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Kindly, could you clarify your question in details so we could help you legally better with pleasure.

According to UAE law, and if you are a resident and expatriate in the UAE, and with regard to the reservation of the passport first, it is not permissible for the employer to seize the passport with this original, but in the event that the passport is held by the sponsoring employer, it is possible to claim it and if the refusal is rejected, then the complaint can be submitted to the nearest center Police, and you can submit a copy of the complaint to the labor office to indicate the matter and the violation, but the law permits that the passport be seized with any government department affiliated with the Ministry of Interior with the presence of a legal justification for the seizure, otherwise it is considered a legal violation and this is in contrast to employers in the private sector who are prohibited from seizing passports The workers they have