My visit visa expired two weeks ago — are fines building up every day I stay?

Assume fines are accruing daily and act on that basis. Once a visit visa expires, overstay charges build for each day of stay; whether you had any grace period at all depends on the type of visa you entered on, and two weeks past expiry you are beyond the safe zone either way. The good news is that this is a fixable administrative problem, not a criminal one, if you address it now. You have two realistic paths. If a genuine job prospect remains, you may be able to change your status from inside the country to a new permit once an employer files for you — the fines still have to be settled, but you avoid exiting and re-entering. If the job search has ended, the cleaner course is to settle the fines and leave properly: check the exact amount through the ICP or, for Dubai visas, GDRFA channels, pay online or at an immigration centre, and exit with a clean record. Leaving "to settle at the border" works mechanically but maximises the fine total and the airport risk, and a messy exit can complicate future visas. Every week of waiting makes the number bigger. Speaking to an immigration lawyer now will likely cost less than another month of accumulating fines.