I visited UAE recently, and was considering moving there. You can find tons of offerings from local offices that can help you get employment visa that allows y

I visited UAE recently, and was considering moving there. You can find tons of offerings from local offices that can help you get employment visa that allows you to work for other UAE employers whilen sponsored by the office (advertised as freelancer visa, however it doesn't really allow you to work as contractor for UAE clients), you can find many posters everywhere in Dubai. In case you are not there yet, just check dubai.dubizzle.com (craigslist like in Dubai). this is about $2050 for two years visa, you pay less per person when getting your family members. A more expensive and robust option, is to work with through umbrella company like freelancervisa.com , they will issue invoices for your local client in their name, they recieve the fund and give it to you, the only fees is that 2 years visa is kinda double the first option (plus you have to charge your clients %5 for VAT). Also if you are impacted with Upwork (or similar) cease of operations for residents Russia, moving to UAE and opening a bank account will fix this for you, you don't have to be able to work legally with UAE clients if you won't work with UAE clients, so the $2K-ish option should be good Also, UAE is pretty robust in terms of money remitance and crypto friendly, in case you can't take your family with you. Good luck