New Visa Laws in UAE will Now Permit Visitors to Extend their Stay by Up to 60 Days

The recent amendments to the UAE visa law would now allow an extension of 30 days to the visitor or tourist visas twice, which makes it a total of 60 days, without leaving the country.

As per the new rules which were announced earlier in 2018, the residency visa particularly for widows and divorced women and their children would now be extended for one year without a sponsor beginning from the date of husband’s death or the date of the divorce.

Residency visas for students who are being sponsored by their parents would also be renewed for one year after completion of their high school or university or when they turn 18. This will again be permitted to be renewed for next 12 months.

Those who violate or delay in applying as per the new rules would be permitted a 10-day grace period, post which they would have to pay a fine of AED 100 per day ($30). Nevertheless, for the next one month or 30 days, the extension would be granted from the date on which the previous entry permit expired.

Before their first extension gets over, the visitors can send a request to get a second extension for 30 days additional days.

There would be a fee of AED 600 (equivalent to $165) for the extension of entry permits, per extension. The fee does not apply to those people who are residing in the GCC and the companions of GCC citizens, and also those who have any special entry permits.

Brigadier Saeed Rakan Al Rashidi, who is the acting director-general of the Foreigners Affairs and Ports Department at the ICS said that the new visa laws would depend on particular conditions and regulations.

He said that “The widow or divorced woman and their children must have had their residency visas sponsored by the deceased or former husband at the time of death or divorce.”

He also mentioned that residency visas should compulsorily be valid during the time of divorce or death and the children’s residency period should not exceed that of the mother.

He also emphasized the point that the woman should have the financial ability to support her family.

All the applications should be submitted online and physically at Tas’heel offices and residency departments in various locations of the country.

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