UAE Amnesty Scheme Can Be Availed By Visa Violators Allowing Them To Work
UAE Amnesty Scheme Can Be Availed By Visa Violators Allowing Them To Work: An official amnesty period allowing illegal UAE residents to correct their status and work legally will begin in August, an official has said.
The protect yourself by modifying your status campaign follows the adoption of new visa rules last week by the UAE Cabinet allowing those that overstay their visa to leave the country voluntarily without receiving a “no entry” stamp and introducing a new visa category for job seekers.
Starting from 1st August and lasting for three months thereafter, a general amnesty will come into effect for foreigners and non-residents who have violated the UAE’s residency laws.
“While full details of the amnesty dubbed ‘Protect Yourself via Rectifying Your Status’ have yet to be clarified, Brigadier Saeed Rakan Al Rashidi, acting director-general of Foreigners Affairs and Ports Department at the Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship, has outlined that violators will have the option to either rectify their legal status by paying nominal fees or can leave the UAE without formal prosecution.
“Either way, the proposed upcoming amnesty period provides an opportunity for law breakers to get their house in order in a timely and cooperative fashion, and authorities are also providing a toll-free number for members of the public to ask questions, seek clarification and allow violators to take every available measure to regularize their visa status,” the English language daily added.
It continued, “Make no mistake, this is an opportunity that happens only every few years, is timely, and those staying within this nation’s borders must avail of the three-month window to pay the nominal fees and regularize their status, or leave the UAE without legal consequence or serious impediment.”
The paper went on to say that the three-month amnesty is being welcomed by volunteers for social groups who work within communities to assist and provide advice and help for those who find themselves, for one reason or another, staying in the UAE without proper paperwork.
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