only source, and the claim is then marked "reported by".
Verified, with a date
Directly under the answer, each page says what it was verified against and when: "Verified against [document, article], [authority], on [date]". A page is not published until that line exists. Topics we have not been able to confirm on an official page are not published.
Review
Pages on visas, work, tax and insurance are reviewed by hand at least every quarter. An automatic check flags broken links, changed source pages and passed review dates, but it cannot tell whether a rule has changed, so it does not replace the review. When a page is past its review date, it says so openly with a "Review overdue" notice.
Changes and corrections
Every substantive change is dated at the bottom of the page under "What changed" and listed on the changelog. Readers can report errors through corrections; accepted corrections are logged.
Experiences
Personal experiences appear only when collected from real people with their consent, and they are labelled as experiences. We never write them ourselves.
Authorship
Webraketen writes and publishes the handbook and is responsible for every page. See About.