Q: I have submitted my passport to the Dubai public prosecution for my friend on a bounced cheque case and he didn't attend his hearing. The judge announced a one-month sentence against him, and now I am unable to contact him and I don't know whether he is in the UAE or not. How can I get my passport back because I want to travel home? Is there any option to get my passport by paying a fine or any other possible option?

Q: Hi. I kept my passport as a guarantee for a friend in the public prosecution more than a year back. He left the country without telling me and hasn't come back into the country so far. In the meantime, verdicts were declared for his cases and he has to go to jail. So, he refuses to come back or settle the case. I am stuck here with my passport in court. I have tried setting up meetings with the public prosecutor but every time the online application gets rejected, even for a meeting with the public prosecutor. This has created a big issue for me and my family. Is there anything I can do to get my passport out?

Q: I submitted my passport as a guarantee of one person I know. But he ran away and the court announced a 6-month jail term for him. Now, I don't know where is he. So, please tell me what can I do. I need my passport.

Q: Hi Sir, I would like to ask for advice. My sister has a case with a bank in Sharjah and we found out when she came back to the UAE on a visit visa last year. She was detained in Dubai Airport and brought to Sharjah police on the same day and was released when I gave my passport in exchange. We tried to settle an amount yet again they keep asking for more and change the settlement amount and came to the point that my sister needs to leave the country leaving my passport still in Sharjah police custody. What do I need to do or bring to Sharjah court to release my passport? I would appreciate your kind advice.

Q: Sir, Someone took a SIM on my Emirates ID and took money (AED 9000) from another person and there's a case is on me as the ID was mine, but I did not do this. My visa is expiring in January. Is there any procedure where the police can give me the passport to renew my visa? I had not done this fraud, what should be on my name. H.S.

Q: Hello, My friend has a ban from traveling outside the UAE due to unpaid mortgage payments. She is trying to sell the property (an apartment worth more than the remaining mortgage value) with the bank agreement. The bank told her that if she presents an MOU that someone wants to buy the apartment, they would lift the ban. My friend is asking me to sign the MOU as a buyer, she herself wouldn't sign the MOU but send it to the bank to get the ban lifted as she needs to travel urgently (her father is in the hospital dying of COVID). I do not intend to buy this property nor do I have the funds to do it. I am reluctant to sign this document, even though I want to help my friend. Would I be held accountable and have to pay a penalty fee of 10% of property value if I am the only one signing the MOU? What if the broker also signs it but my friend (the owner) doesn't? Could the bank turn to me if they find out I am not truly interested in buying the property? Thanks for your help!

Q: I placed my passport with the Sharjah Municipality as a guarantor for my brother who has a rental dispute case against him. It has been years now, and the case has not yet been solved the thing is my passport has expired, and I am currently in overstay but I got an employment opportunity. How can I retrieve my passport from the municipality so I can renew it and get a valid visa? Regards

The law promulgates UAE Criminal Procedural Law (Penal Procedures Law) which governs criminal procedures in the UAE. This law applies to the procedures relating to offences whose punishments are not specified, dogma and punitive offences, and blood money, if they do not violate the Sharia rules.