Until recently, as per Article 356 of the UAE Penal Code, cohabitation or physical relationship outside wedlock was prohibited and may be punished with an imprisonment of up to one year and followed by deportation as per Article 121 of the UAE Penal Code. Accordingly, based on the aforesaid provision, if you were to live with your girlfriend, you would need to contract a valid marriage with her. However, the aforesaid law was reformed by a Presidential Decree announced on November 8, 2020 – which introduced several amendments to laws relevant to family, criminal and civil matters in the UAE.
The recently announced Presidential Decree has reformed the legal provisions governing matters related to family, inheritance, divorce, cohabitation without marriage and alcohol consumption. Whereas the existing laws prohibited cohabitation of individuals of opposite sex not related to each other, the latest changes pursuant to the Presidential Decree provide that cohabitation of unmarried couples is no longer a crime punishable under the Penal Code. Further details to be published in the official gazette.
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