Cancellation Of Visa In Uae
Cancellation of visa while residing in UAE is a very painful process. The current 18th clause of Immigration Law no. 24 of 1996, states the complete and final procedures for cancellation of visa and allowing expat to exit for good from the UAE. In few circumstances or due to some personal choices, one might have thought about cancelling a current visa from his/her account but practically this is not as easy as it seems.
In the recent past, UAE has announced all about visa and immigration. The UAE government made official announcements about the new immigration rules for expats. One of the major changes introduced was cancellation of visa for certain cases. Apparently, the main reasons for canceling visa are:
Cancellation of visa is the process of applying to cancel your visa. The visa can be cancelled either due to the expiry of the validity period or in case of any legitimate reasons. All these applications are made through the respective country’s missions in UAE. The application must be made along with copies of all the relevant documents.
Cancellation Of Visa In Uae
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Who must cancel your residence visa
Normally, only the sponsor can cancel your residence visa. You cannot process the application on your own.
If a company decides to cancel an employment visa of its employee, it must first approach Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation with an application to cancel the employee’s labour contract and labour card. The employee must also sign this application. Then, the employer should apply to General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA) for visa cancellation.
The company must also cancel the work permit. For this, it must submit a letter signed by the employee stating that he has already received all his wages and end of services benefits to Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation.
An individual sponsoring his/her spouse, children and other dependents must cancel the dependents’ visas first before he cancels his/her own.
Cancellation must be processed through the GDRFA that stamped the residence visa in the first place.
How to cancel your residence visa
There are two ways to cancel your visa. You can do it either through a registered typing centre or online.
- Registered typing centreThe sponsor may visit any typing office registered by GDRFA in the respective emirate. The typing centre will fill the cancellation form on your behalf and process it online through the respective GDRFA.
- OnlineAlternatively, the sponsor may process the cancellation online through the respective GDRFA or through the eChannels platform of the Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship.
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Documents required
The following documents are required for cancelling residence visa through GDRFA:
- cancellation form signed by the sponsor
- if the sponsor is a company or a firm, the cancellation form must be signed and sealed by the company stamp and a clearance certificate from Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation must be attached
- the original passport of the sponsored
- original identity card of the sponsored
- if the sponsored ones are out of the UAE, the sponsor may present the original passport or a computerised extract of their residence visas. (Kindly contact Naturalisation and Residency Dept to get a computerised extract of the residence visa.)
