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Ask anyone who worked in the Gulf fifteen years ago about the paperwork, and watch them wince. Physical files shuttled between ministries. Stamps, attestations, queues that began before dawn. A single visa process could generate a folder an inch thick - and any lost page meant starting over. Today, that world is disappearing. Digital work permit platforms across the GCC...

For a migrant worker, nothing matters more than the salary arriving - in full, on time, every month. The Gulf has built an answer to that ancient anxiety into law: Wage Protection Systems, the government-run digital platforms that track salary payments from employer bank accounts directly to workers. The UAE's WPS, Saudi Arabia's wage protection programme, and similar systems in...