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We would like to inform you that according to the UAE law, if you are a resident and an expat in the UAE, and with regard to holding the passport first, it is not permissible for the employer to hold the passport , but in the event that the passport is held by the employer (the sponsor), you may ask the passport back and if he refused to return it, then a complaint may be filed at the nearest police station. Also, you may submit a copy of the complaint to the labor office to explain the matter and the violation, but the law permits that the passport be held with any government department that follows the Ministry of the Interior with the legal justification for the holding or else it is considered a legal violation and this is unlike the employers in the private sector who are prevented from holding passports of their workers.
Article (116):
Where a contract is revoked by the worker for reasons other than those stipulated in Article (121), he shall be required to compensate the employer for any damage the latter sustains as a result, provided that the amount of compensation shall not exceed half a month wage for three months or for the remaining period of the contract, whichever is shorter, unless otherwise stipulated in the contract.
So if you want to terminate the contract then you will be forced to pay the visa expenses, then the sponsor will ban you and you will be forced to leave the country. It is preferable to settle amicably with the work and the consortium to pay a specific amount as compensation for this employer