How to transfer your DHA Licence to HAAD

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U.A.E unified the license for doctors, nurses and other health-care professionals. Here after they  will not need to sit for exams again or send their papers for primary verification once they have already been certified as practitioners in Dubai or any another emirate. Their licence will be recognized throughout the U.A.E whether it is DHA/HAAD/ MOH. 

This step is quite important before you start the procedure to convert DHA License to HAAD. First you have to be on a job with DHA License. Secondly, you should spend at least 6 months on the job to fulfill the requirements needed for the transfer.This will help you to transfer your license from one authority to another. You can transfer your DHA license to HAAD and MOH. The process to convert your DHA in to HAAD is given below.

Step 1. Get a Good Standing Certificate from DHA

To Change your licence, you need to request for a Good Standing Certificate from DHA, it will cost you 510/- AED and will take a maximum of 15 working days. If you wish to have the certificate in 2-3 working days then you should pay 1010/-AED  which can be paid through a credit card. Along with this you should get a data flow report from DHA, that you can find  under PSV section. In case if you can't access this section you can get the report by sending an e-mail to dha@dataflowgroup.com. Keep the PSV receipt for further process.

Step 2-  Create a Data flow Account in  HAAD

It is mandatory to create a data flow account in HAAD, so that you can fill up the application through online. Remember to upload all the necessary documents, you can follow the link to fill the application. 

Step 3- Payment

HADD will send you an e-mail from haadorders@dataflowgroup.com asking you to pay the fee. Since you already have the data flow  report from DHA, you don't need to pay again, you can send back your PSV receipt along with your data flow report through e-mail and wait for their confirmation.

Step 4- Notification

notifications@haad.ae will send you a user name and password along with the link to HAAD website. Open your account and fill up and upload all the needed documents again. Either you can wait for their e-mail or you can check the status in your HAAD account. This is the end of your procedure and enjoy the good times. 

Note: You can not transfer your DHA eligibility letter to HAAD. The license endorsement will take place provided the following documents are available: valid DHA license, valid good standing certificate (less than 6 months old), and complete dataflow report.
* Please note that, to be illegible for HAAD exam exemption you should fulfill the professional qualification requirement and never have sat for HAAD exam.

Update: Recently one of my friend told me that, you are eligible to transfer your DHA license to HAAD even if you have Two failed attempts in HAAD but not three.