Emirates ID Renewal Online

Emirates ID is the card that proves identity in the UAE. An expiring card raises the worry of a renewal that drags on, or a fine that starts ticking.

Emirates ID renewal through ICP

Renewal goes through ICP, not through an agent or a typing centre by default. The route guides report is ICP Smart Services or the UAEICP app, signing in with UAE Pass. UAE Pass is the login, not the channel itself. No separate “UAE Pass renewal” exists.

Dubai or other emirates authority

Dubai residence files belong to the General Directorate of Identity and Foreigners Affairs-Dubai (GDRFA), while residence files in every other emirate belong to ICP. The wrong portal will not show the file. Dubai files start with GDRFA. Files anywhere else stay on the ICP route.

ICP renewal steps

• Open ICP Smart Services or the UAEICP app and sign in with UAE Pass.
• Follow the renewal prompts for the person whose card is expiring, uploading what the system asks for rather than guessing ahead of it.
• Guides report the document set as the original passport, a valid residency visa or entry permit, the expired Emirates ID, and a recent photo if the system asks for one.

No photo size is stated. No ICP photo specification was corroborated. Follow whatever size the system itself asks for.

Biometrics follow the same rule. Guides report fingerprints and signature from age 15 at a centre, with children under 15 exempt from fingerprinting. Renewal usually skips biometrics altogether if biometrics are already on file. The system tells the applicant whether a visit is needed, instead of a visit being booked by default.

Renewal cost and late renewal

• Card fee reported at AED 100 per year, with a service fee on top that varies by channel.
• Online totals reported at about AED 200, AED 300, and AED 400 for 1, 2, and 3 years. A Golden 10-year card is reported at about AED 1,100.

Those totals are reported, not firm. The portal’s final total is the one that counts. No single typing-centre figure is promised, because guides conflict on it.

Validity differs by category. UAE nationals get 5 or 10 years and GCC nationals get 5 years, while an expatriate’s validity follows the visa. No nationals’ totals are published, because the totals guides give for nationals conflict with the 100-per-year formula.

Past expiry, guides report a 30-day grace period with reminders from ICP. After that, a late fine is reported at AED 20 a day up to AED 1,000. The grace period is the real deadline. The daily fine starts when it runs out.

Card collection and Fawri service

Guides report delivery through Emirates Post or collection at a Happiness Centre. Timing varies, and no window is promised. Check the ICP status instead of counting days.

Fawri is an express option at select Happiness Centres, guides report, renewed in 24 hours for a reported AED 150 surcharge on top of the normal fee. The surcharge is not a replacement fee.

If your card is lost, guides report a replacement card at AED 300 plus the service fee, with Fawri’s AED 150 as an extra on top if chosen. The 2 figures stay in separate lines. Paying for express service does not pay for a replacement.

Also: Emirates ID status and Emirates ID Tracking.

Official source: ICP — smartservices.icp.gov.ae. Checked on: 26 October 2026. We are not ICP. We do not collect Emirates ID numbers.

Related guides: UAE Guides