I read on gotours that there are new visa rule and the grace period no longer applies, is that true?
I am currently on a tourist visa (day 30 today) and was thinking of going to Oman next week for a visa run (as i have 9 days grace period). But if there is no longer one, I should leave tomorrow to avoid the fees...
Anyone had any experience with this? Gotours seem unsure about the grace period rules themselves..
"What has changed?
The old rule: Previously if you re-entered UAE before your original 30 day visit visa had expired, you would not receive a new visa. It was a multiple-entry visa and could only be renewed by overstaying and travelling in the 9 day grace period between 31-39 days. This led to a huge amount of confusion and many customers paying overstay fines that they were unaware they had or being thoroughly confused as to when they needed to exit.
The new rule: Effective immediately, Every time you enter UAE or re-enter UAE you will get a new visa. This much simpler rule means that the nationalities above can exit any time within their 30 day visa period by doing a visa run with us and return with a new visit visa. There is currently still a 9 day grace period, so overstaying the 30 day visa is an option, however this grace period is not officially mentioned anywhere we can find and might be cancelled without notice.
As such we do not recommend or advise any customers to travel during the grace period if it can be avoided. Overstay fines can be high even just for a few days over.
We recommend all our customers from the countries above to travel before the 30 day visa expires."
http://www.gotoursdubai.com/news.php
Cheers
