Privacy policy

Privacy Policy: What Happens When You Use This Site

Some websites collect everything about you and keep it forever. That’s not how this one works.

This page explains what information passes through this site, what gets stored, and what doesn’t. It’s long because privacy stuff needs to be spelled out. But the short version is we don’t keep your visa details. Not your passport number, not your UID, nothing.

Read on if you want the full picture.

Following UAE Privacy Laws

This site follows UAE Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021. That’s the country’s main data protection law. It sets rules for how personal information should be handled.

Everything here operates within those rules. If you’re someone who cares about privacy laws, that’s the important one to know.

You might also want to look at our Terms and Conditions and Legal Disclaimer pages. They fill in more context about how this site works.

What Information Actually Gets Collected

Let’s break this down by category. Some information you type in yourself. Some get picked up automatically. Here’s what each looks like.

Information You Provide

When you check a visa status, you type things in. Passport number. Emirates ID. UID. File number. Those are the main ones.

That information goes directly to government databases to fetch your status. It passes through this site but doesn’t stick around. Think of this site like a tunnel: things go in one end and come out the other, and nothing gets left behind.

Information Collected Automatically

Like most websites, this one sees basic technical stuff when you visit. Your IP address. What browser are you using? How long did you stay on a page?

None of that identifies you personally. It’s more like crowd data helps us understand if the site runs slow for certain browsers or if people can’t find what they’re looking for.

No Money Handling. At All

This site is free. Always has been. Always will be. No visa fees are collected here. No fines. No processing charges. Nothing. If you need to pay for something, such as a renewal, an overstay fine, or a status change, do it through official channels. ICP website. GDRFA portal. Amer Center.

Tasheel. Somewhere official. Anyone asking for direct payment for government services? That’s a scam. Don’t fall for it.

Also worth noting: if you book flights or hotels based on something read here and it turns out wrong, this site can’t reimburse you. That’s why verification matters before committing. Our Terms and Conditions cover this in more detail, including why we can’t be held responsible for third-party bookings.

Why We Process Your Information

Good question. There are two main reasons.

You Asked Us To

When you type your passport number and hit search, you’re asking this site to go fetch your visa status. That’s a clear action. You want something, and we’re helping get it. UAE privacy law refers to this as “consent.” You’re giving permission for that one specific task. No hidden agendas. No fine print tricks.

If you change your mind halfway through, just close the browser tab. That withdraws consent immediately. Nothing gets processed after that.

The Zero-Storage Approach

Here’s the main thing that makes this site different from many others: nothing gets saved.

Your passport number doesn’t go into a database. Your UID doesn’t get filed away for later. Once you close the page, that information is gone from this site’s systems.

It works like this:

Your data travels through encrypted connections to government servers
The status comes back and shows on your screen
You close the tab
Nothing remains here

No permanent records. No building profiles on who you are. No selling lists of visa checkers to marketers.

If someone hacked this site tomorrow, they’d find zero passport numbers waiting for them. That’s by design.

Your Rights and How Security Works

What You Can Ask For

UAE privacy law gives you specific rights over your information. These include:

Access: You can ask what information we have about you
Correction: If something’s wrong, you can ask to fix it
Deletion: You can request that your data be removed
Restriction: You can ask us to stop processing

Since we don’t store much, these requests are usually straightforward. Contact us using the email at the bottom of this page.

How We Protect What Passes Through

Even though we don’t store data, we still protect what moves through the site. All connections use 256-bit SSL encryption. That’s the same secure stuff banks use.

The site also monitors for unusual activity. If something looks like a bot trying to scrape data or someone attempting to break in, systems flag it. Nothing’s perfect, but we take this seriously.

What Gets Shared and With Who

Short answer: almost nothing.

We don’t sell your information. That’s not how this site makes money (it doesn’t, really). We don’t trade passport numbers with data brokers. None of that.

Government Connections

To check your visa status, this site has to access government portals. ICP. GDRFA. Those are the official sources. When you search, your request goes to them through encrypted channels. They send back your status. That’s the whole transaction.

We don’t store what they send either. You see it on your screen, and then it’s gone from our end.

Service Providers

Like most websites, we use outside services for things like hosting and security monitoring. Those companies might see technical data server logs, traffic patterns, that sort of thing.

They’re bound by contracts to follow UAE privacy laws. And they don’t get your passport numbers because we don’t store them in the first place.

If You Visit Physical Centers

Our site might point you to Amer centers or ICP offices. If you go there, their privacy rules apply. Not ours. They’re separate organizations with their own policies.

Cookies and Tracking

This site uses basic cookies. Nothing creepy.

Cookies are small text files that remember simple things. Like if you searched by passport number last time, maybe you want that option preselected next visit. Or if you set the language to English, it stays that way.

These cookies don’t track you across the internet. They don’t build profiles. They just make the site less annoying to use. Cookies expire after 24 hours. After that, the site treats you like a new visitor.

If your browser blocks all cookies, the site still works. You just might have to reselect your preferences each time.

Filing a Complaint

If you think your privacy rights have been violated, you can complain to the UAE Data Office. That’s the government body that oversees data protection.

We hope it never comes to that. If something feels wrong, contact us first. Most things get sorted faster by talking.

How to Reach Us

Questions about privacy? Want to exercise your rights? Need to talk to someone?

Email: info@checkvisastatusuae.ae. We aim to reply within 48 to 72 hours. If it’s urgent, put that in the subject line so we spot it faster.