The government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced that foreign nationals who were granted a UAE Residence Visa for Dubai will now be issued an Emirates Identity.
Effective immediately, foreign nationals obtaining a UAE Residence Visa in the Emirate of Dubai will no longer be issued a UAE Residence Visa stamp endorsed in their passport. Instead, foreign nationals will be issued an Emirates Identity Card, which will serve as their residency document. This change aligns the Emirate of Dubai’s process with the rest of the Emirates, which discontinued the…
Effective immediately, UAE employment residence permit applicants in free zones are no longer eligible for a permit with a three-year validity; instead, the maximum validity has been shortened to two years. This stems from the recent amendment of immigration regulations which reduced UAE residence permit validity to two years maximum, matching the mainland’s current two-year maximum validity.…
The UAE digital government has clarified that residents and citizens must notify the Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Port Security..
The United Arab Emirates, with the exception of the Emirate of Dubai, is now issuing residence permits electronically, instead of endorsing foreign nationals’ passports with a residence visa stamp. As a result of this new process, foreign nationals must use their Emirates Identity Card as proof of residency status and for international travel. However, although most jurisdictions in Dubai are…