Ensure you collect your cheques back after paying rent by cash

  • Date: 27-Sep-2020
  • Source: Khaleej Times
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:UAE
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Ensure you collect your cheques back after paying rent by cash

Question:

In September 2019, I moved out of my rented apartment in Qusais at the end of my contract. I got a no-objection certificate (NOC) from the landlord to move out. My landlord, however, has been using old cheques that bounced to file a police case against me. As I had to travel in December last year, I cleared the cheque amount and thought that they would leave me alone. Unfortunately, in August this year I lost my job. The company has not been able to cancel my visa as a bounced cheque case was registered against me in Sharjah.

I went to the Sharjah police station, where I was told that an amount of Dh2,700 had to be