On 16 January, both Dubai’s General Directorate of Residency & Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA) and the federal ICP synchronised upgraded web and mobile dashboards that display visa issue and expiry dates, sponsor details, and any holds triggered by job changes. Users enter a passport, Emirates ID or unified file number to retrieve data instantly. (visahq.com)
The move tackles a long-standing pain point for employers with large expatriate populations: accidental overstays and last-minute renewals that attract AED 50-per-day fines. HR teams can now set automated alerts months ahead of expiry and feed the data into mobility-tracking software. Officials forecast a 30 percent cut in Amer-centre visits and call-centre traffic.
Additionally, VisaHQ can take the new dashboards a step further by integrating them into its unified platform (https://www.visahq.com/united-arab-emirates/), allowing companies and travellers to view UAE visa validity, receive proactive renewal reminders, and even initiate new applications without jumping between government portals.
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Tourists on 30- or 60-day visit visas can confirm within seconds whether an online extension has been processed—an important safeguard since the UAE scrapped the Dubai-only 10-day grace period in December 2025. Lawyers caution that compliance remains the traveller’s responsibility, but the visibility should make infractions rare.
Small businesses without dedicated HR tech can export dashboard data to spreadsheets, and third-party platforms such as VisaHQ have already built API connectors to consolidate UAE visa details alongside 200-plus other destinations.
Practical tip: circulate the dashboard links to all expatriate employees and dependants this week; the interface works best in Chrome and Safari and accepts both Latin and Arabic script.
The move tackles a long-standing pain point for employers with large expatriate populations: accidental overstays and last-minute renewals that attract AED 50-per-day fines. HR teams can now set automated alerts months ahead of expiry and feed the data into mobility-tracking software. Officials forecast a 30 percent cut in Amer-centre visits and call-centre traffic.
Additionally, VisaHQ can take the new dashboards a step further by integrating them into its unified platform (https://www.visahq.com/united-arab-emirates/), allowing companies and travellers to view UAE visa validity, receive proactive renewal reminders, and even initiate new applications without jumping between government portals.
Tourists on 30- or 60-day visit visas can confirm within seconds whether an online extension has been processed—an important safeguard since the UAE scrapped the Dubai-only 10-day grace period in December 2025. Lawyers caution that compliance remains the traveller’s responsibility, but the visibility should make infractions rare.
Small businesses without dedicated HR tech can export dashboard data to spreadsheets, and third-party platforms such as VisaHQ have already built API connectors to consolidate UAE visa details alongside 200-plus other destinations.
Practical tip: circulate the dashboard links to all expatriate employees and dependants this week; the interface works best in Chrome and Safari and accepts both Latin and Arabic script.
