The United Arab Emirates’ Ministry of Interior has launched an online visa service for residents of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, official news agency WAM reported. The service can be accessed through the “Fawri” portal on the ministry’s website, it was announced. The service is available to GCC expats who belong to any of the… Read More »

ABU DHABI // A new system to streamline the process of hiring Indian workers has been launched. The eMigrate system requires employers from the UAE to register with the Indian Embassy if they are seeking to hire employees. The embassy will then vet the application before the recruitment process can begin. Neeta Bhushan, deputy chief… Read More »

Major General Mohammed Ahmed Al Marri, Director of the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA) in Dubai has said that expatriates residing in any GCC country will soon be able to use smart applications to apply for a visa to enter the UAE. According to a press release issued by the GDRFA-Dubai, Major… Read More »

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Government, for the first time, has launched two new multiple entry visas. It’s been a long standing demand of travellers across the world for a multiple entry long term visa to the UAE. TT Services, the official worldwide visa partner of Etihad Airways, shall now process these visas to all… Read More »

AHMEDABAD: From now on you won’t have to stand in visa office queue each time you plan to spend your holidays in UAE. The authorities in UAE have given green signal to multiple-entry visa for Indian tourists coming through airport to UAE. This in turn is set to give a boost tourism from Gujarat to… Read More »

The Indian Government has urged its citizens living abroad to opt for new machine readable passports in accordance with the International Civil Aviation Organizations plan to phase out all non-machine readable passports in 2015. The Indian mission in the UAE have also urged Indian citizens to check the validity of their passports and the remaining… Read More »