Out of Dubai and want to cancel your residency visa? There's a way to do it

It is advisable to cancel your residency visa when you are relocating from Dubai. The procedure is fairly simple if you are in Dubai but you can still cancel your residency without making a trip back.

If you have a valid residence visa, and have stayed outside the UAE over 6 months, your visa will become invalid or expired, but it is advisable to cancel it, failing which you may be denied a new visa by the country.

Cancelling residency visa, if you are outside, is not a tedious job. According to the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs-Dubai, there is a service made available to those who wish to cancel their residency while staying outside the country.      
For those spending more than 6 months outside UAE

Sponsored individuals who have stayed more than 6 months outside the country will need certain documents to avail this service. These include:

•  A request cancellation of residence e-form with signature of the sponsor.

•  Original passport or departure statement of the sponsored person showing the residency has expired.

When the individual spends less than 6 months out of the country

Documents required for cancellation of residency while outside the country for those who didn't stay a duration of six months include:

•  A cancellation of residency e-form with signature of the sponsor

•  Passports of sponsored person or expiry of the residency outside the country.

The sponsored person's residency may be cancelled without staying more than 6 months or expiry of their residency in case of cancelling the residency of their sponsor. The UAE ID card is also needed.

Once you have all the required documents, you need to pay Dh70 cancellation fee paid by the (e-form) to typists. Another Dh130 departure fee is applicable.

Once this is done, it will take one working day as processing time.

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