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Talmiz Ahmad, Indian Ambassador to the UAE, told XPRESS that under the revised guidelines issued in November 2009, “US nationals can be granted long-term, multiple-entry tourist visa of up to 10 years with the stipulation that their stay during each visit will not exceed 180 days.”…SOURCE
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New laws to grant six-month residency visas to individuals who buy freehold properties will be ready next month, a top Ministry of Interior official said on Tuesday.
The ministry is also studying the possibility of granting residency visas to the families of property owners.
The move comes amid a 20 per cent decline in property prices and a predicted fall of up to 50 per cent in some areas by the end of the year.
“We are working on this draft to unify and streamline the procedures of issuance of residency visas for expatriates who purchase properties such as flats, offices, and shops,” said Brigadier Nassir Al Awadi Al Menhali, Acting Director-General of the Federal Naturalisation and Residency Department.
“They will get a six-month visa which can be renewed.”
Al Menhali said that details of the law, such as how much the renewal would cost, have not yet been worked out.
“It couldn’t come at a better time for the market,” said Vincent Easton, head of sales at Sherwoods, a property consultant firm. “I’m just confused about why it is only six months. It seems more like a visit visa.”
Previously, developers in Dubai had tried to entice prospective buyers from Pakistan and Iran by saying they could sponsor them for a three-year visa. However, problems arose when the application for residency was rejected by the Naturalisation and Residency Department (NRD).
In Abu Dhabi, a few developers had offered sponsorship to homebuyers.
Al Menhali said that there is no codified law which automatically grants expatriates residency if they purchase properties. He added that it is better to standardise the procedure across the entire country rather than some emirates applying different rules…SOURCE
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http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/09/01/18/10276143.html 01/17/2009 11:27 PM | By Bassma Al Jandaly, Staff Reporter
Dubai: More than 300 workers who are employed by a government department in Dubai have claimed that they have not been paid for several months.
The workers, who entered the country on work visas sponsored by the government department, said they underwent a three-month training period to obtain a driving licence to work for this department but they have not been given any work to do or received any pay.
Some of the workers live in labour accommodation in Al Aweer and the others live in the industrial area of Sharjah.
The workers said they do not have enough money to even buy a meal.
Barely surviving
“I have been here for more than ten months. I underwent training and I was supposed to start work seven months ago but I have not been given any work so far,” said one of the workers.
He said according to his contract he should go for training and be paid around Dh750 during the training.
“Our labour contract said that when we start work we should receive a salary of Dh4,500. I have not received anything. I have my family back home. My two children need money. I am borrowing here to send some money to them,” said the worker.
“We are barely surviving. We need to work. We are sitting doing nothing despite the fact we have passed all the necessary training,” said another worker.
The workers’ living conditions are also quite bad…
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http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/08/12/29/10270904.html 12/29/2008 09:31 PM | By Bassma Al Jandaly, Staff Reporter
Dubai: Starting next year, the public will be able to apply for all kinds of visas online, a senior official from the Dubai Naturalisation and Residency Department (DNRD) said.
Until now, the facility was restricted to registered companies.
Lieutenant Colonel Nasir Khalid Al Marzouqi, assistant director for the IT department at DNRD, said applications for online visas will be opened to the public next year.
He said all online visa applications must be accompanied by photos of the applicants.
People will now be able to apply for new visas or renew them in any emirate irrespective of where they stay or work as the naturalisation and residency departments (NRDs) in the country have been electronically linked.
Brigadier Nasir Al Awadi Al Menhaly, Acting Director-General of the Naturalisation and Residency Department at the Ministry of Interior, told Khaleej Times on Sunday that all NRDs in the UAE are capable of issuing and renewing visas, regardless of the emirate where the existing residence visa was issued from.
The ministry has completed linking of all NRDs electronically to provide this new service.
“We are in one country, and there is an electronic link between all NRDs,” he said. Under the earlier system, for instance, a person working in Abu Dhabi but has a residence visa from Dubai or other emirates had to visit the NRD in that emirate to renew his/her visa.
This was a sheer waste of time and effort. “Consequently, Lieutenant-General Shaikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Interior, gave instructions to ease the hardship of expatriates by allowing them to get visas or renew visas from the NRD in any emirate regardless of the emirate where the residence visa was issued originally. This is what we are implementing right now.” Brigadier Al Menhaly clarified that many expatriates are not aware of this new service, and still take the trouble of travelling to other emirates to complete their visa-related procedures. “We now tell them to save the effort and submit your applications to any department in the country to be processed immediately,” he said.
Meanwhile, denizens of emirates have lauded the ministry’s step, calling it a real timesaver…SOURCE
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