UAE offers an amnesty scheme for UAE illegal stay legalisation, which means that any illegal overstayed expat can either adjust their status or leave without paying any overstay fines. In order to reach out to more beneficiaries, Indian missions in the UAE have opened help desks, hotlines, and dedicated email addresses to facilitate as many Indians as possible who want to benefit from the three-month amnesty.

It was recently announced by the government of UAE, which is under the Indian missions in UAE. The general visa amnesty will become effective from August 01. If you are looking forward to availing the services under the amnesty, here is what you need to know!

Uae Visa Amnesty Program 2018 By Government

The duration of the amnesty will be from August 1, 2018, to October 31, 2018 (3 months), subject to extension for a further period of two months depending upon the circumstances.

Beneficiaries of the UAE visa Amnesty

For those who are staying excessively in the country, they can use the amnesty to either legalise for exiting the coexist any overstay fine. Or get the legal residency in UAE without restrictions involved for those who are:

• The overstayed individuals can have their visas renewed under a new sponsor. They can apply for a new visa through Amerik service centres by giving an Immigration charge of Dh500.
• Those who are leaving the country can contact Awir Immigration and get the exit permit without any ban imposed. Immigration will issue the exit permit and allow them to leave the country within ten days of the permit being issued.

Simply availing the exit permit will cost Dh220. Immigration will take normal fingerprints and eye scans and provide the exit permit accordingly.

• Individuals who violated immigration laws and entered the country without any documents will receive exit clearance with a two-year ban. After that period only, they will be permitted to re-enter the UAE.
• If a person has an absconding report, he can have it removed by Immigration and pay the fee of Dh500, and they will grant a no-ban exit permit. The relevant immigration authorities will issue exit permits at the location where the visa was given.

This means that the individuals will have to go to the immigration authorities in their respective emirates for this.

The candidates may contact the Immigration Department with their respective Original Passports or the Exit Certificate EC issued from the Consulate. If the passport is already submitted to any of the Immigration offices, such passport will be traced and given back to the applicant. In case of non-availability of the passport, the Consulate may provide EC, and an exit permit will be granted without a police report. The Foreign Embassies will favourably consider these requests in case of repatriation of certain individuals.