Emirates Identity Authority (Eida) has announced that Dubai will link residence visas to Emirates Identity Cards from April 1, 2012. ID card link to visas in Dubai will be compulsory from from April next year, said Eida, adding that the procedure will be co-ordination with the General Department of Residency and Naturalisation. Eida stressed that ID card registration is mandatory for issuing and renewing residence visas in Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ajman, Fujairah, Umm Al Quwain [...]

Expatriates will no longer need to have a Labour Card when a decision to replace it with the national identity card is enforced in the second half of 2012, the Minister of Labour was reported on Thursday as saying. Saqr Gobash said the Ministry of Labour is awaiting a decision by the Emirates National Identity Authority (Eida) to cancel the Labour Card and replace it with the ID when all foreigners in the UAE are [...]

President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has issued a number of decrees within the framework of his keenness to achieve the welfare of the citizens and help them get their ambitions in a stable and comfortable life. On the occasion of the 40th National Day celebrations, Sheikh Khalifa issued a decree to increase salaries of all federal government employees with effect from January 2012. According to the resolution a special allowance will [...]

Residents who change residency visas will be fined if they do not renew their ID cards, says Eida Residents who change jobs will have to renew their National Identity Cards as well, according to Emirates Identity Authority (Eida). Those who change their residency visas and do not renew their ID cards will be considered as violating law and will be required to pay fines, reported ‘Al Ittihad’  newspaper. Eida urged residents to keep a close watch on the expiry [...]

Abu Dhabi: Expatriates who renew ID cards while undergoing visa medical tests for renewing their residence visa at Preventive Medicine Centres (PMCs) across the country have to undergo fingerprinting again at the ID card registration centres, Emirates Identity Authority (Eida) said. Eida announced this new rule as part of linking the ID card registration and residence visa processing in Abu Dhabi since yesterday. ”It is for security purposes,” an official spokesperson of the authority told Gulf News yesterday. Eida earlier said that [...]

A UAE labour ministry has cancelled a rule which required private sector workers to obtain a “no-objection” letter from their employers before changing sponsors, after the introduction of new labour and sponsorship laws earlier this year, Arabic Alittihad has reported. “No employer has the right to give such a letter to any worker, now that the new job and sponsorship rules are enforced,” the ministry said.

Registration offices in capital to enforce new rule: EIDA  Expatriates in Abu Dhabi seeking to renew their residence or get a new visa will have to be holders of the UAE national identity card when a new rule linking the two is enforced on Sunday, local media reported on Thursday. The Emirates Identity Authority (EIDA), which is supervising an ambitious ID project through the UAE, said visa applicants who do not have an identity card [...]

In its efforts to boost employment in the UAE, the Minstry of Labour has amended several labour laws. The new list of amendments include work permits for minors (between 15 and 18 years of age for both citizens and expatriates); reduced cost of labour transfer between companies; and lower fines for facilities for violation of labour laws. The ministry now allows work permits for six months for workers (citizens and expatriates) within the UAE. This [...]

Abu Dhabi: Anyone without the Emirates Identity Authority (Eida) ID cards will soon be denied government and banking services across the country, a senior government official said on Monday. “Applications submitted to the various governmental departments and banks across the country will shortly be rejected if the applicant has no ID card,” Eida higher committee deputy head Dr Ali Al Khouri said. Al Khouri was speaking on the sidelines of the ID World Forum a [...]

Important information for British nationals From 1 August 2010, applications for full validity passports for British Nationals will no longer be processed in the British Embassy in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Please read this notice to find out what’s happening, why the change is necessary and how it affects you. What is changing and how does it affect me? From 1 August 2010, all passport applications from UAE will be processed and printed centrally in [...]