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Work out exactly what an expired or cancelled visa is costing you, at AED 50 a day — and when the clock actually started.
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AED 50 a day per person after the grace period: 30 days as standard in Dubai (60, 90 or 180 for certain categories, as on your cancellation letter), 30 to 180 (other emirates), none (visit visa).
AED 50a day for 1 person after the grace period
Choose which visa ended to see your own fine.
Paying the fine alone does not stop the next day's fine. How to settle and regularise
Get help with my overstay on WhatsAppFile check AED 100 (5% VAT included), credited to your fee if you go ahead. AED 200 for ban or absconding cases.
Rules checked 27 September 2026 (ICP and GDRFA cards). Estimate, not legal advice; the authority's payment screen and decision are final.
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ICP's published schedule charges AED 50 per day for staying after a residence, entry visa or newborn registration has expired or been cancelled, starting the day after the grace period ends. The single AED 50 rate replaced the older tiered amounts when the new visa system took effect in October 2022, and it is the same in every emirate.
The rate is the simple part. The expensive part is the grace period — specifically, working out when it ended.
In Dubai, the standard grace period after a residence visa is cancelled is 30 days. Certain visa categories receive 60, 90 or 180 days. The period depends on your visa type, and the exact grace that applies to you is confirmed only once the cancellation is processed, on your cancellation letter.
| Situation | Grace period | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Dubai residence, cancelled or expired (standard) | 30 days | Shown on your cancellation letter |
| Dubai residence, certain visa categories | 60, 90 or 180 days | Shown on your cancellation letter |
| Golden, Green and Blue residences and their families; widows or divorced women of residents; students after their studies; relatives of UAE citizens | 180 days | ICP cancellation card |
| Skilled workers at levels 1 to 3, and property owners | 90 days | ICP cancellation card |
| Residences issued with a guarantor or host | 60 days | ICP cancellation card |
| All other residence categories (ICP) | 30 days | ICP cancellation card |
| Visit or tourist visa | None | The fine starts the day after the visa ends |
If your visa was cancelled, the grace period runs from the date your employer recorded the cancellation on the system — not your last working day, not the date on your resignation letter.
Employers frequently cancel weeks after someone leaves. If yours did, you lost that time without being told, and this calculator will understate your position. Our file check confirms the recorded date: AED 100 (5% VAT included), credited to your fee if you go ahead.
The figure above covers overstay only. Commonly sitting alongside it:
The instinct is to settle the fine immediately. That is often the wrong order.
If you have no valid status to move into, paying the fine simply stops the counter for a day and it restarts the following morning. What actually resolves the position is settling and regularising — a status change, a new sponsorship, or a clean exit.
| Your intention | Correct sequence |
|---|---|
| Stay, with a job offer | Confirm cancellation date → settle → status change → new work permit |
| Stay, sponsored by family | Confirm sponsor eligibility → settle → entry permit or status change |
| Leave cleanly | Settle everything → departure permit if required → depart without a ban recorded |
The UAE periodically opens fine waiver schemes with specific dates and conditions. They are genuinely valuable when open, but they cannot be planned around — and waiting for one that may not come costs AED 50 every day.
AED 50 per day, per person, on ICP's published schedule for residence, visit visa and newborn overstays. It has applied since the visa reforms of October 2022; older sources quoting AED 25 or AED 100 describe the superseded schedule.
The day after your grace period ends. In Dubai, the standard grace period after a residence visa is cancelled is 30 days; certain visa categories receive 60, 90 or 180 days, and the exact period is shown on your cancellation letter. In other emirates ICP publishes 180 days for Golden, Green and Blue holders and their families, 90 days for skilled workers at levels 1 to 3 and property owners, 60 days for residences with a guarantor or host, and 30 days for everyone else. Visit visas have no grace period.
No. Outstanding overstay fines must be settled before departure, and attempting to travel with them results in being stopped at immigration.
Yes. Every person accrues AED 50 per day independently, so a family of four accrues AED 200 a day, and all of it must be settled before any of them can travel.
Short overstays settled properly usually do not. Extended overstays can attract an entry ban recorded on exit, with risk rising as the period lengthens — which is why acting early materially changes the outcome.
Numbers are one thing
A calculator works from what you type. We work from what is actually recorded against your file, which is frequently different, and always the number that matters. Where we need to look into your record, the file check is AED 100 (5% VAT included), fully credited to your fee if you go ahead.
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