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Passengers holding first and business class tickets get smart tunnel experience Anew passport-clearance system at Dubai International Airport will have departing passengers on their way in seconds. Launched by General Directorate of Residence and Foreigners Affairs in Dubai (GDRFA) at Terminal 3, the new service will give passengers holding first and business class tickets a […]

Low-cost insurance system for employees and domestic workers to start on Oct 15 Dubai: The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) has said that the issuance of employee insurance will begin on October 15. This comes as per the UAE Cabinet’s decision to scrap the compulsory bank guarantee and replace it with a low-cost

LOW-COST INSURANCE SYSTEM TO TAKE EFFECT FROM MID-OCTOBER Abu Dhabi: The government said it will start refunding this month bank guarantee given by companies and business owners for each worker, a move that is expected to inject an estimated Dh14 billion liquidity into the private sector. A new low cost insurance system will replace the

8,000 Bangladeshi amnesty seekers apply for passports as of Tuesday Abu Dhabi: Around 3,000 renewed passports of amnesty seekers are ready for collection at the Bangladeshi Embassy in Abu Dhabi and the Consulate General in Dubai. “We have received passports of those who applied until August 20. Some of them have already collected their passports.

“Shaikh Mohammad during the UAE Cabinet meeting. The 5-year renewable residence visa for expat retirees will be given if they meet certain conditions, including ownership of property worth Dh2 million, or savings of at least Dh1 million, or a monthly income of at least Dh20,000.” Expatriates will be granted long-term residence visas after retirement, His

“The new good conduct certificate required of teachers in Dubai certifies that students are in safe hands” KHDA  KHDA’s qualifications chief says move part of wider measures to improve teacher profile and standards . Schoolteachers in Dubai will need to get a good conduct certificate from the previous country they worked in, as part of

1,000 ONE-WAY TRAVEL PERMITS ISSUED, AND 2,500 FORMS FOR NEW PASSPORTS RECEIVEDTens of thousands Illegal Bangladeshi expatriates in Dubai have been pouring into the Bangladesh Consulate premises in hope of getting quick exit or regularising their status, said a top Bangladeshi dignitary. S. Bodiruzzman, Consul General of Bangladesh in UAE told Gulf News: “In the

Four representatives appointed in the UAE to arrange travel for expatriates returning home Abu Dhabi: The South Indian state of Kerala has appointed four representatives in the UAE to offer free air tickets to Keralites who are going back home after availing of the ongoing visa amnesty. “They will do the needful to arrange the

Abu Dhabi: Amnesty-seekers must head to Shahama Centre of Abu Dhabi only if they need an outpass to leave the country, a senior official of the Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship at the Shahama Centre for amnesty-seekers told Gulf News in an interview on Sunday. Earlier, amnesty-seekers were permitted to apply first at the

The amnesty announced by the UAE Government for residency law violators started on Wednesday. Amnesty seekers can escape legal action, including a fine, by either leaving the country or regularising their status from Wednesday, August 1, until October 31. WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR AMNESTY? Residency law violators: These are people who violated the residency law till