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Residence Visa

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 29 January 2014 - 12:24

Hello Ladies,

I've finally settled in Abu Dhabi and I must say it's a beautiful city!
I'm a US passport holder and just renewed my extra 30 day stay in the UAE from the immigration office. My husband is still waiting to get his residence visa but in case I need to renew my stay once again, can I do a visa run this time?
I read from the forum that I can renew my visit visa from the immigration office just once, I'm wondering if I'm allowed to do a visa run from now on.

Also, in order for my husband's company to apply for my residence visa, we need to have a tenancy contract of our residence in the UAE attested by Tawtheeq.
Can someone tell me the process? Do I need to ask my landlord? And what documents are needed to request this? Do I need to wait for my husband to get his residence visa first in order to request it?

I want to thank you for your advices before moving to Abu Dhabi, it helped me so much!!
I'm so glad I didn't bring any electronics, winter jackets and so on, that really saved a lot of room for me to bring other things. Thank you all for your valuable time to write comments!!

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 01 February 2014 - 13:47
as you said yes you can only renew once at immigration on 19th after that you must do visa run up to hatta or al ain etc. if you drive a rental car make sure you pay for oman insurance and get their permission. residence visa: tawtheeq is normally done by the landlord/owner but in cases of raha gardens (aldar) or al reef (manazel) etc they will give you the tawtheeq. this is a new bit of paperwork come in last couple of years.... once the tawtheeq has been raised for your "unit" it will be in the system and subsquent tenancy contracts will be included.... you would need to give me more information as to where exactly in order to give you specific information. the tenancy contract is now a requirement of the residence visa as is the emirates id they are connected. if company accomodation that is different too. normally you would need to get the name of the tenancy agreement to request it and that normally because they are the employee etc. Thank you for your reply. I was a little worried if I can't do any of visa runs either if I renew once from the immigration. Next time, I probably will fly to Oman if I need to. We live in Saadiyat Island, I wonder if there's a fee involved to get our tenancy contract attested by Tawtheeq. And if there's any other documents needed and etc since I do not want the process to be delayed or anything. How long does the process take? Another question, I have my marriage license authenticated from the UAE Embassy in the US and my next step is to take the license to UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abu Dhabi. Does it need to be translated in Arabic? and do I need to be there with my husband or I can go there alone? I greatly appreciate your help always, I'd like to join the coffee meeting next time if I can! Hope you have a great day!!:) <em>edited by Hyeyon on 01/02/2014</em>
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EW MASTER
Latest post on 30 January 2014 - 16:35
as you said yes you can only renew once at immigration on 19th after that you must do visa run up to hatta or al ain etc. if you drive a rental car make sure you pay for oman insurance and get their permission. residence visa: tawtheeq is normally done by the landlord/owner but in cases of raha gardens (aldar) or al reef (manazel) etc they will give you the tawtheeq. this is a new bit of paperwork come in last couple of years.... once the tawtheeq has been raised for your "unit" it will be in the system and subsquent tenancy contracts will be included.... you would need to give me more information as to where exactly in order to give you specific information. the tenancy contract is now a requirement of the residence visa as is the emirates id they are connected. if company accomodation that is different too. normally you would need to get the name of the tenancy agreement to request it and that normally because they are the employee etc.