Penalty for Leaving without Properly Canceling a Visa

[hari]

Hai,
If you leave UAE without cancelling the Visa, it will get cancelled after 6 months( automatically). But one of my friend was not able to get a Visit Visa as the computer was showing a visa against his name even after a year he left UAE. If you resign properly before the contract period, employer may recover 45 days basic salary depending on the contract terms. Your sponsor have to pay your visa fees in any case.

[acassim]

Note that bans are not applicable in all parts of Dubai. Your employer cannot ban you if you are based in a free zone.

[cairogal]

But one of my friend was not able to get a Visit Visa as the computer was showing a visa against his name even after a year he left UAE.

Why wasn't he granted the visit visa? Did he owe some $$ in immigration penalties?

[hari]

Dont know...they said visa is not cancelled..

[Maz25]

Originally Posted by hari

Dont know...they said visa is not cancelled..

That's quite strange as if his visa wasn't cancelled, he should have been slapped with a labour ban. It would have stopped him from obtaining another employment visa. However, even if you have a labour ban, you should still be able to enter the UAE on a visit visa. If I were your friend, I would enquire more about this as it doesn't really make sense! He didn't tell them that he was coming to the UAE to work or look for employment by any chance?

[cairogal]

So what happens if you don't cancel the visa properly, but left on good terms w/ your boss? My spouse had to leave the country for what was meant to be a short visit home. He later called and explained that a family emergency prevented him from returning. What sort of automatic ban does one face, and how long does it last?

[Maz25]

Originally Posted by cairogal

So what happens if you don't cancel the visa properly, but left on good terms w/ your boss? My spouse had to leave the country for what was meant to be a short visa home. He later called and explained that a family emergency prevented him from returning. What sort of automatic ban does one face, and how long does it last?

A labour ban will be imposed on the day that the visa is actually cancelled, hence the reason why it is so important to make sure that your visa is properly cancelled before leaving the UAE. I believe that your employer needs to have your passport for them to be able to do this.

In his case, if the visa was not cancelled, then a year after his departure, this will be automatically done and from that day, a one-year labour ban will start preventing him from taking up employment. He can still enter the UAE on a visit visa though.

[cairogal]

I suspect he's in the clear, then. He left towards the end of 2005.

[meskallail]

hello,

i worked in UAE for 6 months and there was a term in contract that before 6 months any part can cancel the contract without short notice ... i had to go back to my country 15 days before i complete the 6 months and i send a resignation by e-mail to the manager as i couldn't return back ...

this was in 2005 ... i found now that i'm absconder and i'm marked and some friend told me that i've to pay 5000 dirhams to unmark me ....!!!!

i want to know is that true especially i 've a good job offer in uae ...

also i can issue another passport in my country which take a new number so can this do the trick as sometimes people have similier names !!!!!

[peterifranco]

hi Guys,

i need some help,

i joind a company back in 2004 and then 4 months later i left, and due to some family problems, i told my employer i could not come. He then told me if i were to leave i would have to send my passport so he could cancel my visa otherwise he would have to report me missing and then i would be ban from dubai for 2 years, is that ture, and then what happens after 2 years can i re-apply for another job without any problems or worries of a life ban or anything else.

thanx