How to Renew UAE Resident VISA

Once your UAE resident visa is expired, now its time to renew UAE resident visa to live legally in the UAE. Normally it take not more than two days to renew your visa.

When your residence visa has expired, your support should before long recharge it, on the off chance that you wish to keep living lawfully in the UAE with no fines or legitimate results. The applicable General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA) allows inhabitants 30 days effortlessness period to remain on after the visa termination. So it is encouraged to proceed with visa renewal ahead of time.

Requirements for the renewal resident visa

The conditions for renewing the residence visa are like those for supporting relatives, getting a work license and when your visa was given.

Basic requirements are:

  1. A renewed identity card issued from ICA, or an original receipt that you have registered with ICA to get a renewal.
  2. passing a medical fitness test for those above 18
  3. insurance card (mandatory in Dubai and Abu Dhabi)
  4. A sponsor with a valid residency permit

The following documents are needed:

  1. Original passport of the sponsored
  2. Online application or application through a registered typing office for renewal of residency permit signed by the sponsor, whether public sector, private sector company, or personal sponsor
  3. Photo of the sponsored.

For employers working in the private sector, the sponsoring company must submit the following additional documents:

  1. A copy of a valid firm card
  2. A copy of a valid trade license
  3. A copy of renewed labor card of the sponsored
  4. A copy of the labor card renewal receipt for those who reached (60) years and above.

Those sponsoring their families: spouse, children, parents, and siblings (relatives of the first and second degree) must present:

  1. A copy of the husband’s/wife’s employment contract or company contract for investors
  2. A salary certificate from the employer stating the employee’s monthly salary
  3. A legalized marriage certificate
  4. A registered tenancy contract
  5. Latest utility bill.

Once your Visa has been renewed you should get your ID renewed which can be done online. It is very basic for organizations to get some information about the underlying procedure of Emirates ID (residency visa) renewal alone and it preferably shouldn’t take you over two days to finish this.

This is what you need to renew your ID on the web:

ID Renewal application structure

Typically many people use typing centers for this procedure. You can finish the application online in English or Arabic from the solace of your home or office. You can likewise utilize their application to apply for new IDs and reestablishment or substitution of cards.

Visa Fees

Once you submit, an online payment portal opens up. After payment, your application is on its way to the ICA (Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship). Print out the application and save a soft copy as well. The Emirates ID fee for ex-pats is Dh100 for every year of validity which is usually either two years or three years (free zones). In a typing office, you also have to pay Dh70 over and above this as a service charge.

While doing the renewal online, you have to pay visa fees (Dh200 for two years and Dh300 for three) plus an additional Dh40 for the online service – so either Dh240 or Dh340 is payable as applicable.

For ex-pats, the next step is to visit a Preventive Medical Centre approved for Emirates ID medical tests. Remember to carry your passport and copies, current Emirates ID and copies and the renewal application form (printed earlier).

Renew UAE Documents required

  1. Current Emirates ID card
  2. Original passport,
  3. Visa page on your passport (the orange visa stamp on your passport) and
  4. your credit cards

You need a scanned soft copy of the current Emirates ID (front and back), scan of your passport (personal details and family details) and a scan of the work visa page on your passport. If you want to change the photo on your new ID card, keep soft copies of a passport photo with a white background handy. These should ideally have been taken within the last three months.

Go to the official Emirates ID services website here and register yourself as a new user. Your user name is the email address you chose. You will also be asked for your UAE phone number to which an OTP will be sent for verification. After this, an email with a randomly created password will be sent to the registered email address.

Use this password to log in to your account and don’t forget to change the password to something that you can remember easily. All you need to do is hover above the profile tab on the right of the page and click on ‘Edit Profile’ to change the password. 

As you will see, you have various options from new ID applications to replacing lost cards. For this guide, we will only be tackling renewal. Click on ‘Renew your ID card’, and a new application will open

Medical for visa

You can get a form to get this done at a typing center, where you get to choose a medical center nearest to you and the speed of service (regular or urgent).  Regular will cost you Dh270 plus Dh50 as typing fees. 

Your medical report should ideally come through within a week as an email attachment from the center.

EIDA procedure

After getting your medical report, submit your application form, passport copy, Emirates ID copy, insurance card copy, medical report and two passport photos to your HR team or PRO. The EIDA procedure requires detailed sponsor information as well, so this is best done through the company than by the employee. 

Collection

Once it gets approved, Your Emirates ID will come to the post which you mentioned in the document (mostly on company desired box). You will get the SMS which mentions your card is ready to pick.

Application Tips

  • Enter in your details carefully and make sure your numbers, expiry dates, name details are accurate.
  • IDN number is the one on your card itself, while UID or Unified ID number is on your visa page in the passport. While entering each of these numbers, spaces or hyphens will appear automatically.
  • The residency file number is on your visa page as well. While entering this, the format in the form requires you to put in a zero that is not there in your number – like this xxx-xxxx-0-xxxxxxx. Count out the digits to make sure you’re entering this correctly.
  • While giving your name details, if you don’t have a family name, your last name becomes your family name. The family name is a required field, so this makes sure your name appears as it should.
  • You can save your application to come back to it later. After the first time you hit ‘Save’, you will get a unique application number which can then be used as a reference for all the queries you have.
  • In case you made a mistake and submitted, immediately call 600530003 and let them know. They will return the application to you in 24 hours to enable updates or changes for free. Once your card is issued, changes become harder and more expensive.

Visa Plenty for Over Stay

  1. AED 25 per day during the first 6 months (180 days)
  2. AED 50 per day during the second 6 months (180 days) 
  3. AED 100 per day after passing a year and more.

It is to be remembered that once your visa expires your Emirates ID card issued by the Federal Authority for Identity and citizenship will get expired as well.

As far as possible to renew expired visas is 30 days from the date of expiry. In any case, if there is a need to renew it a couple of months sooner (one to a half year) for voyaging reasons, you should initially take unique authorization and endorsement from the important General Directorate of Residency and Foreigner’s Affairs in the emirate that gave your visa.

In case, you are asked to do this on your own, call 600530003 before heading out. Collect all required sponsor documents or data beforehand and submit those along with your documents at an EIDA office close to you.

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