Yes, the Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs & Port Security (ICP) provides an online tracking facility to check your application. You will be given an account number when you register. You can track the progress of your Emirates ID card by typing the account number into the EIDA’s website (application status).
If a tourist or a visitor overstays, he will be fined with a certain fee to be paid at the immigration offices or at the airport when exiting.
Yes, you are required to carry the Emirates ID card all the time.
You can visit one of the services centres of Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Port Security (ICP) and submit the relevant official documents that confirm the correct data and apply for a replacement card.
An expatriate resident can sponsor his parents for a year's stay by paying a deposit as a guarantee for each parent. Read more
The Emirates ID card contains personal data of its holder. This data can be read by a machines built for this purpose and authenticate the user’s credentials. You can use it for online and digital transactions. Read more.
UAE nationality is acquired by virtue of law, citizenship or naturalization as per the provisions set out in the Federal Law No. 17 of 1972 on Nationality and Passports, amended by Federal Law No. 10 of 1975 and Decree Law No. 16 of 2017. Find out more information on acquiring UAE citizenship and how to apply. On the other hand, you can reside in the UAE if you are:
• employed by a company in the UAE
• investing in a business in the UAE
• have property in the UAE
• a dependent sponsored by someone who is employed in the UAE, an investor/business owner in the UAE, a property owner in the UAE. Dependents include children, parents, maids on close relatives.
• university students sponsored by their universities in the UAE
• retired residents – in this case, special conditions apply.
Find more information on UAE residence visas.
You can apply for entry permits or visas through the website of Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Ports Security-ICP or the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA) which works under it. Find information on the page ‘Where to apply for entry permits or visas’.
An expatriate resident can sponsor unmarried daughters up to any age and sons up to 18 years. If a son is studying in the UAE after the age of 18, the father can continue to sponsor him if evidence of their studies in the UAE is supplied.
You should report the loss immediately and apply for a replacement card through one of the ICP’s service centres.
The card is used for accessing government services, utility bill payment, travelling to other GCC countries and passing through the UAE eGates at the UAE’s airports. It is also used for accessing medical services.
Everyone in the UAE must have an Emirates ID card; this includes children and new-born babies.
