Q: I worked for the last five months in a company. The company did not provide a visa and promised to pay a fine from their side. But now, they told me to pay a fine from our side, otherwise, they're not ready to provide a visa.

Q: If you are on visit visa and you overstay, will you have a ban or you pay penalties?

Q: I have resigned from “A” after receipt of a job offer from “B”. Then, I kept my family visa on hold and asked "A" to cancel my visa almost 1 week before my last working day. I submitted my visa cancellation paper along with a singed MOI contract to “B”. Now "B" is not responding well and asks me to stay with “A” because of the present COVID 19 lockdown situation. After wasting lots of time, B confirmed that they have applied for a work permit, however, I haven’t received any official confirmation from B's HR. I have checked online on MOHRE website and it shows pre-approval for a work permit. If "B" will not be responding, should I need to worry about my job and visa status? In case "B" will not be responding, do I need to leave the UAE before my visa expiry date. i.e 30 days after visa cancellation? If I stay in the country and join "B" someday, who must pay the overstay fine; B or I? If "B" did not recruit me, then do I have the right to take legal action and ask for compensation towards damage?

Q: My company has held almost 5 to 6 months of my salary. On 16 May, my contract expired and the company refused to pay me my salary. I asked them for an update as I didn't travel to work due to lack of funds. There was no reply for 2 days and on the 3rd day, I decided to resign. They accepted my resignation after 2 days. The next day, I completed my handover process and since then I have been following up with them by visiting the company and by email. They have not provided me with the final settlement details yet with all this happening while I am in my grace period. I filed a complaint with the Ministry of Labor. The Ministry representative contacted the finance manager and they told him that the owner was out of the country. Once my grace period is over, who will pay the overstaying charges? I have not signed the cancellation and I have to stay back so that I can get all my pending salaries and EOS. Please help

An interview-format article covering the topic of overstaying your tourist or resident visa in the UAE. This is from the legal podcast of lawyer Ludmila Yamalova, the founder of Lawgical with LYLAW. Ludmila discusses the aspects of overstaying, like fines, grace periods, exemptions...etc.

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