Q: What would be my visa status after divorcing my husband in Dubai? Since I am on his visa he says that I can continue to remain on his visa, but he got me into this country with our marriage certificate from India under the Special Marriage Act. Thank you.

س: زوجي طلقني طلقة واحدة بتاريج ١/١/٢٠٢٠ وانتهت العدة ولم يرجعني. مع العلم أني أعيش مع أبي وأمي من تاريخ الطلاق. أود معرفة حقوقي بعد الطلاق وكم المبلغ؟ راتب زوجي الشهري ٢٠٠٠٠ درهم.

س: ما الواجب القانوني والمادي في حالة الطلاق علمًا بأن راتبي 2000 درهم ولا يوجد لدي أبناء؟

س: السلام عليكم، أنا متزوج منذ ١٠ سنوات تقريبًا (عقدنا ولكنها سكنت معي وتعاشرنا لست سنوات تقريبًا). لا يوجد أطفال، ولأنها تعاني من مشكلة التشنج المهبلي، تراكمت المشاكل بيننا ووصلت لحل وحيد وهو الطلاق، طلاق من جانب واحد؛ فهي ترفض الطلاق. ما المترتبات المالية التي سأتحملها في حالة اتباع الإجراءات في الإمارات؟ وهل بإمكاني تطليقها في بلدي الأصلي؟ مع العلم أنها مقيمة في الإمارات وتعمل بدوام سبعة آلاف درهم شهريًا.

Q: Dear Lawyers, I need clarity as to whether a divorcee visa is still applicable specifically in the Abu Dhabi emirate subsequent to the divorce for a woman who has been granted child custody during the divorce judgment. I am aware that a one-year grace period was granted to divorced women in the past as part of the divorcee visa but I am unsure if the law is still active as of today.

Q: Dear Sir/Madam, I need to cancel my wife's visa after she left the house without informing me and filed for divorce, claiming monthly maintenance. We are Muslim expats married in India.

Q: Dear Sir/Madam, My husband is refusing to renew my residency, and without it, I will lose my job by the end of this month. Since he wants me to go back to Nigeria, I asked him to allow me to take my kids, but he refused. I can't leave the kids alone in Dubai because he constantly abuses them physically, verbally, and psychologically. When he is angry, he beats them with a drumstick even when they do nothing wrong and threatens to send them to a village in Nigeria to work on his dad's farm. He slaps them hard, and the boys cry to me for comfort. He asked them to call me a witch and a bad person. When I was not working, he beat me constantly, saying it was because I was lazy and refused to get a job, despite my explanation that I had been trying. I need legal advice on how I can be allowed to take the kids with me back to Nigeria. Please, I want to find out what I can do.

UAE Personal Status Law (also known as Personal Affairs Law) governs marriage, divorce, inheritance and other personal affairs in the United Arab Emirates. The law equally applies to citizens of the UAE and non-citizens unless one of them asks for the application of his home country law.