Sets the fees and administrative fines under the Emirates ID and residency system: late Emirates ID renewal costs AED 20 per day capped at AED 1,000, late establishment-card renewal AED 100 per month capped at AED 1,000, with the fee schedule for entry permits, residence and identity services annexed.
Cabinet Resolution No. 89 of 2022 is the schedule of administrative fines for immigration, residence and identity violations handled by the Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Port Security (ICP). Issued on 30 September 2022, it came into force on 3 October 2022 (Article 8) alongside the new visa regulation and fee schedule, and it is in force. It has eight articles and an annex of ten violations.
Article 2 imposes financial fines for the violations listed in the annex, and Article 3 has the Authority collect them under a mechanism agreed with the Ministry of Finance for the unified state treasury. The annex is short but its first line is the one every resident meets: AED 50 for each day a foreigner remains in the State after the period allowed following cancellation or expiry of an entry visa, residence permit or exit permit, and the same for new-borns not registered in time. The annex states no maximum for this fine, so it runs until the person leaves or regularises. Item 2 fines late notification of changes in civil data within 30 days, and failure to start renewal of the Emirates ID card where renewal is permitted, at AED 20 for each day of delay with a maximum of AED 1,000; for a child born in the State to a foreigner the fine starts after four months. Item 3 fines delay in renewing an establishment card beyond 30 days from expiry at AED 100 for each month of delay with a maximum of AED 1,000.
The remaining items fall on establishments and system users: AED 2,000 for misuse of smart services, AED 20,000 for issuing entry visas for an establishment that does not conduct an activity, AED 3,000 for providing incorrect data as a service recipient, AED 100 per order for inaccurate printing requests by system users, AED 5,000 for obstructing or failing to cooperate with the Authority's employees, AED 1,000 for changing establishment data without notifying the Authority, and AED 2,000 for breaching the Authority's instructions, resolutions or the undertakings given by an establishment or individual.
Article 4 exempts three groups: a person who has left the State and been outside it for more than three months where the identity card expired after departure; a person whose residence or identity card expired after deportation or while the passport was held pending a case, on official proof; and a person who had no identity card before acquiring citizenship. The Chairman or an authorised representative may also waive all or some of the fines for humanitarian or other reasons, and Article 5 requires every exemption to be recorded in the Authority's electronic system. Article 6 leaves the timing and mechanism of applying fines to the Chairman's implementing resolutions. There is no grievance article.
Every foreigner holding or formerly holding a UAE entry visa, residence permit or exit permit, every Emirates ID holder including children born in the State, sponsors and establishments registered with ICP and the users of its smart services and printing systems. Exemptions apply to persons abroad for more than three months, deportees, persons whose passports were held pending a case and new citizens.
| Article 2 | Financial fines are imposed for the violations listed in the annex to the resolution. |
| Article 3 | The Authority collects the fines under a mechanism agreed with the Ministry of Finance and pays them to the unified state treasury. |
| Article 4 | Exempts persons abroad for more than three months whose card expired after departure, persons whose residence or card expired after deportation or while their passport was held pending a case, and new citizens who had no card; the Chairman may waive all or some fines on humanitarian or other grounds. |
| Article 5 | Every exemption or waiver must be recorded in the Authority's electronic system in the manner approved by the Chairman. |
| Article 6 | The Chairman issues the implementing resolutions, including the timing and mechanism for applying the fines. |
| Article 8 | The resolution came into force on 3 October 2022 after publication in the Official Gazette. |
| Annex Item 1 | AED 50 per day for a foreigner who remains in the State after the period allowed following cancellation or expiry of an entry visa, residence permit or exit permit, including new-borns, with no stated maximum. |
| Annex Item 2 | AED 20 for each day of delay, with a maximum of AED 1,000, for late notification of civil data changes within 30 days or failure to start Emirates ID renewal where permitted; for a child born in the State to a foreigner the fine starts after four months. |
| Annex Item 3 | AED 100 for each month of delay, with a maximum of AED 1,000, for renewing an establishment card more than 30 days after its expiry. |
| Annex Items 4–10 | AED 2,000 for misuse of smart services, AED 20,000 for issuing entry visas for an establishment with no activity, AED 3,000 for incorrect data, AED 100 per inaccurate printing order, AED 5,000 for obstructing ICP staff, AED 1,000 for unreported establishment data changes and AED 2,000 for breaching instructions or undertakings. |
The resolution is itself the penalty schedule: AED 50 per day of overstay after an entry visa, residence permit or exit permit expires or is cancelled, with no stated cap; AED 20 per day up to AED 1,000 for late Emirates ID renewal or civil data changes; AED 100 per month up to AED 1,000 for late establishment card renewal; AED 2,000 for misuse of smart services or breach of instructions; AED 3,000 for incorrect data; AED 5,000 for obstructing officials; AED 1,000 for unreported establishment changes; AED 20,000 for issuing visas through an inactive establishment. Exemptions and waivers are under Article 4.
The AED 50 a day overstay fine is the figure we quote whenever a client is tempted to let a dependant's visa lapse or delays an employee's cancellation, because it has no cap and accrues from the day after the grace period. We track residence, Emirates ID and establishment card expiries for sponsored staff and dependants in one calendar so that none of the three accruals starts, and we remind parents that a child born in the UAE has four months before the ID fine begins. The AED 20,000 fine for issuing visas through an establishment with no activity is the reason we refuse to process visas on a dormant licence. When a client is caught abroad with an expired card, Article 4's three-month exemption usually removes the ID fine, and we document the departure date to claim it; the overstay fine itself does not apply to someone outside the country.
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