If you are planning to leave the UAE permanently or If you are planning to change your visa, you need to officially cancel your residence visa. The process for the cancellation of visa is very easy for your sponsor. You just need to be careful and check up on a few things to ensure the process is smooth and without any difficulties. Pay off any debts, sell your car, cancel your tenancy agreement and utility bills before initiating the process. This will help you to avoid any inconvenience during the visa cancellation process. Here we bring you all the details of the steps involved in cancelling a UAE Visa & How to cancel your Dubai residence visa from Abu Dhabi.
Normally, only the sponsor can cancel your residence visa. You cannot process the application on your own. An Individual sponsoring his/her spouse, children and other dependents must cancel the dependents visa first before he cancels his / her own.
An individual sponsoring his/her spouse, children and other dependents can cancel the visa directly with his/her NOC. Pay AED 110 as a visa cancellation fee for your dependents.
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 their 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’ visa 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 centre
The 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.
Online
Alternatively, the sponsor may process the cancellation online through the respective GDRFA or through the eChannels platform of the Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship.
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).
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How to Cancel Dubai Visa from Abu Dhabi
Most of the typing centres in Abu Dhabi does not have the facility to cancel the Dubai visa. Al Reda Printing & Photocopying is providing the services to cancel the Dubai Residence Visa from Abu Dhabi. They have offices at Abu Dhabi & Mussafah.
Location
Al Reda Printing & Photocopy - Abu Dhabi City
Al Redha printing & Photocopy - Mussafah
How many days you can stay in the UAE after Visa Cancellation
You have 30 days to exit the UAE after your visa is cancelled.
What to do If you cancel the visa after 30 days of Expiry
In the case of UAE residents, they have 30 days grace period after visa expiry to either amend their status and get another residence visa or leave the country. Fines do not apply during the grace period.
If they overstay after the grace period, they will be fined with
AED 125 for the first day
AED 25 for each subsequent day.
AED 50 per day after six months of overstaying
AED 100 per day after one year of overstaying
If you are forget to cancel the visa after 30 Days of Expiry you should pay overstaying fine from the end of grace period.
What to do if you are planning to change visa status
If you are planning to change the visa status you should get 30 days of grace period from the day of your cancelled visa. The grace period counted from the date of expiry of visa. Start the visa process within 30 days of grace period to avoid Extra Fees.
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