Overstaying your visa
 

Ok so the police have my passport as I got arrested 5 weeks back and still haven;t been to court yet.

Now my visit visa (I was doing visa runs) ran out a week ago and the police won't let me have it back.

I have a lawyer who says she can do a swop with a mate of mine but he is going home early December so isn't too keen to do a swop just in case (and I can see his point).

So....the question is I can pay the overstay fines but any idea what happens is I go so 3 or 4 weeks as an overstay? Can I get into bother, ie kicked out of the country?

Any help wouldbe appreciated.

p.s. I could easily do a swop with the wifes passport but they 'only accept passport of man with a good job'.

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I didn't realise you could swap visas. How does that work without a passport? :confused:

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stop beating up people in the streets you thug, now if you can get into your time machine you'll be able to put that to good use :p

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my mate hands his in, I get mine back.

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Things change all the time but I think it is 100 dhs a day for an overstay, it is less if there is a visa application pending which there isn't in your case. I would swap mine with yours but I can't I think I am going home in December and I need to be around as we have a few problems in UK with my Brother. What has happened to people in the past is that they accrue a fair amount, a few grand, then the barter with immigration to get it reduced, under the circumstances I think you will get yours reduced. I would inform immigration in person of the current situation and try and get some written clarification from them.

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Come on we all want to know ffs!!!!:eek:

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nothing to tell really, he was found in Bur Dubai dressed as a woman and you know what the authorities are like here ............

:rolleyes::p

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Daft sod you should of worn one of them bin liner things, with the sussies etc underneath.

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Ok, well not quite the same thing - but hopefully gives you an idea...

My maid's visa expired in July and I finally got around to cancelling it in September - this cost me 20AED / day in fines after the one month grace period.

I then failed again to send her home or issue a new visa (we were keeping her and I changed jobs had my visa cancelled).

The fines then started accruing (20 AED per day) from September until I issued the temp. work visa. I now have until December to issue the final one or the fines start again (at a new rate of 10 AED / day). Apparently overstaying is cheaper in Dubai than Abu Dhabi.

Good luck with the arrest case - is this the van incident?

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yeah it is, should be ok - drunk and smashed a police van up, abusiver to the police (but they never charged me with that) so will have to pay to replace the van door and a drunk fine, should be something like AED 15k and I've paid 20k to lawyers as well.

And then my overstay fines.

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Possibly coz they thought you were speaking some weird foreign language they'd never heard before?

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Surprised they didn't deport you.

Must have been your lucky day.

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Makes sense. He's from the Toon, as you know.

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Don't speak too soon. The case hasn't been heard in court yet. Fingers crossed.

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You really are all happiness and light, aren't you.