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3 available 3 • View allPenalties for overstay on a visit visa
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Q: If you are on visit visa and you overstay, will you have a ban or you pay penalties?

Jul 9, 2017
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Working on a visit visa without labour contract
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Q: Hi.
I am here in the UAE on a visit visa. A company gave me an offer letter, but it's already 2 months since I'm working here and still, they did not process my employment visa.
Now, my visit visa is going to expire soon. If they do not make my visa, can I file a case on the basis of offer letter? Where can I go for justice, and what do I have to do?
Please advise me.
Thanks

Nov 1, 2017
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Issuing a work visa after visit visa expiry and overstay
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Q: I have been on a visit visa. I found a job with a company. My visa expired.
The company is telling me to lie to immigration that they just hired me. They told me that I should cry so immigration has mercy and forgive the overstay.
The manager said that I should go to the airport and cry there. I am Ugandan.
Please advise me!

Feb 22, 2020
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Legal blog
1 available 1 • View allWhat Happens If I Overstay My Tourist or Resident Visa in the UAE? 35
An interview-format article covering the topic of overstaying your tourist or resident visa in the UAE. This is from the legal podcast of lawyer Ludmila Yamalova, the founder of Lawgical with LYLAW. Ludmila discusses the aspects of overstaying, like fines, grace periods, exemptions...etc.
Feb 16, 2020
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Laws & Regulations
3 available 3 • View allMinisterial Decree No. (764) of 2015 On Ministry of Labour Approved Standard Employment Contracts 5
According to this Decree, tentative approval to admit a foreign worker for the purpose of employment in the UAE cannot be granted until an Employment Offer that conforms with the Standard Employment Contract is duly signed by the employee and presented to the Ministry of Labour.
Sep 27, 2015
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Federal Law No. (8) of 1980 Concerning the Regulation of Labor Relations 53
The provisions of this Law, known as "UAE Labour Law", govern the relationship between employers and employees and other labour matters in the United Arab Emirates. There are special labour related regulations applicable in some of the free zones in the UAE.
Apr 20, 1980
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Federal Decree-Law No. (33) of 2021 On the Regulation of Labor Relations 34
The provisions of this Decree-Law, known as "New UAE Labor Law", govern labour relations in the private sector of the United Arab Emirates. The New Labor Law repeals the previous UAE Labor Law (Federal Law No. (8) of 1980).
Sep 20, 2021
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