Marnie Pearce, 40, had her jail sentence reduced from six to three months by Dubai's Appeal Court, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office said.She was also ordered to pay a fine of 3,000 dirhams and will be deported.
Ms Pearce, originally from Bracknell, Berkshire, was found guilty of adultery by a Dubai court in November after being accused of cheating on her Egyptian ex-husband.
She insisted she was innocent and said she feared losing custody of her two young sons if she went to prison.
The teaching assistant remained on bail while she attempted to overturn her conviction.
It was not immediately clear whether she would have to start her sentence straightaway.
Ms Pearce met her ex-husband in Oman and married him in the Seychelles in September 1999.
They had two children, Laith, seven, and Ziad, four, and moved to Dubai, but their marriage eventually broke down.
In March last year she was arrested and accused of committing adultery with a British man who she insists was only a friend.
In Dubai, non-Muslim adulterers cannot be punished by flogging, but can face up to 18 months in prison.
Speaking after her original conviction, Ms Pearce said: "I have been going through hell for nine months and I just want to get my children out. I am so scared that if I go to jail I will never see them again."
What the hell is wrong with Western women? Why do they keep marrying muslim men only to find out later that is was not the best idea. She is in a muslim country and can be accused of any crime by a muslim male and she has no chance. She will be lucky to get out of the country with her kids. Does she not realize that children always "belong" to the muslim husband? I feel nothing for her. There have been many, many reports of this kind of shit going on and yet she felt that he was different . Idiot.
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