UAE Visa Cancellation 2024: Cancel Your UAE Residence Permit

If you are planning to leave UAE and shift to another country, you must cancel your residency visa to depart from UAE. But there are some procedures you must go through before leaving UAE. Today, we’ll guide how to apply for a UAE Visa Cancellation, what things you need to clear before leaving UAE, and how to check your UAE Visa Cancellation Status.

Let’s get started.

Cancelling your visa is a straightforward process as long as you’re not bound by UAE laws to stay in the country for several reasons. Before cancelling your visa, you must do the following steps:

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It’s important to note that expats can’t cancel their visas. Only their sponsors can cancel their visas on their behalf. Anyhow, if the expats hold an Investor visa, then they can cancel their own visas as well.

Employers will need to clear the pending salary, gratuity, and leave salary entitlements and provide an aeroplane ticket before cancelling their work permit with MoHRE.

In order to cancel your visa, you’ll need to provide the following documents:

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You can cancel your UAE visa through various methods. Let’s have a look at them.

Follow the steps below to get started.

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You can also apply for the cancellation of your UAE Visa through the GDRFAD website or their official app.

In order to cancel your visa through Amer Services Centers, follow the steps below:

You can also cancel your residency visa through Customer Happiness Centers.

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The cost of canceling your visa depends upon the service you’re going to use. Normally, UAE Visa Cancellation costs around 50 AED to 100 AED with a 10 AED e-Service fee.

According to official data, it takes around 48 hours to process the request for visa cancellation. You’ll receive an email once your request has been processed.

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Once your visa has been canceled, you should either leave the UAE or apply for the renewal of your residency visa within the grace period. The grace period you may get depends upon your visa type.

You can easily check your Visa Cancellation Status by going to the official ICP website.

If any Expats leave UAE without cancelling their residency visa and remain outside UAE for more than 6 months, their UAE visa will be automatically cancelled. Anyhow, you’ll not be charged anything for it, but you’ll not be able to reenter UAE without adequately cancelling your UAE visa, and the only way to cancel your visa is with the help of your previous sponsor.

Anyhow, now those residents living outside the UAE for over 6 months can apply for a Re-Entry Permit for which they’ll be able to stay outside the UAE for over 6 months.

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If you have a UAE Visit Visa and you can’t check in within the validity period in UAE, then you can extend your visit visa for an additional period of 60 days for 200 AED.

In case you have a visit visa and do not want to extend your visa, then you’ll need to cancel your visa by going to ICA’s Smart Services website. If not cancelled, you’ll not be able to apply for a new UAE visa in the future.

You can cancel your unused visit visa for anywhere between 160 AED to 300 AED.

A complete guide on how to apply for UAE Visa Cancellation has been shared. Now, you can cancel your visa without any issues. Please note that if you are sponsored by your employer, then only your sponsor can cancel your visa on your behalf. But if you have an investor visa, then you can cancel your visa yourself.