Expats in UAE including Pakistanis get a good news
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DUBAI - The UAE will grant an amnesty to visa violators including Pakidtanis starting from August 1, a senior official said on Thursday.
Brigadier Saeed Rakan Al Rashedi, Acting Director General of Foreigners Affairs and Ports Department at the Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship, told *Gulf News* the amnesty will begin on August 1 and violators will have the option to either rectify their legal status through paying nominal fees, or leave the UAE voluntarily without prosecution.
He added details of the amnesty dubbed “Protect Yourself via Rectifying Your Status” will be announced in a press conference soon.
In 2013, almost 62,000 illegal residents took advantage of the last visa amnesty, which ran for two months.
Al Rashedi said a toll free telephone number will be set up later to answer inquiries from members of the public about the amnesty and how to benefit from its provisions and the time granted to the violators.
