Q: Dear Madam, I have a pending personal loan of AED 18000 + pending credit card payment AED 27000 & my company terminated me last week. I don't have the cash to settle these debts. Im planning to visit the bank with termination letter also my company is pushing me to leave the country end of this month. I'm planning to seek jobs in other GCC countries. Will I get arrested in a GCC country? Can I go transit from any GCC country?

Q: Hi, I need advice. I was in Oman and wrote some cheques which were bounced. I exited the country properly after cancelling my work visa. Now I want to travel to Qatar, so need to know whether I can travel safely or will be arrested at the airport!!

Q: Dear sir/madam, I have had several unpaid loans in the UAE 7 years ago. I am planning to work in Qatar and Bahrain. Will these loans cause problems? Does the travel ban extend to the entire GCC?

Q: Hello, I have an unpaid loan and credit card. I left the UAE in 2014. Now I found a job in Qatar. Would I have a ban in Qatar? Is it possible to remove the ban before paying back the debts in the UAE because I will have to do connecting flights and transit in the UAE? Thank you!

Q: Hi, I have a criminal case (bank/credit card non-payment) case in the UAE. I am traveling/transiting from Europe via Doha (Hamad International Airport) on my way to another country next month. Since flights have resumed between the UAE and Qatar, will I be stopped and arrested at Hamad International Airport?

Q: Dear Sir/Madam, I am traveling for Hajj and have a 2-hour transit in Dubai. I had some bank liabilities that I later settled and obtained NOCs from the banks. However, I am doubtful if my cases have been cleared. Please let me know if there is any harm in transiting from the UAE in my case. My connecting flight is to Jeddah.

Q: Dear Sir/Madam, I discovered an AED 158,000 police case at Al Raffa Police Station in Dubai, and the crime description is "giving a cheque without balance in bad faith." Actually, I took a loan in 2018, and then, due to job circumstances, I left the UAE. Can you please help me in two ways? First, let me know if I need to pay this amount to enter the UAE, as I remember I also left some card payments unresolved. Second, can I go for Hajj in the upcoming session, and will this have any impact if I take a direct flight?

This Law promulgates the Federal Penal Code (Criminal Law) of the United Arab Emirates. Crimes and chastisement punishments shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of this Law and other penal codes.

The provisions of this law, promulgating UAE Civil Code, govern the civil transactions in the United Arab Emirates. The commercial transactions remain subject to the laws and regulations applicable in their regard.

The provisions of this Decree by Law amend the Federal Law No. (18) of 1993 by replacing Clause (4) of Article (379) as well as Articles (600), (617), (641), (642), (643), (644), and adding new articles numbered (635) Bis, (641) Bis (1), (641) Bis (2), (641) Bis (3), (641) Bis (4), (643) Bis (1), (643) Bis (2), (644) Bis (1) and (644) Bis (2). The Decree-Law also repeals Articles (401), (402) and (403) of the Federal Law No. (3) of 1987.