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How can you keep your family visa hold in UAE?
If you are planning to move jobs, transfer your visa from one sponsor to another having your family under your sponsorship, you do not need to worry. The UAE’s immigration authorities have provided the option of a hold service where you can keep your dependent’s visa on hold until you transfer your visa from your existing sponsor to the new sponsor. The visa can be put on hold for a maximum of 60 days.
How can you apply for the visa hold service in UAE?
You can apply for this service :
- by visiting an Amer service center in Dubai or
- at the service center of the Federal Authority for Identity and citizenship (ICA) in any other emirate.
What are the hold visa service procedures in UAE?
The procedure is simple:
- Step 1: Your labor card needs to be canceled by your existing employer.
- Step 2: Visit an Amer centre or an ICA customer happiness centre and place in the request for putting your family visa on hold.
- Step 3: Cancel your existing employment visa.
- Step 4: Send the cancellation request to your new employer and Request to process your new residence visa application
- Step 5: Once it is stamped, you can remove the hold on your family’s visa.
Once you submit your new residence visa copy to the Amer or ICA center The deposit amount will then be refunded.
What are the documents required to hold family visa in UAE?
If you are transferring sponsorship between a mainland company to another mainland company, these are the documents you would need to submit:
- Holding application
- Labour cancellation documents from current employer
- New company offer letter from MOHRE (salary and profession)
- Sponsor and dependents’ original passport & Original Emirates ID
The residence visa for the sponsored should have a minimum validity of 3 months
The visa can be put on hold for a maximum of 60 days.
What are the Fees for keeping your family visa on hold?
- Holding application – Dh75
- Refundable deposit – Dh2,500
- Each passport’s holding fee – Dh141
If the hold is lifted before 60 days, the deposit amount will be refunded. Otherwise, the amount will be lost.
A security deposit is not required when holding the visas of family members of Golden Visa holders.
Transferring your family visa from Freezone to mainland
- Holding application
- End-of-service document
- New company offer letter from MOHRE
- Sponsor and dependents’ original passport
Can the family member travel if their visa are on hold?
The dependent visa must be valid for at least 6 months to have them put on hold. Family members whose visa are on hold are not able to travel during the new visa process of their sponsor and it is required for dependents to be in the country during the process.
You cannot hold family visa if they are out of the UAE on vacation.
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What if the original visa holder puts the visa on hold but then fails to get another job? Can they just cancel the visas within 60 days and stil get the refund? Does the holding process also apply to dependent’s like your Nanny’s/maid’s visas as well as spouse/children?
Hi, as far as I know person can hold the visa only if he or she is sure of the new employment.
Hi, can you please confirm within how many days we need to remove visa hold in Abu Dhabi, any website where we can check this information.
Hi , as far as I know you may keep the visa on hold for maximum 60 days.
After holding visa, can we cancel it incase I didn’t get new job. Will I get refund ?
Hi , as far as i know to keep the visa on hold you need to show your cancellation from your current employer and employment contract from your new employer.
Hi, I need to put dependents visa on hold . Do I need to put their visa on hold after my visa cancellation or before. Please advise.
Hi, you need to put your visa hold before you proceed for.your visa cancellation process.
But for dependents visa hold I need to share my labour cancellation cards which I think will be received only after my visa cancellation, Can I put dependents visa on hold after my visa cancellation.
Hi, you need to cancel your labour card before the visa cancellation process
I have UMM AL QUWAIN visa and I sponsored my wife and one child and now I have to change my visa to SHARJAH so can i put my family visa on hold
Hi, I would suggest you to check with the Sharjah Immigration on this.
i want hold visa of my wife and 3 children , Each person need to deposit 2500 aed and other amount is also separately.
can you clear please.
Hi, the amount mentioned is for per person.
My current designation is office supervisor and now I’m changing my visa to another company and my new designation is Partner Visa, Please confirm the charges and any additional documents for Partner Visa to hold a family visa.
Hi since you are changing the visa from company to Partner visa I would suggest you to check with immigration on this
Hi, My Employment Visa is from Fujairah freezone, So myself and my family has 3 years visa, which is still valid for 2.5 years. If I resign and cancel my visa, and register my own company and get the investor / general Visa from my own company in fujairah freezone iteself, So this this Scenario, is it possible to put on Hold my families’ visa during my visa transition ?
Please guide.
Hi , I would suggest you to check this with respective free zone authority.
Hai,
For Abu Dhabi visa holders currently, can hold family visas for 60 days or else 30 days ??
Hi As far as I know it should be 60 days, however, you may check with the immigration.
hi, presently I am working in Ajman emirate and my new employment is in Sharjah emirate and I want to put the visas of my family on hold.
is it possible to hold the visas of the family if my new visa is in another emirate?
Hi, since it is a different emirate it may not be possible , however you may please check with your new company PRO on this matter.
If I change jobs but my family is on holiday visiting family abroad, can I put their visas on hold when they get back and ask my former employer to hold my visa until I’m ready to get the visa with the new employer (let’s say the time period is a month).
Hi, As far as I know your family must be inside UAE to hold the residence visa.
How long the process of Holding Visa? Its been 1 week and still showing in process online. How long to recieve a payment request message?
Hi, first your labour card needs to be cancelled by your current employer.
Have you received the payment request message already and how long did it take? I’m also waiting for the same. thanks
Hi you should receive the payment receipt for the amount paid
Hi,
I am changing my job from mainland to freezone and my family is on my sponsership , can I hold my family visa
Hi, I believe it is possible. However, you may check with the freezone authority or the HR on this.
How I can get mohre typed offer letter, because about this my new employer said, can be given only when new visa is applied after existing visa cancellation.
Please help
Hi, you will be able to get the Ministry of Labour contract only when your new employer apply for your new visa.
hi
Do you know if the family member can travel if their visa are on hold during the process of having the new Visa with the new company?
thanks in advance
regards
Hi, I am not sure if they can travel during the process of having new visa.
Family visa changing From ras al khaima to abudabi its possible?
Hi, as far as I know if the visa is from different Emirate, i believe you need to first cancel it. In any case you may check with the immigration on this.
My client would like to hold his family in order to change his employer. Can this be done at an Amer center or they have to do the holding at the immigration itself? The sponsored are Wife, Child, Mother and House Maid. Is the Mother and Maid also entitled for visa hold? Please advice.
Hi, in my opinion sponsor need to visit the immigration office personally.