Desk research against primary sources. Figures are traced to the issuing UAE authority and linked on the page.
The tier you fall into is decided by visa category, not by how the cancellation happened or who initiated it — a golden, green or blue residence holder gets 180 days regardless of whether they resigned or were let go, while someone on a guarantor-issued permit gets 60 days under the same circumstances. Confirming your own category with ICP or GDRFA before you plan a departure date matters precisely because these tiers are not visible from the visa document itself in a way most people would recognise.
Because the days are calendar days rather than working days, a grace period does not pause over a weekend the way a processing timeline sometimes does — 30 days from a Friday cancellation still ends 30 days later, not after 30 working days have passed. That distinction is what turns ‘I have about a month’ into an actual overstay for people who mentally round weekends out of the count, and it applies the same way whichever tier — 30, 60, 90 or 180 days — you fall into.