UAE company: what if visa expires during covid?

[geekhacks]

Hi,

Let's say you have UAE FZE company with visa and residence setup.

Usually you go there every 6months, but now it's covid. I read that they stop extending visa after March 31.

But traveling is hard due to covid, so I might lose my visa?

Will I be able to operate my company until I go back? Or what possible consequences there could be?

I will probably need new visa? Or is there still some kind of exception as there is still covid and lock downs around the world.

Thanks.

 

[Fred]

From my personal experience I can say that some clients were outside the country for 9 month+ and they didn't had any issues. However if your Visa expires during the stay outside you have to get a new visa anyway.

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[geekhacks]

Yes, until now I think it was okay because they had this "visa amnesty", isn't it? But now I read that you should return before 31st March.

Wonder how it's affects other things, but hopefully you are right and there wont be issues as its pandemic anyway.

 

[Dandyline]

geekhacks said:
Hi,

Let's say you have UAE FZE company with visa and residence setup.

Usually you go there every 6months, but now it's covid. I read that they stop extending visa after March 31.

But traveling is hard due to covid, so I might lose my visa?

Will I be able to operate my company until I go back? Or what possible consequences there could be?

I will probably need new visa? Or is there still some kind of exception as there is still covid and lock downs around the world.

Thanks.
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It's not hard to travel to UAE because of covid, just a PCR test and done.

 

[geekhacks]

Dandyline said:
It's not hard to travel to UAE because of covid, just a PCR test and done.
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True, but it's not easy to get back to country where I stay.