It is mandatory to cancel the visa for all expatriate / resident visa holder when they are relocating from Dubai. This article details how to file DNRD (Dubai Naturalization and Residency Department) visa cancellation or MOL (Ministry of Labour) under various circumstances.
Based on your visa status, the visa cancellation process may vary. Please find below the visa cancellation process in different cases.
UAE work visa procedure for cancellation should be initiated by the employer or sponsor. If you are working in Free Zone, Free Zone Authority will be the sponsor to apply for the employment visa cancellation procedure in dubai. Following are the required set of documents to cancel work permit / labour card / UAE employment visa.
For Dubai residence visa cancellation, following documents are required
If you have a family under your sponsorship, it is mandated to cancel family visa before initiating the cancellation process of Work Permit. The following documents are required for cancellation of the family residence visa.
While changing job within Dubai, the previous emirates residence visa and work permit will be canceled. After obtaining No Objection Certificate from the previous company, you need to transfer the sponsorship to a new employer and get a new permit issued by MOL. According to latest news, there is no need for visa cancellation procedure for residence visa of family members under your sponsorship when you change the job. You need to provide a bank guarantee of 5000 Dhs for each member to DNRD. Please click here for relevant information.
If you have a valid residence visa, and if you stay outside UAE continuously over 6 months, the visa will become invalid or expired. But if the legal procedures for UAE visa cancellation process is not completed, you may be denied new visa by UAE.
In such circumstance, the following documents are required for visa cancellation process in UAE:
The procedure of UAE visa cancellation while the sponsored is outside the UAE for less than 6 months. In this case the Documents required to cancel residence visa are
If you have a work permit issued by DNRD and MOL, following documents are required for UAE work visa cancellation procedure.
AED 120 is charged for cancellation process, if the visa holder is outside UAE.
These single entry visa will be automatically canceled when you are exiting the country within validity period. If not departed within the period, a fine of AED 100 is charged daily.
The below mentioned documents should be submitted at DNRD for canceling maid's or domestic worker's residence permit and labour card.
On the departure day, Check in the maid and obtain the boarding pass for the maid. In the immigration you may need to furnish the documents along with the boarding pass to complete the cancellation process. To Sponsor a maid, please read about Procedures for sponsoring maid in Dubai
To avoid outstanding debts in UAE, it is necessary to terminate your bank account, loans & credits card. Most of the employers can ask for clearance certificate from bank. Hence Dubai visa cancellation during bank loan is not possible. Your bank may freeze your account once you put your resignation. So please plan accordingly to ensure the cash is withdrawn from your account.
It is also necessary to terminate your electricity, water connection and telephone lines. Your employees will also require for the clearance from other utility departments for initiating the Dubai work visa cancellation procedure. Your telephone connection may be disconnected once you put your resignation. Hence it is ideal to have an alternate phone connection.
If the accommodation is provided by the employer you may need to vacate within the grace period mentioned in the contract . Before resignation, plan for the stay till you leave the country.
Once the visa is cancelled, you will have a grace period of 30 days within which you need to exit the country. After that for every day overstayed, a fine of AED 25 should be paid for first 6 months, AED 50 next 6 months and AED 100 beyond that.
Visa cancellation is necessary to avoid any complication for future entry to UAE and other GCC countries.
If the employer is not officially notified about your departure, then you can be declared as absconding. This can result in a ban to enter or work in UAE for a specific term. You might lose the final salary and gratuity.
If you have outstanding debts, you may be subject to imprisonment at any attempt to re enter the country even in transit.
NOTE: By law, no employer could detain the worker if they have submitted the resignation within the notice period. In case, employer detain the employee beyond notice period, employee can raise complaint in Dispute section of Ministry of Labour.
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Very informative..thanks :-)
i dont have sponcers pasport copy... i have list of travel to prove that ii spend more than six months out side of dubai..... so please email me or guide .. what should i do to cancel my residence visa.. from 1 year i m out of dubai..
In such cases, try to contact DNRD directly or visit http://dnrd.ae/en/Customer_Care/Pages/ContactUs.aspx
During my vist visa i got a entry permit visa and noe due to certain reason i want to cancel it , how do i do it can you assit me pls. thx
i need advise. my previous company cancelled my residence visa since i resigned from them to transfer to another job. after cancellation i did not get my passport yet because i had a personal loan with my boss of DHS 6500 and i used my passport as a collateral. the one month period expired already so i will be incurring a penalty each day. i found a new employer and they issued me a employee visa already but my problem now is my original passport still held by old company. now old company is threatening to file an absconding case against me if i will not pay the 6500 dhs . is this a ground for absconding case? i took that loan personally from my boss and not from the company and i did not sign anything because it is his personal money. pls advise and what shall i do?
Dear Mary, As you have given your passport as a collateral, you should give repay the money back and get your passport.
