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Hi ma217, I just want to ask if you already sorted out your problem?because we have the same case at the moment, or if somebody knows what to do please help us, thanks..

Hi, no still trying. No results until now. In immigration they said only employer can lift it or deportation. So I'm waiting if anyone can help.

How did you know that your passport is in immigration?Did you submit anything to immigration?or you just presented yourself to them just giving your name?

After my visa cancellation my employer sent my passport to immigration office. So I even had no choice. I didn't see my passport 2 month. Cannot leave the country, cannot do new visa. To get a lawyer is very expensive in this country, don't know how can I get out. And how is it even possible to put absconding case on the person who didn't have passport all this time?

How can they possibly abscond us if we didn't run away from dubai, I also dont get it, if you dont mind I want us to communicate more, maybe we can help each other because we are both facing the same problem..please give suggestion how can we talk more, I'm a filipino..what's your nationality?

Right now you can go to immigration office and write complaint about it. Also comunicate with your embassy. I have nothing else to suggest anymore. But if I find out how to get out, and I will find it, I will let you know. Keep strong and good luck!

Same here, I'm working on something right now, once it works I will also let you know..thank you and goodluck to you too..

Hi lovely01, im a filipino i have the same case as you guys have i went to owwa office here in dubai but unless you want to hear harsh words from them wag k n pumunta dun sisihin k lang nila nksalanan mo un...kung pupunta k nman sa immigration office sa mga feedback ko baka d k n makalabas dun idedeport k n nila agad.

What steps n ginawa mo?your passport is also in aweer immigration?ano n plan mo gwin?

I already know what happen to a person with absconding case if he or she try to leave Dubai ... and none of the posting here can say truly what the outcome will be...all i can say is they will treat u like a criminal...immigration will not listen to what u have to say only what the sponsor have filed...im so glad im finally out of Dubai...

marie8347 ,
I'm glad for you Marie. I hope everything will be fine with the rest of us too.

i hope so too if you dont clear your case with your employer be prepared to be held by immigration .... pay your overstay penalty...and have a 2 days scary detention in immigration b4 you are deported u will also provide your own ticket they will not let u go if you dont pay the penalty have your ticket and for your info they will not provide you food and no one outside can even bring you one. they will sometimes provide u a meal for one person that u will share with the rest of the detain sometimes 5 of u will share a one meal... u will also be ban for life along with the other GCC countries.

Does anyone already know what to do if you have an absconding case?And your passport was deposited in the immigration..

So it seems you have not sort out your problem... if your sponsor will not lift your absconding case you have no other choice but turn yourself in with immigration. The moment you go to immigration or if the police will catch you they will detain you and hopefully in 2 days time they will deport you.

is there a chance that my absconding case will be lifted by my x-employer who filed it?when I went to immigration, an immigration officer checked in the system my name when i given my passport copy to them, he said i dont have any problem with immigration, in their system it's showing only my ban from labor..what does this mean?does this mean I dont hve a case?

--- Jan 23, 2014 ---

marie8347, did you experience this personally?if you have things with you will they allow you to use it when you are detained? like clothes, food, mobile?

lovely01 ,

if you don't have an absconding case in immigration then go to labor and inquire from them so they might be able to help u out there as they will schedule u to meet with your sponsor.... I was detain in the airport immigration when i was going out of dubai i have already check-in my luggage when i presented my passport in the passport control thats the time they ask me to go to the immigration area and from there they detain me i was not able to take my flight. The one you carry like your hand carry luggage and mobile they will not confiscate it u can used it.

hello kabayan same tayo ng case inabscon din aq ng employer q dahil lng ng overstaying aq.ask q lng qng before ka umuwi n gpinas ng eye scanning kpa?hinarang ka p rin s immigration?

Hello deathnote ano po solusiyon ginawa mo para matanggal ung kinaso ng employer mo sau kasi same din tau ng case...

Hi guys, It's been hard living with the same case... Is that true that if ever we get deported we cannot work in any other GCC countries?

--- Apr 16, 2014 ---

marie8347 ,

Is it true that we could no longer work in any GCC countries if we get deported?

mga kabayan musta! ask ko lng pano malift ang abscond ano mga procedure kz my new employer can not process my visa dahil my abscond ako,hindi ako ban sa labor,ano procedure or ducoments pra malift ung ban

dubai20077 ,

johjan , kabayan pareho tayo ng problema hindi ko alam ang gagawin sabi ng immigration makipag usap daw ako sa dating employer para ma lift ang absconding record...

I found already the solution to my problem..pera pera lang...wag nio ptagalin kc the more n pttgalin nio palaki ng palaki mgging overstaying fine nio...

Hi lovely.. so ano na po ginawa mo kc i have the same case. Overstay na ko ng 25 days. Pano mo na lift abscond ban mo? Thanks.

I'm over stayed almost 1month na po and I have absconding case. My preview employer gave me absconding case June 3,2014 ano po mang yayari if I will go Awir immigration and show then that I have a ticket going back to my country by July 8,2014 ma dedetain po ba ako dun? How long? My mga babayan din ba ako bukod sa overstay? Please someone help me please. Tnx.

It depends on the officer you will deal with. If the Officer reports it to the Police, you will really be in jail until the day of your departure. However, there are some people who were not detained because the Immigration Officer did not report it. My advice: "Better be careful."

For the payment, you will only need to pay the overstay fee and nothing more.

josie130 ,hello, wla pa rin solosyon ang case ko, pero finafight ko pa rin

--- Jul 17, 2014 ---

Hindi ko na alam pano malift ang abscond kapag my feed back magpopost ulit ako sayo

Hi. Mahirap na laban yan.. Kadalasan, wala na talagang magagawa.. I'm sorry for being honest.

Hi po, anyone can give some an advice, my friend is terminated from company since March 2014 and when the company cancel his visa it was rejected due to bank filed a case on him, so since April till date he was in and out from the jail to serve and fix so that he will be canceled from previous employer and can start processing visa from new employer. He found out in the report from Police Dubai that he has absconding case from previous employer..As per Labour Law the company cannot file an absconding case if they know the whereabouts of the person and if it is jail..So please advise if you have same case with my friend or he will deported because he is in Jail? or he can still be out and files a complain from MOL against the company.

hello po, does anybody can give advise regarding my case. i was on annual leave last june 28, - july 31 2014. after my leave i did not resume my duty for 10 days so i was absent for 10 consecutive days due to personal problem. when i come back to my company they said that i was already terminated and they file against me absconding. but they know where am i during my leave. please help me guys regarding this. do i have a big chance to fight this thing or none.

Good day everyone,


I was working in sharjah for 2 years and i finished my contract and I already cancelled. I dont know the rules of u.ae i just follow what my new employer told me. he said i will not go to exit any country should wait until my new visa released. i am overstayed for more than 15 days but i already pay my overstay that time that my working permit released. but I am shocked when i go to the emigration clearing system for overstay i found out my previous employer file a case against me. absconding lifetime ban in u.a.e. im very sad, that time i dont have any intention s to do ilegal in uae i just want to work for my family....but i dont have any choice but to go back in my country last may 27, 2014 .My question is there is any chances to come back in uae i really love to work not for my own sake but for my family. we are very poor family...please help me... thanks,,