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Top 10 Common Reasons Why UAE Visa Application is Rejected

HERE ARE THE 10 MOST COMMON REASONS WHY DUBAI VISA APPLICATION IS REJECTED.

  • Applying for a UAE entry visa with unskilled profession stated in the passport such as laborer, farmer or service might be rejected automatically.
  • Hand-written passport copies by nationalities such as Bangladesh and Pakistan will automatically get rejected by the UAE Immigration.
  • Visa applicants with previous criminal offenses, fraud, or miss conduct committed in the UAE will be rejected automatically.
  • Female below 25 traveling without their parents or relatives might be rejected or experience delay of approval of the visa application.
  • Previously applied tourist visa by the applicant who did not enter the country. In order to get approval, the PRO of the travel agency or sponsor must go to immigration to clear the previous UAE Visa. For a tourist visa, it will expire after 60 days.
  • Applicants applied with an employment visa by the company but did not enter the country. To get approval, the PRO of the travel agency or sponsor must go to the UAE Immigration and clear the previous employment Visa.
  • Previously holding a residence visa and left the country without canceling the UAE Visa. To get approval the PRO will go to the immigration and clear your previous residence visa.
  • Applicants with the same name, birth date and etc. will be delayed in getting approval or might be rejected.
  • Visa applications with typo errors of name, passport number, and profession code will be delayed in getting approval or rejected.
  • When photos of the passport copies are not clear or blurred when applied in the online UAE Immigration system, usually the approval gets delayed or rejected.

 

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