What you could do is to give a cheque worth 6500 dhs to the boss and get the passport. once you stamp new visa, get yourself out of the case by paying 6500 and getting the cheque back
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Hello,
My dubai employment visa will get expired on august 24.I wish to cancel that Visa.All i need to know is, is it possible for me to land in dubai just the day before of expiry and proceed for cancellation??If i do so, will i get any grace period to leave from the country.?I sponsored my wife also.
Hi Annie,
i have limited contract with my present employer, and so far i have completed 5 months out of it, my present labour card is from MOL. The new job which i m getting is from a company which is register in DMC (free zone i guess) , i want to know if i resigned from present employer then will i get banned ? and for how long ?
and do i get any trouble under DMC based company, while having ban from MOL ? how to skip from this ban ?
Pls advise
sir,
i am not completed my contract period if i am trying to other co job
it's possible (or) need waiting for after 6months
kindly advice
My maid left dubai without notice, before cancellation. it was the second year of her service and we renewed the visa just 4 months back. now she is in India, and she is not coming back. so what shall we do as, we believe it is not good for us if she return with the same visa, without our knowledge, back to UAE and work here illegally(as she got 8 months left in her visa, which is under our sponsorship). We could not cancel her visa before leaving to india. what shall we do in this situation to cancell her visa or clear ourself from consequences due to any act from her side. and what are the consequence that the maid will face due to this act.
@MMK Is she still in the UAE? or did she leave the country?
It is ideal to file an absonding report to DNRD as she is still under your sponsorship and you are still resposible for her actions.
hi, in 2001 i was came back to india from dubai and i was not go back.I spend 2 yrs over there.
I informed to co by phone that i am not come again, Can i go again to work there.I was not cancelled my visa, Pls advice
Dear Sir
I bought visa Rs.300,000 my sponsor was cheater & he runaway i have my original passport
i could not get signature of sponsor on application of cancellation visa form because he was fraud & runway tell me how can i get my visa cancelled. i have already driving license too.
The best way for your work permit cancellation would be to file a complaint at the Disputes Department at the MoL.
Dear All,
Family visa cancellation for changing job is stopped from 26th March 2013. Call amer service 800 5111
Dear, i need your advise for below issue.
Can i go on annual leave after sending one month notice to my existing company?
After coming back, i will request existing company to cancel my visa.
@Muhammad Ravi Sagar - As far as I understand, in the UAE there is no issue, in going on an annual leave while serving the notice period. But it does vary from company to company. I have also seen in some cases that annual leave being denied while on notice period. It depends on your company & your managers. It would be ideal to go on your annual leave and then proceed with the visa cancellation
Hi... I work for Indian company and I had come here through my indian company to work for my client. My visa is been sponcered by a sponcer here. Now that i resigned my work from the Indian company. And now i had come here to cancel my Residence Visa. My sponcer here are not cancelling my VISA. They are telling that they require a mail from my Indian Company inorder to cancel. And Indian compnay is not sending the mail to cancel. What can be done now.
@Maria - The company policies may be different for different companies. Primarily please try speaking to the HR in the Indian company about this issue. Follow ups may be required. Now if that is not working it is ideal to approach the Disputes Department of the MoL and ask for their advice. Now according to a report in one of the newspapers, the employer should not refuse a worker's request for visa cancellation. The sponsor has no right to detain the workers. If a company is not cancelling the work visa after your cordial talks with them, as a last resort you can file a complaint at the Disputes Department at the MoL.
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Hi,
My mom is sponsored by my brother under (humanitarian case), her visa was cancelled as he was changing jobs in dubai. I just wanted to know the procedure and documents required when we re-apply for her visa and if they will consider the fact that she has a file or this will be taken as a new application. Also what is the grace period in her case.
Thanks
As far as I understand you don't need to cancel your parent's visa on your job change.
Hi,
A company has cancelled the employee's visa and has advised him that he should still have to work in the company for 30 days after cancellation. Moreover, the company will send the employee home to his country on the last day of the 30 days grace period after cancellation date.
Is this legal as per the labour law? Please advice the employee's rights on this situation.
thank you
Hi, I am a New Zealander who gave 2 months notice of my intention to resign. The notice expired 2 weeks ago and the employer still hasn't paid my final salary. She is now saying she will withhold 5000 until I exit the country. Is this legal?
Hi, I am re-applying to UAE. My new employer asks me a copy of my Visa Cancellation. I think I gave my copy to the immigration. How can I request for a copy?
There is a page in the passport which says the Cancelled when you have cancelled the visa. Are they asking for the copy of that page? Ask them if that would be enough.
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Dear,
I would like to know whether I can change my spouse (who is already here) status from Tourist to Family residence without exiting Dubai UAE. And what will be the cost for entry permit and visa status change.
Regards
As far as I know, you can convert the visit visa into your residence visa by paying a fee of around AED 500 - AED 600 the other option is to do a visa run where they will have to exit & re-enter the UAE
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