 Do you have an expired employment visa, do you have a consuled employment visa and you are living in the UAE? You would wish to change it to what you call a tourist visa when things go wrong in one or another. This is for you. Remember when you have a cancelled employment visa or when you have an expired employment visa and you are still in the UAE, you cannot change it within the country or within the UAE, Dubai and other states that make up the UAE. If you have a cancelled employment visa, the only word for you to come back to the UAE is to exit and get a fresh visa from outside then you can make re-entry into the country.