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Closing company and clearing liabilities and visas of partners
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?

Dear Sir/ Madam,
Thank you for getting in touch with me on this.
Please find my comments on your query as follows:
1- The personal credit card liability of individual partners will not affect the other partners or the company as it remains personal to the partner. The bank will attach the said partners' assets and not the company's.
2- Since all the partners have spent more than 6 months outside the UAE, their visa's have automatically been expired and they will have to travel into the UAE with new work/visit visa.
Considering that the labour card is also cancelled, I believe you should get the license cancelled too.
3- As explained above, the credit card liability of the partner will not attach to the company and the other two partners will not be harassed or called upon to pay the debts of the other two partners.
As long as the credit card or loan is not taken on the company's name, the partners are not liable to the bank.
I trust I have dealt with your queries.
You can get in touch with me on 052-9495731 or email on hari.wadhwana@gmail.com.
Regards,
Hari Wadhwana