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Questions & Answers
6 available 6 • View allVisa and residency
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Q: Can my husband take me off his visa, without asking my permission, while we are still married?

Feb 29, 2016
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Divorce and maintenance for a wife
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Q: My husband is divorcing and said that he will not pay me any maintenance because I hired somebody to hack his phone because I suspect adultery.

Apr 30, 2017
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I suspect my wife of cheating on me. What legal action can I take?
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Q: I'm from India. I and my wife work in Dubai. I got my wife cheating on me. She is dating somebody else behind me and lied me. I saw WhatsApp chat between my wife and that guy exchanging love messages. I took screenshots and copied to my phone.
Can I take legal action on both my wife and that guy? And what is the punishment for them?

Oct 24, 2017
4269
Taking action on flirting messages exchanged with the wife
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Q: Hi,
I need to know the legal consequences of sending intimate (like true lovers) Whatsapp messages to a married woman.
Here is the situation. X (husband) and Y (wife) are a couple and they are based in Canada. However, Y is getting separated from X and seeking a divorce.
While Y was in India as part of getting separated from X, another person A sent intimate Whatsapp messages to her. Also, note that A and Y are in love.
The person A is based out of Dubai currently. Is there any legal element to this situation if the person X files a case against A in UAE?
Please clarify.

Oct 5, 2018
4820
Is flirting with a married woman on Whatsapp a crime in the UAE?
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Q: Dear Mr Elnaggar,
I would really appreciate your help.
What are the consequences of having a Whatsapp relationship with a married woman (with kids)? Only over Whatsapp, nothing physical.
Her husband found out by reading her Whatsapp messages. If he decides to take it to the courts in Dubai, what are we looking at here?
P.S. all parties here are Canadians.
Thanks

Jun 14, 2020
3230
Husband's desire to have the family live in home country while the wife refuses
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Q: One of my friends is married. Both are Muslims and based in Dubai. They married in Pakistan back in 2010. They have 2 daughters; 8 and 9 years.
She's a housewife under the husband's visa. The wife is given a hard time for the last few years and she knows the laws that her husband must provide house rent and kids maintenance so she's doing blackmail and not willing to go back to Pakistan even.
Recently, the husband caught her and knew that she was out with one Pakistani guy and kids were alone in the house. The husband is happy to cover the kids' maintenance.
1. In such a situation, what's the best way if the husband wants the family to live in Pakistan and the wife keeps refusing?
2. How to secure himself?

Oct 1, 2020
631
Laws & Regulations
1 available 1 • View allFederal Law No. (28) of 2005 On Personal Status 24
UAE Personal Status Law (also known as Personal Affairs Law) governs marriage, divorce, inheritance and other personal affairs in the United Arab Emirates. The law equally applies to citizens of the UAE and non-citizens unless one of them asks for the application of his home country law.
Nov 19, 2005
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