Abu Dhabi: Foreigners on visit or tourist visas can obtain a 30-day visa extension twice (total of 6 days) without leaving the United Arab Emirates – under the new visa system which will roll out from Sunday (October 21).
People on a visit or tourist visas, especially job-seekers, have had so far to leave the UAE after the expiration of their three-month visit visa or one-month tourist visa and then apply for new visas so as to return to the UAE reported Khaleej Times.
"The new system now allows people on visit or tourist visas to extend their stay in the UAE for 30 days, for two times, after expiration of the entry permits," said Brigadier Saeed Rakan Al-Rashidi, acting director-general of Foreigners Affairs and Ports at the Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship.
The extension of visas for visitors without exiting the country will help job-seekers get more time to find jobs and will spare them from the travel burden and other expenses as it has been the case.
Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship (FAIC) announced that widows, divorced women and their children will be granted a one-year residency visa extension; students sponsored by their parents will get a two-year visa after Grade 12; and visit visa holders can apply for a 30-day extension for two times without having to leave the country.
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