In a sharp change in its policy, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) hastightened its immigration policies, including for those arriving on visitvisas, and has started deporting those Pakistanis who have been misusingtheir visit visas to work in the country.
As a result, Islamabad was urged to take practical steps to educatePakistani passengers seeking employment in the UAE to follow the outlinedprocesses.
Over the past ten days, at least 80 Pakistanis have been deported or arefacing deportation from the UAE for misusing their visit visas or forfailing to follow regulations for entering the Gulf country on visit visas.
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The matter came to light after the Pakistani consulate in Dubai wrote tothe Foreign Office, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) – which overseesimmigration-related activities in the country – in Islamabad.
