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5 available 5 • View allIs there any chance to travel to GCC countries and Qatar if I have unpaid bank loans?
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Q: I have an unpaid loan from a bank of around AED 48000 and a credit card from finance of AED 9000 unpaid.
Is there any chance to travel to GCC countries and Qatar?

Dec 23, 2022
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Will you get arrested in GCC if you leave the UAE with a pending loan?


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Q: I got terminated from employment because I was arrested in 2015 and jailed for 30 days for purchasing alcohol without a police alcohol license for individuals.
I had a credit card loan in the amount of AED 130,000 dirhams which I was paying on a monthly basis until I lost my job. After I was released from jail, my passport was held for 3 months with the Dewan.
When I got my passport, I immediately left the UAE without paying the loan or canceling my visa.
I keep getting threats via email from collection agents in Sharjah/Dubai for which I explained I have no means or any income or barely any income to pay not even 100 AED/ month.
Now I have a job offer in Qatar and I am worried to go to Qatar for the first time in my life and start a new life and hopefully be able to start paying the 2015 debt left in Abu Dhabi with the Bank.
The Debt is around 300,000 with interest + late fees +over credit limit fees + so many added fees + Etisalat around AED 270.
Will I get arrested at Doha airport and extradited to the UAE?



Jun 6, 2021
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Can you enter GCC countries if you left the UAE with an unpaid loan?


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Q: Hello.
My brother took a loan of AED 75000 and due to his own reasons, he couldn't continue his job in the UAE and returned to India.
He now has an opportunity in other GCC country. Will he be caught in another GCC countries due to the past loan in the UAE?
Please advise as he is having a good offer to restart his career.
What are the chances of the bank tracking him in india or GCC?



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Is it possible to travel to GCC and work if you have a pending loan in the UAE?

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Q: I lost my job in 2009 when I was working in the UAE so I have an unpaid bank loan and credit cards outstanding.
So can I work and travel to other GCC countries?
Please advise.
Thanks.


Feb 2, 2023
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Will there be any issue transiting in Qatar if I have unpaid credit card in the UAE?


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Q: I am out of the UAE, and 6 months short of payment on AED 50k credit card, which after interest accumulated to AED 60k.
Will there be any issue transiting in Qatar?



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The UAE travel ban may be imposed on a person on various grounds, for instance, as the result of criminal offences, unpaid loans, breach of immigration laws or family matters. Implications of such a ban can be financially severe and daunting for the affected person. This article aims to give readers a clear understanding of what is the UAE travel ban, what are the grounds and procedures for its imposition and removal, how to check if the person is banned from travelling and other related topics.
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This Law promulgates the Federal Penal Code (Criminal Law) of the United Arab Emirates. Crimes and chastisement punishments shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of this Law and other penal codes.
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Federal Law No. (5) of 1985 On the Civil Transactions Law of the United Arab Emirates 96
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