Everything you need to know about the UAE Visa

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Are you waiting to know the status of your application for a UAE visa, or are you trying to find out when your visa will expire? You can easily find these details online now. This is especially useful for those who are unable to return to the UAE owing to COVID-19 restrictions.

 

Resident visa holders usually find the validity of their visa from the visa document glued or stamped on their passports. But it is not possible to carry a passport with you all the time. So in case you need to know the validity of your visa urgently, you can now easily find it online.

 

The Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship (ICA) handles matters relating to visa. You can now find out more about visa validity and expiry through a section in the ICA website. There are only two things you need to have in hand for this – your passport number and the expiry date of the passport. If these are available, visa information can be readily obtained.

 

If you have these details either in mind or have a scanned copy of your passport, you can get information on visa by clicking this link here: Click here

Select Passport Information – Residency – your passport number and passport expiry date – Nationality –– CAPTCHA details to avail the visa information.

 

Emirates ID holders can easily find out about visa validity using information on the back of the identity card. Apart from your Date of Birth, the expiry date of your visa will be printed there. According to UAE law, visas must be renewed within one month of the expiry date or the person must depart the country.

 

People who have overstayed in the country after the expiry of their residence visa need to pay a fine of 100 AED per day, plus 100 AED service fees to be paid at the border crossing point.

UAE extends grace period for visa violators

The Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship (ICA) has extended the grace period for “all violators” of the entry and residence of foreigners’ residence law until December 31, 2020.

The extension is for those who violated the law before March 1, 2020 and they will be exempted from all fines, including National ID cards, provided they leave the country or adjust their status in the country before the end of the year.