Sharjah: Expat families seeking to lay a family member to rest now have to arrange for burial in the emirate where the visa of the departed was issued.
According to the Ministry of Interior, all expatriate families, in the event of a death, should arrange for burial in the emirate where the visa of the deceased was issued.
Major General Saif Ziril Al Shamsi, commander-in-chief of Sharjah Police, told Gulf News, “The decision is aimed at streamlining the process of burials. As per the new rule, a dead person will be buried in the emirate where his /her visa was issued.”