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Legal action against the husband for abandoning wife and child

I am a resident of Dubai. I want to ask about my husband who brought me from Dubai along with my 3-year-old son by fraud to spend a vacation in Pakistan in Dec 2019.

He forcefully took over child passport and other documents of UAE visa and left us alone in Pakistan and runaway back to UAE.

I am on an employment visa and my son is under his father's visa. I need to come back, but my husband is keeping the passport in Dubai with him and he is not ready to give it back to me.

I am stuck in Pakistan as I need to bring my son to UAE. Now he threatens that he misplaced all my personal belongings; my gold, jewellery and important documents in my absence from home in Dubai.

He wants to divorce me in Pakistan; that's why he is forcing me to stay in Pakistan so I cannot file a maintenance and child care claim in Dubai.

If I come back to Dubai, can I get help to get my son's passport from him in order to bring him to the UAE because the child can't live without his mother?

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Maryam Hayyaz & Wejdan Bushahab Advocates
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28 Jan 2020, 16:21

Dear questioner,

As a resident of UAE, you can file a case in Dubai courts for the above-mentioned incident and request the court for the same.

Kindly contact us via phone for a detailed discussion or write us an email for further assistance.

Kochhar & Co Inc. Legal Consultants (Dubai Branch)
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28 Jan 2020, 19:20

Immediately file a police complaint in Pakistan and report it as stolen and apply for a new passport.

Then come on a visit visa and have your visa stamped on the new passport and then file a case against your husband.

29 Jan 2020, 09:47

Can I get a visit visa on the new passport if the old passport has a residence visa which still valid on the system?

29 Jan 2020, 11:00

Yes, one of my clients lost her passport during her vacation. She was on an employment contract.

She did the above steps: came on a visit visa and then the PRO stamped the UAE visa on her new passport and old passport was invalid.

29 Jan 2020, 12:13

Dear Madam,

But as per immigration rule, if a residence visa is valid on the system, any other visa can't be issued.

Maybe this client's company issued a copy of the same entry permit again as a visit visa.

Can you reconfirm, please?

Dr Amira Al Bastaki Advocates and Legal Consultants
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29 Jan 2020, 06:48

Dear Madam,

You need to issue a replacement of a lost passport in Pakistan for your son's passport, then you come to the UAE and open a case against him.

For further information, please don't hesitate to contact us via phone or email.

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