MOHRE Absconding Report UAE 2026: Check and Request Cancellation

Last updated: August 2026.

First confirm the record

Use the MOHRE inquiry service, app, or call centre at 600590000. Ask for the complaint reference, filing date, current status, and which evidence the officer needs. Do not rely only on what the employer says.

When MOHRE may cancel the complaint

Ministerial Resolution No. 47 of 2022 lists situations including:

• seven consecutive days had not passed;
• the worker was at work or on legally prescribed leave;
• the employer agrees to restore the employment relationship, subject to the stated conditions;
• the parties agreed to end the employment relationship or the employer allowed the worker to stop or seek another job;
• there was a legitimate reason for the absence; or
• the complaint is otherwise proven incorrect.

Evidence to upload

• Passport, work permit, and Emirates ID details
• Attendance records, access logs, rosters, or location records
• Approved leave or medical documents
• Messages showing the employer knew where you were
• Termination, resignation, or mutual-separation documents
• An existing salary or labour complaint number

What happens next

1. Log in through the MOHRE website or app.
2. Submit the cancellation complaint and employment details.
3. Complete the identity and applicant-capacity verification.
4. The competent officer reviews the complaint and evidence.
5. MOHRE sends the outcome by text message.

Match the evidence to the reason

Your reason for challenging the report	Useful evidence
You were still reporting to work	Attendance logs, site-access records, supervisor messages, dated photographs, or transport records
You were on approved leave	Approved leave request, medical certificate, return date, and messages sent to the employer
The employer had already ended the job	Termination letter, visa or work-permit cancellation request, final-settlement messages, and last working date
You both agreed that you could stop work	Signed separation agreement or clear written messages showing the employer’s permission
The report followed a salary complaint	MOHRE complaint number, filing date, unpaid-salary evidence, and the later absence-report date

If an unpaid-salary complaint already exists

Keep the two references separate. The wage complaint concerns money owed; the cancellation request concerns the absence-from-work record. Give MOHRE both numbers and ask how each case will proceed. Do not withdraw the wage complaint merely because the employer offers to cancel the absence report unless the payment terms are complete and recorded.

After MOHRE sends the result

• Download or request written confirmation of the final status.
• Check whether the work permit needs a separate cancellation or transfer step.
• Confirm residence status with ICP or GDRFA; do not assume the MOHRE message changed every immigration record.
• If a police or court matter was filed separately, check that authority using its case number.
• Keep the decision with your complaint and employment records for future visa or work-permit questions.

Do not assume automatic consequences

An absence-from-work complaint is not itself proof that a court travel ban, a one-year re-entry ban, or a bank-account freeze exists. Labour, immigration, police, and court records are separate. Ask MOHRE about the labour record, ICP or GDRFA about immigration status, and the competent court or police service about any legal restriction.

Common mistakes

• Waiting for the employer to withdraw the report without opening a MOHRE request
• Uploading screenshots without dates, names, or the full conversation
• Using “absconding,” immigration ban, and court travel ban as if they were one status
• Missing MOHRE messages or failing to answer an officer’s request for evidence
• Paying an unofficial agent for a service MOHRE lists as free

Related guides

• Evidence for disputing a false report
• Unpaid salary complaint
• Salary claim after visa cancellation

Official sources

• MOHRE cancellation service
• Ministerial Resolution No. 47 of 2022

General information only. MOHRE and the relevant immigration or court authority must confirm your records.

If You Resigned or Stopped Work Without Notice

Resignation and an absence-from-work complaint are not the same record. If you stopped attending before the notice period ended, save the resignation, the employer’s reply, your last attendance date, and any agreement allowing an early departure. MOHRE’s cancellation rules include cases where the parties agreed to end the relationship, the employer allowed the worker to stop or seek another job, or a legitimate reason for absence is proven.

Do not claim that resignation automatically prevents a report. Submit the evidence through MOHRE and ask for the complaint decision in writing. If the report followed an earlier salary complaint, provide both filing dates so the officer can examine the sequence.