Employee Passport hold by employer is legally or...

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 The UAE Ministry of the Interior has issued a decree confirming that the passport is a personal document that the owner must keep and show it to the official government authorities upon request. No party may hold the passport except by judicial order and in accordance with the law. The detention of the passport is punishable by a fine of up to 20 The employee can file a complaint against the employer at the local labor office and even file a complaint with the police.

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