Overstayed in the UAE: daily fine, grace period and leaving

Eligibility

Who it’s for: People in the UAE whose entry visa or residence permit has expired or been cancelled.

• Daily fine

  You are fined AED 50 for each day a permitted stay, visa, permit or newborn registration is expired or cancelled.

  AED 50

  Daily fine

  • Also applies to cancelled or expired entry visa, residence permit or exit permit
  • Also applies to newborn registration expiry or cancellation

  Official wording

  AED 50 per day for expiry of the permitted stay, or for cancellation or expiry of an entry visa, residence permit, exit permit or newborn registration.

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• When the fine starts

  If you are a resident, the fine starts the day after your residence permit's grace period ends.

  Official wording

  For residents, it starts the day after the grace period of the residence permit ends, depending on its type.

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• Grace periods

  After a residence permit expires or is cancelled, the grace period depends on your category, as listed by ICP.

  Grace period after permit expires or is cancelled

  Golden, Green, Blueholders and family members

  180 days

  Other 180-day groupssee points below

  180 days

  Skilled workers 1-3levels 1-3

  90 days

  Property owners

  90 days

  Guarantor or host permitpermits with guarantor or host

  60 days

  All other categories

  30 days

  • 180 days also covers widows or divorced women of residents
  • 180 days also covers students after completing studies
  • 180 days also covers foreign-passport relatives of UAE citizens

  Official wording

  After a residence permit expires or is cancelled, ICP lists 180 days for Golden, Green and Blue Residence holders and their family members, widows or divorced women of residents, students after completing studies, and foreign-passport relatives of UAE citizens. It lists 90 days for skilled workers in levels 1-3 and property owners, 60 days for permits issued with a guarantor or host, and 30 days for all other categories.

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