Your exit folder: the documents to keep when you leave the UAE

Make one cloud folder and add every document as you go: contract, resignation, settlement, visa cancellation papers, clearance letters, handover note, final bills, school and car papers. Refunds, disputes and your next visa will ask for them.

When
2 months to 1 day before your flight
Time
15 min a week
Cost
Free

Official source: MOFAFor the rules. You don’t do this step there.

How to do it

  1. Create one folder in your cloud drive.
  2. Add: contract, resignation, settlement, experience certificate, visa cancellation papers, clearance and no-liability letters.
  3. Add: copies of your passport, Emirates ID (both sides) and residence visa. Save them before the visa is cancelled.
  4. Add: tenancy handover note, DEWA and cooling final bills, deposit receipts, telecom and insurance cancellations.
  5. Add: school transfer certificates, attested certificates, pet papers, car transfer paper, and your police clearance and Tax Residency Certificate if you got them.

Watch out

  • Papers issued in the UAE that you will use abroad (birth, marriage, school or police certificates) may need attestation by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs first, at AED 150 per personal document. From inside the UAE you apply online with UAE PASS. From abroad you have to go through a UAE embassy. Ask the authority abroad what it accepts.

Questions people ask

Which documents should I keep when I leave the UAE?

Your contract, resignation and settlement, experience certificate, visa cancellation papers, clearance and no-liability letters, handover note, final utility bills, cancellations, school TCs, attested certificates, pet papers and car transfer paper.

Sources

Official: MOFA: Documents Attestation

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