Questions & Answers
Automatic cancellation of UAE residence visas
I joined a Co LLC, Fujairah in Sep’13 and signed 3 yrs contract. As per my contract letter, my notice period was 3 months.
I resigned on 8th Aug’15 but the company rejected my resignation and forced me to complete the contract. The company also started threatening me so somehow I served the notice period of 3 months and managed to escape from there.
Now the company is not giving me my 22 days Nov’15 & leave salary of 19 days & Bonus pending till March’15, and also is not cancelling my visa. I already contacted the Indian embassy but they failed to resolve the issue.
Can I come again to the UAE and can I do the job or cancellation is compulsory?
Automatic Cancellation of Residency
Staying more than six months out of the UAE will automatically cancel residency visas. No one can stay outside the country more than six months then try to enter the country without a valid residency visa. Therefore, you do not have to come all the way to cancel your visa as it is automatically cancelled if you stayed outside the UAE for more than 6 months.
Emirates ID
Residents who intend to cancel their UAE residence visa for the purpose of leaving the country for good or for the purpose of changing jobs are required to hand over their ID cards to the respective General Directorate for Residency and Foreigners Affairs. The respective General Directorate for Residency and Foreigners Affairs will hand over the returned ID card to Emirates Identity Authority, which had issued the card.
Warning: Absconding Case
If you left the country without informing your employer and without complying with the employment termination procedure like service during the notice period and visa cancellation, then your employer will have no choice but to report you as absconding and you will be banned.
Labour Claim
You must file your claim case within one year, failing which it cannot be filed.
