Philippine healthcare recruiter. Sends Filipino nurses to hospitals and clinics in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Job ads say no placement or processing fees.
About ABBA Personnel Services
ABBA Personnel Services Inc. is a recruitment agency in the Philippines. It focuses on Filipino healthcare workers. The site says it has deployed over 29,000 Filipinos since 1998.
The main office is in Mandaluyong City. There are also offices in Pasig, Cebu and Davao.
Its job ads show “DMW License No. 357-LB-05232024-R”. This licence is from the Philippines Department of Migrant Workers (DMW). It is not a UAE licence. We could not check it on the DMW list, because the DMW search did not work when we checked.
- Sectors:
- Healthcare
- Licence no.:
- DMW License No. 357-LB-05232024-R (published by the agency)
- Hires from:
- Filipino
Jobs they usually fill
ABBA fills nursing and allied health jobs. The site lists the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United States, the UK, Ireland, Germany and Japan.
In November 2026, the job portal showed these UAE jobs:
- Staff nurses in Dubai: ICU, endoscopy, dermatology, inpatient and outpatient
- Registered nurses for home care in Abu Dhabi
- Staff nurses in Abu Dhabi and emergency room nurses in the UAE
One Dubai staff nurse ad offered PHP 120,000 to 185,000 a month, tax free, with allowances. It listed a 3-year contract, 30 days paid leave and gratuity under UAE law.
Who they hire
ABBA recruits Filipino nurses and health workers. The Dubai ad asks for 2 or more years of recent hospital bedside experience. It prefers candidates who passed the DHA exam (Dubai Health Authority) and have GCC experience.
How to register
- Open the ABBA job portal.
- Choose a UAE job that matches your specialty.
- Enter your name, email, phone, date of birth and gender.
- Upload your resume (PDF or Word, up to 5 MB).
- Click “Submit Application”.
You can also visit an ABBA office. A recruiter will call you for a first interview.
What to watch for
- ABBA’s ads say “No placement or processing fees”. Do not pay anyone who asks for money in ABBA’s name.
- In the UAE, licensed recruitment agencies must not charge job seekers any fee. MoHRE, the UAE Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation, treats this as illegal.
- Read your UAE contract before you travel. Check that the salary and hospital match the job ad.
