"One was regarding people who come into the UAE on visit visas and get stuck here as the promised job never materialises. Second, there have been a few cases of Indians travelling on so-called 'employment visas' that were essentially 'visit visas' changed on an image editing software," said Vipul. "People must check the status of their visa before travelling. The visa statuses can be checked on the Dubai Tourism website as well.However, Vipul said in the last two-three months, no big visa fraud victim groups from the UAE has been repatriated. "About three to four months ago, a big group of Odiya workers, approximately 35-40 individuals, were repatriated by our labour department."

Source: Economic Times April 30, 2019 06:56 UTC