Can I Cancel My Visit Visa to UAE?

To cancel your tourist/visit visa, your sponsor must request that it be cancelled and pay the cancellation fee. A few of the reasons you might need to cancel a UAE tourist, visit, or leisure visa are:

1. You realize that you need to stay longer than the duration of the visit visa you applied for.
2. Your company or spouse/family is applying for a resident permit for you (In this situation, it becomes mandatory to cancel the visit or tourist visa by paying the fee or else your residence permit can get rejected.)

Inside UAE:

If you have already entered the UAE with your tourist visa and are seeking employment here, you need to cancel your UAE tourist/visit visa and convert it into a residency visa. Since you have already utilized certain days of the visa, you will have to proceed with a status change from your tourist/visit visa to an employment/residency visa. This can be done while you are inside the country without the need to exit UAE.

Outside UAE

Individuals outside of the UAE don't need to apply for a visa change. Instead, they have to contact their visa provider, like Arabiers, to contact the sponsor to approve the visa cancellation.

To proceed with a visa cancellation, the following documents are required:

• Applicant’s original passport
• Sponsor’s original Emirati Identity Card
• Fully-filled cancellation form with sponsor's signature

The UAE inside-country visa change without exit is one of the most convenient visa change or renewal options available for individuals in the UAE. If you wish to perform a status change, an inside-country visa with a status change option will suit you.

You can also get travel insurance if you travel to the UAE on a visit visa. Here's how much it costs:

To confirm if your visa has been canceled you can follow these steps:

• 01   Visit the ICA website
• 02   Click on the ‘Passport information’ button.
• 03   Click on your visa type
• 04   Fill up your passport expiry date and passport number.
• 05  

  Select your nationality from the drop-down menu on the right. Upon doing so a matching number will appear on the left-hand side box.

• 06  

  Complete the Captcha verification and clic on the ‘search’ button. The results page will display your visa information and the visa expiry date.

You can approach the immigration authorities for it in person or receive it through your employer or service provider. Even though it's not necessary to process a new visa, your new employer might ask for this cancellation paper to process your visa.