🔎 Visa Status Check
Use the authority that owns your immigration file and enter the correct reference number.
1. ICP or GDRFA?
| Your file | Primary channel |
|---|---|
| Dubai-issued visa or residence | GDRFA Dubai / Amer |
| Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, Ras Al Khaimah or Fujairah | ICP website/app |
A company name or work location does not always identify the issuing emirate. Check the application receipt or residence record.
2. Know your numbers
- Application number: tracks a particular immigration service request.
- File number: identifies the immigration/residence file and may be printed in sections.
- PRAN: the Emirates ID application reference printed on the ID registration form; it is not automatically the same as the visa application number.
- UID: a unified immigration identity number. Do not guess one number into another field.
3. Correct checking method
- Open ICP for non-Dubai files or GDRFA/Amer for Dubai.
- Select application tracking, file validity or residence inquiry according to what you need.
- Copy the exact number from the receipt, including every digit; enter date of birth/nationality where requested.
- Compare name, passport, sponsor, issue/expiry dates and status.
- Save the result and ask the sponsor/typing centre for the official receipt if no record appears.
4. Common messages
- Submitted/under process: received but not final.
- Returned/requires modification: sponsor or centre must correct or upload something.
- Approved: that application stage is approved; confirm whether residence issuance is a separate stage.
- No data found: wrong authority, wrong number type, typing error, delayed synchronisation or an old/closed request are possible.
Practical check: If your Emirates ID was recently registered, allow normal system processing, then verify both the residence record and ID application rather than relying only on UAE Pass.
Troubleshooting a missing or confusing result
- Read the receipt's heading: is it an immigration application, residence file, Emirates ID form, or work-permit transaction? Use the matching service.
- Check the issuing authority on the receipt, not the city where you work. A Dubai file and an Abu Dhabi file can require different immigration channels.
- Copy the full reference exactly, including leading zeros; check passport details and issue date where requested.
- If one transaction says “approved”, ask what it approved. A medical result, ID application or entry permit is not by itself final residence approval.
- If nothing appears, obtain the official submission receipt from the sponsor/typing centre and contact the authority with that reference. Avoid repeated applications without instructions.
For ID tracking see Emirates ID; for work authorisation see employment visa stages. Do not publicly post passport, UID, PRAN or application numbers.