Q: Dear Sir, Hope you will be in the state of good health and doing fine. My owner absconded in 2015 but my visa expired in June 2016. I filed a case before he absconded and Labor office transferred the case to court where the worthy orders of the court to do execution and pay my dues and that execution is still in process. Labor approved me to work as part-time. Now I have a new job offer from another company and want to cancel the visa that has already been expired for one and half year. Will I have fine or some other obstacles while cancelling my visa in order to join the new company? Regards

Q: Dear Sir, My case is in Dubai Labour Court (since one-year). The 1st hearing is completed and I'm waiting for my judgement. My visa expired in November 2016. I got a Certificate from the court giving the dates of the case from 2016 to 2017. Can I cancel my employment visa and labour card (without any effect on my Labour Court decisions and proceedings)? I want to win the case, but at the same time, I need to go back to my country and come back on a new employment visa & labour card. Please advise what I should do. Thanks, DEVASSY

Q: Dear Sir/ Madam. I am working in Sharjah on a limited contract as a chemical engineer. Since last month, my company started to use some illegal chemical. So I sent an email and warned them to stop that. However, in response, they abused and threatened me. In this environment, I resigned from the job with a 6-week notice and continued doing my duties as normal. I have a doubt that after the notice period they might refuse to cancel my visa or delay the cancellation. Please advise me what can I do in this situation. I also mentioned in resignation that the reason for leaving is due to the illegal activities of the company.

Q: Hi, Sir. Good evening. My name is Sanal and I have a question. My current employer is a lady and she is harassing me too much. Now, I'm nearly three years with her and every time she harasses me. She says I will complain about you in the immigration and put you in jail. I make u a big problem like that, not only me in my company but there are other employees also struggling the same situation. Until now three years, we are afraid of her and we are silent. Now, she realises we are not going to continue in this company and she wants to make a problem for us. It's simple, she doesn't want to pay us in ten months and our visa is going to finish so she starts t make issues for us. I need your help, Sir

Q: I cancelled my visa after renewing it one month earlier, but the company is not providing me with the residence cancellation paper. Can I apply for a new visa without this residence cancellation paper?

Q: My current company did not pay for 6 months, so I have resigned and completed the notice period. They did not even pay the settlement. I have filed a case and the first hearing will be on 17 July. I have an offer from a company and they don't want to wait for the court verdict. My question: is there any way to cancel the visa as the case is already there? I have checked with my company but they want me to sign off the settlement paper that I have received all my settlement. Please tell me if there is any other solution in this situation about visa cancellation.

Q: I filed a labour case against my employer. The judgement came 10 days back and I am planning to appeal. Now, I have got a new job offer and also my visa has expired 3 months back which the old company did not cancel or renew as the case was in court. Can I join the new company with the appeal process underway? How do I get my visa issue sorted? It's quite complicated, please assist.

Q: Hello Sir, I was fired on JAN 20 2020 on the second day of arrival from vacation. They gave me 2 months of grace time to use the same visa to look for a job and also to settle my dues. By April, they canceled my Freezone visa. I didn't get any job till Dec 2020 because the pandemic started, so I stayed and was looking for a job. Almost after a year, I got a job; the whole year I was jobless. Almost a year and half later, my old Pro is threatening me if I didn't submit my new visa copy, they are going to file an absconding case on me. I'm totally confused! How it even possible after a year and half they want my visa for some refund or to file a case against me? Please advise on this! I'm totally frustrated!

Q: I won my labor case from my company, got my money too in Dec 2021. Until now the company has not canceled my visa because they have to pay a fine. They have put the case in Sharjah immigration court for the waiver of the fine. I am a Sharjah free zone employee who needs my cancellation as my new company needs it and also it's an issue with the bank. My Emirates ID and my visa expired more than one year ago. What can I do to force the company to cancel my visa?

An interview-format article covering the topic of filing an employment court case in the UAE. This is from the legal podcast of lawyer Ludmila Yamalova, the founder of Lawgical with LYLAW.

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