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Leaving the UAE with a domestic worker: dues, ticket and visa

Pay your domestic worker’s outstanding wages and end-of-service, book their ticket home (the employer pays), and cancel the work permit through MOHRE’s website or app. Do it before your own visa is cancelled.

When
3 weeks to 10 days before your flight
Time
2 hours
Cost
Outstanding wages, unused leave pay, a ticket home and AED 85.75 in MOHRE fees in Dubai (AED 65 in other emirates)

Do it on MOHREAlso: UAE Legislation

Have ready

  • Worker’s passport and Emirates ID
  • Contract
  • Your Emirates ID

How to do it

  1. Talk to your worker early: do they want to go home or move to a new employer? A transfer needs MOHRE approval, and then you do not owe the ticket home.
  2. Pay wages up to the last day, pay for unused annual leave, and pay anything else your contract sets for the end of service. MOHRE’s Domestic Workers Calculator on mohre.gov.ae gives the total. Pay within 10 days of the contract ending and get a signed receipt.
  3. Book the ticket home; the employer pays it unless the worker moves to a new employer.
  4. Cancel the work permit on MOHRE’s website or app with UAE PASS, or at a service centre, while your own residence visa is still valid. MOHRE lists one working day and a fee of AED 85.75 in Dubai (AED 65 in other emirates; a service centre can add up to AED 72). The cancellation document arrives by email.
  5. Ask MOHRE to confirm that the worker’s residence permit is cancelled too.
Short on time?What to do if you’re starting late

Start the cancellation today and book the ticket for a few days later; your own visa cancellation waits for it.

Questions people ask

Who pays the domestic worker’s ticket home?

The employer, unless the worker moves to a new employer in the UAE.

How long does a domestic worker’s cancellation take?

MOHRE lists one working day. The fee is AED 85.75 in Dubai and AED 65 in other emirates.

What do I owe my domestic worker at the end?

Wages up to the last day, pay for unused annual leave, anything your contract sets for the end of service, and the ticket home. The law gives you 10 days from the end of the contract to pay.

Sources

Official: MOHRE: Cancellation of a domestic worker’s work permit · Federal Decree-Law 9 of 2022 on domestic workers

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