United Arab Emirates visa overstay: fines and penalties
Dubai and the wider UAE charge a flat daily overstay fine that must be cleared before departure, with bans reserved for longer cases.
Key facts
- Permitted stay
- 30 or 90 days visa-free depending on nationality
- Overstay fine
- AED 50 per day of overstay
- Entry ban
- Possible entry ban and detention for long or repeat overstays
Overstay penalties in United Arab Emirates
- AED 50 for each day past the permitted stay, payable at the airport or a GDRFA office.
- Fines accrue automatically and block departure until settled.
- Extended overstays can lead to detention, deportation, and an entry ban.
- Unpaid fines remain attached to your passport record and resurface on the next entry.
How to avoid an overstay
- Apply for a 30-day extension through GDRFA or ICP before your entry permit expires.
- Do the grace-period maths from the entry stamp date, not the arrival flight date.
- Clear any outstanding fine before booking a return trip — it is checked on arrival.
Travl records each border crossing automatically and counts the days against United Arab Emirates’s limit in the background, with alerts before the allowance runs out. For a one-off check, use the Schengen 90/180 calculator or the 183-day tax residency calculator.
Frequently asked questions
How much is the overstay fine in Dubai?
AED 50 per day of overstay across the UAE, including Dubai. It is settled at the airport or at a GDRFA/ICP office before you can leave.
Can I be deported from the UAE for overstaying?
Long or repeated overstays can result in detention, deportation, and an entry ban, though short overstays are normally handled with the fine alone.
Penalty amounts and entry-ban lengths change. Treat this as a planning reference and confirm the current position with United Arab Emirates’s immigration authority or your embassy before acting on it.
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