UAE: No extension of visa amnesty after October 31

The administration advocates for leaving for those who received exit permits before the deadline because some have not left the country. Recently, the Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship, Customs and Ports Security (ICP) stated that there will be no extension of UAE visa amnesty programme which will finish on October 31.

The ICP added there will be deportations and limitation of violations completions up to including a no entry list. The Amnesty program for illegal foreigners in the UAE will be ending on November 1, and only three weeks are left. 

There will be forced raids in all the houses and in the offices of companies where violators stay to apprehend them. These strategies will carry on to apprehend offenders and implement action against them through sanctions or deportation, putting their names in a list foregoing their entrance to the country again.

Maj Gen Sultan Al Nuaimi, ICP director-general, said: “This (two-month visa amnesty programme which started on September 1) is the golden and last chance for people to rectify all the issues.”

He also added: There would be no softening of policy, nor indeed any judicial action. Head of the ICP, Maj Gen Sultan Al Nuaimi provided different information:

“An overwhelming number of cases were received, and many people had their cases taken care of at that time.”
 

The authorities are keeping track of the violators' locations, and they are threatening to fine and deport them from the country regardless of their status in the UAE, until payment of the fines is made.

They urged the GId which dished out exit permits in a previous statement to enhance east those who have most recently received the permit but have not rudimentary abandoned the country.

The last figure will be given at the end of the announcement in people who have changed their within the countries under the amnesty programme. Many of them who find themselves in difficult situations were helped by the companies, - the travel tickets that are bought out often offered them to do on special conditions.

In September 2017, Dubai’s General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs informed that it has legalized status of almost 20 000 people, while 7401 exit documents were issued to the violators in the course of the amnesty program wishing to go back to their home countries.

Act Now: Final Chance for Visa Amnesty Order to GIs (hereinafter the Final Order) in the UAE – apply for 'settlement provisions' before October 3.

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