Deportation from UAE
There are two types of deportation, legal and administrative. Legal deportation is issued under a court order, while administrative deportation is issued by the Federal Identity and Citizenship Authority and lifted under an application to the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners’ Affairs in the related emirate.
Judicial Deportation
Legal deportation is issued under a court order against a foreigner who is sentenced for a felony by a custodial punishment. Article 121 of Law No. 3 of 1987 on the penal code, amended by virtue of Federal Law No. 34 of 2005, amended by virtue of Federal Decree-Law No. 7 of 2016 provides that a foreigner who is sentenced for a felony by a custodial punishment or for crimes involving sexual assault, shall be deported from the State. In other misdemeanours, the court may order that he must be expelled from the country or that the expulsion be as an alternative penalty to the custodial punishment.
Administrative deportation is issued by the Federal Identity and Citizenship Authority against a foreigner for the sake of public interest, public security or public morals. This type can be removed under an application to be submitted to the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners’ Affairs in the related emirate. According to the ministerial Decision No. 360 of 1997, promulgating the executive regulation of Law No. 6 of 1973 on Entry and Residency of Foreigners, amended by Decree-Law No. 17 of 2017, the federal public prosecutor or his legal representative and chairman of Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship or his representative may issue a deportation order against a foreigner, even if he/she holds a valid entry permit or residency visa, if that deportation order is required for the sake of public interest, public security, public morals or public health, or if that foreigner does not have an apparent means of living. Order of deportation issued to a foreigner may include the members of his family, who depend on him for their living.
Lifting deportation
A foreigner who has been deported may not return to the country except with special permission from the director general of the Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship, as per Article 28 of Law No. 6 of 1973 on Entry and Residence of Foreigners.
The application for obtaining the special permit referred to above shall be submitted to the naturalization and residency administration concerned with receiving the applications for entry permits and visas, provided that the application shall contain all information related to the previous residency permits, the reasons for deportation, and circumstances which occurred thereafter. Justifications for entry may be mentioned in the application and supported by documents and necessary evidence.
A foreigner against whom a deportation order is issued may apply to the public prosecution to cancel the deportation order. He/she may state reasons for his application and submit supporting documents. The application is sent to a special committee to take a decision on lifting the deportation order. In Dubai, you can apply online to cancel deportation via the Public Prosecution website.
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