Q: I am a UK passport holder. Can you assist me? I worked in the UAE, Abu Dhabi. Two years ago, I lost my job and returned to the UK but I was unable to keep up payments on my loan and credit cards after my end of service money run out. The banks started hounding me when I could not keep up payments and threatened to raise a civil case and a GCC travel ban. I do not know if they went through with this or not and what the consequences would be if there are a travel ban and a civil case raised in the UAE or GCC countries. I now have the chance of a job in Qatar and a chance to make some money again to try and pay off my debt in the UAE. Can I enter Qatar? Would I be arrested? Am I at risk and should not take the job? What are my options? I can not start to pay back any UAE money until I get a job and start earning again. Please advise! Thanks!

Q: Dear Lawyers, I left Dubai in 2017 with an unpaid debt. How will I know if I got a travel restriction to the UAE? I got hired for employment in Qatar, would that affect my entry into Qatar? Thank you for whoever will answer.

Q: Hi, If my friend absconded before his probation period in the UAE and is registered as an absconder, would anything happen to him in Qatar? Thanks

Q: Hello, I am asking on behalf of my friend. She was working in Saudi Arabia in a salon for the past 4 years. Her employer was working her and her coworkers like slaves; 15 to 17 hour days, one day off. Her employer keeps all their passports. Just a very strict environment and not a good one. My friend was a good employee and lots of customers liked her work. As you can imagine being treated like this; working so hard for half the pay took its toll on my friend. She became very unhappy and asked her employer's permission to go home to the Philippines as her contract was over. They said OK but went ahead and paid for her to come back after her vacation. Well, she did not return and her employer became very angry and has put her on a GCC ban or something like this. Now she can't work abroad in Dubai, Bahrain, or Saudi again. My friend never asked them to pay for her return work visa; they just did it because they assumed that she would. How can we fix this problem of the GCC ban?

Q: Dear air/madam, When I was on a visiting visa in Dubai, I went to jail due to a cheating case and was banned and deported from there. Then three years later, I got a driver's visa to Saudi Arabia and when I went to the Saudi Dammam airport, they told me that I am banned from all GCC countries due to a UAE case. Then how did I get my visa?! When they were deporting me from Saudi Arabia airport, they gave me a paper and mentioned that I am blacklisted.

Q: Hello Mr. Mohammad, Hope you are well. I owe a debt in the UAE but I have to visit Saudi Arabia and Bahrain for work. I have read somewhere that it is possible to remove the cases, without repaying the debt (because I don't have the money to repay). Is this true? What would be the process and how long would the process take? Thank you for your time in advance.

س: السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته، توجد قضية مدنية وجزائية بسبب شيك بقيمة ١٠٠ ألف درهم في دولة الإمارات وأنا الآن خارج الإمارات. هل يمكن توقيفي والقبض عليّ في المطار إذا سافرت إلى دولة خليجية مثل الكويت وقطر والسعودية؟

Q: Hello Sir I have an unpaid bank loan and credit card in the UAE since I lost my job last 2014. Now I have a plan to go to Kuwait to try another opportunity. Will I get arrested in immigration if I enter one of the GCC countries? Hopefully, you can help and advise me. Thanks.

Q: Dear Sir/Madam, I worked in the UAE, and unfortunate events occurred. I went back home without submitting a proper resignation and didn't have a chance to pay back my credit card since 2011. I applied for work in Saudi Arabia and found out that I'm blacklisted or have a travel ban anywhere in the Middle East. Can I work in any other country besides the Middle East?

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