11 exceptions allow UAE residents to stay outside the country for over 6 months without cancelling residency visa – Gulf Today

11 exceptions allow UAE residents to stay outside the country for over 6 months without cancelling residency visa – Gulf Today

The Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Port Security (ICP) has updated the list of exceptions for resident’s stay outside the UAE for more than 6 months without canceling the residency visa. It has added 5 new exceptions in addition to the already existed 6 exceptions, bringing the total exceptions to 11.

The general rule is that if an expatriate resident stays outside the UAE for more than 180 days continuously, his/her residence visa will be nullified automatically.

If this happens, he/she will have to apply for a new entry permit to enter the UAE again.

The exceptions, which allow an expatriate resident to stay outside the UAE for more than six months and at the same time maintains the validity of his/her residence visa, include a foreigner wife of