Bridging your health cover and collecting medical records

In Dubai an employer’s health policy only has to run 30 days after your visa is cancelled, or until you leave the UAE, whichever comes first. Buy travel or international cover from your flight date, and collect medical records, vaccination records and prescriptions before your cover ends.

When
4 weeks to 7 days before your flight
Time
1 to 2 hours
Cost
Travel or international cover from your flight date

Have ready

  • Insurance card
  • List of your clinics and doctors

How to do it

  1. Ask HR or your insurer the exact end date of your cover and your family’s.
  2. Buy travel or international health cover that starts on your flight date and runs until you are covered at home.
  3. Ask your clinics for medical records, test results and children’s vaccination records.
  4. Get prescriptions and a doctor’s letter for any medicine you will carry, and check your destination’s rules for it.
  5. Book any check-ups, dental work or refills you want done before cover ends.

Watch out

  • Dependants’ visas are cancelled before yours, so their cover can end earlier than yours. Ask for each person’s end date.
  • If you stay in the UAE more than 30 days after cancellation, you may have no cover for the rest of your stay. Ask the insurer.

Questions people ask

How long does UAE health insurance last after visa cancellation?

In Dubai an employer’s policy only has to run 30 days after cancellation, or until you leave the UAE if that’s sooner.

Can I take my medicines with me?

Get prescriptions and a doctor’s letter, and check your destination’s rules for the medicine.

Sources

Also checked against: Gulf News: health cover during the grace period · Dubai health insurance bylaw, Article 26 (Administrative Resolution 78 of 2022)

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