Q: Hi. Could you please let me know, how much would it cost me to check up if there are any legal cases or immigration issues as I needed to check up for a relative? He had left Dubai for a family emergency, however, he was informed by a local typing agent in Dubai that he can't return back. He never had any financial liability in Dubai but just did not cancel the visa, and could not close the company license he was a partner at. Thanks

Q: Assalam Alaikum, I shall be grateful if you answer the following query. A person holding a partner visa, with a clean record overall, leaves the UAE and stays outside for a year. The only payable dues would be his sponsor's amount. How can he return to UAE? Will there be a ban on him? Your reply would work wonderfully for me. Thanks and regards, Ali Jawad

Q: I am a partner in an LLC registered in Dubai, whose license was expired in Nov 2017. I was a passive investor stationed in India and the company was managed my senior partner and MD (Managing director) of the company who was stationed in Dubai. The company was not managed well, the licenses were not renewed and the business activities did not take place. My last visit was in May 2017. The MD of the company is still in Dubai on an earlier visa but didn't get in touch with me and he's not reachable. Now, I want to start a new venture in any free zone on an individual basis. How can I cancel the earlier visa and get a new investor visa in the free zone? Is it necessary to liquidate the old company in order to cancel the visa? Is it possible for me to cancel the visa on an individual basis and apply for new company formation? Please guide me.

Q: I am from India. We had a company registered in the UAE and we were willing to discontinue it. So we paid some amount to a local person in Dubai in order to complete all formalities of closure. There was not any formal agreement, but there was an email communication to complete it. But in spite of the passage of one & half years, he has neither closed my company nor paid me back that amount. Now, he is not responding to me on email. Please advise me about my options.

Q: Hi. Kindly advise regarding: (1) Closing a professional civil company (management consultancy) in Dubai with 4 partners + 1 local agent. There are 4 partners (all family members) who are out of the UAE. 2 partners have investor visas & 2 have partner visas. 3 visas have expired during July-Sept 18 and 1 Investor visa expiring 17/11 as being out of the country for 6 months+. Online at www.gdrfa.ae on logging in, the 3 expired visas are showing 'Inactive'. Does it mean visas are automatically cancelled & they can come on visit OR visas have to be physically cancelled at the immigration dept? The company has no assets/liability. We want to close the company. The company's labour est card is already cancelled. (2) Effect of a partner's personal credit cards' liability on the company as a he is a partner. In the above company, 2 partners have credit card dues. Is there an impact on 2 aged partners coming back to the UAE if the banks file cases & secure order on attaching the defaulting partners share in above company? (There is no business/assets). Can 2 aged partners be asked to submit the company a/cs?

Q: Hi. Kindly advise regarding: (1) Closing a professional civil company (management consultancy) in Dubai with 4 partners + 1 local agent. There are 4 partners (all family members) who are out of the UAE. 2 partners have investor visas & 2 have partner visas. 3 visas have expired during July-Sept 18 and 1 Investor visa expiring 17/11 as being out of the country for 6 months+. Online at www.gdrfa.ae on logging in, the 3 expired visas are showing 'Inactive'. Does it mean visas are automatically cancelled & they can come on visit OR visas have to be physically cancelled at the immigration dept? The company has no assets/liability. We want to close the company. The company's labour est card is already cancelled. (2) Effect of a partner's personal credit cards' liability on the company as a he is a partner. In the above company, 2 partners have credit card dues. Is there an impact on 2 aged partners coming back to the UAE if the banks file cases & secure order on attaching the defaulting partners share in above company? (There is no business/assets). Can the 2 partners be harassed in UAE?

Q: I launched a company in Ajman FZ in April 2014 for 1 year. Since the company was not profitable, I didn't continue running the company. I am a resident of India. I had not taken any visas. I ran the company for a year and assumed that it will be closed. Now, I am planning to shift my base to Dubai. Will this be a setback? What fines do I have to pay

Q: I have a joint current account with 2 other persons and I am the primary account holder. The account is dormant with zero balance and I want to close the account. The bank is asking for a letter from other account holders. The other two account holders have left the country long back and no way I can contact them or trace them. What is the legal way to close the account in the absence of the other two account holders?

Q: I have a company in Dubai. There is a partnership firm. My wife was very ill and I went to India, so my partners were running the business secretly. They don't inform me about any matter so we decided to cancel our partnership. But I can't go to Dubai due to the Corona situation. I am in India for the past 8 months. I just contact my friend in Dubai. He told me that my partners canceled their partnership in the old company and started a new firm. Is there any problem to come to Dubai on a visit visa to search for a new job?

With the introduction of the new procedures for obtaining a power of attorney (POA) remotely in the UAE, after it was mandatory to appear in person in front of the notary public as a global rule to ensure the identity and intention of the person requesting a POA, we put between your hands this brief guide for how you get it done.