Q: If you overstay while the company is processing your working visa, who will be held liable to pay the penalty?

Q: Dear Sir, Greetings! I am working in a construction company as a Secretary/ Front Desk Receptionist. My visa expired on the third of May 2017, and till this date, my employer has not renewed my visa. My Emirates ID is already expired also, and my employer keeps on telling me they don't have the money now to renew my visa, but they will renew it. As you can see, a lot of fines has been accumulated to date and its 6 months now. Therefore, in view of above, what action should I take in order to ensure that my visa will be renewed by my employers?

Q: I have had an investor visa with residence in 2014. In 2016 I went back to the UK, changed my name and got a new passport. When I came back to the UAE, they checked the visa in my old passport and stamped the new passport. Now, I am trying to renew but they have put fines on my new passport for 497 days since I entered with the new passport, however, my visa just expired on my old passport and no one can fix this issue. Is there anyone can help, as all I’m doing every day is going to one office to another and realistically I had a visa so these fines are not just? When I go to the immigration they tell me to go to the airport, and when I go there they say go somewhere else. My knowledge of Arabic language is limited, so I need legal representation as I know this is not a big issue.

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.

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.