Two-month opportunity for 'amnesty' for illegal workers in UAE

According to the Nepali Embassy in the capital of UAE, Awudhawi, amnesty has been given targeting migrant workers who have overstayed their visas on labor or visit visas and are unable to return to their home country. In recent times, the number of Nepalis who went on visit visa and overstayed in search of work was increasing. The embassy estimates that Nepali women are more likely to overstay than men.

The Nepali Embassy has requested Nepali workers who illegally left the company (ran away) or were fined for overstaying their visas and are facing immigration-related problems to participate in the amnesty. According to the embassy, ​​undocumented workers can legally stay in the UAE or return to Nepal without paying a fine if they participate in the amnesty. In this way, the laborers who returned to Nepal will be able to come back to the UAE.

According to the embassy, ​​four Nepali workers who have violated residential laws will be allowed to participate in the amnesty. Workers who came to work for the employer's company and left the company without the employer's permission, came to the UAE to travel or seek work on a visit visa and were fined for 'overstaying', those who violated the UAE's immigration rules despite obtaining permission to stay in the UAE, foreign father-in-law or mothers in the UAE who brought their children Those who stayed without a UAE permit and those who violated immigration rules without obtaining a permit to stay in the UAE will be eligible to participate in the amnesty.

Undocumented workers A person who wants to stay legally in the UAE You can change your status by taking the 'Job Offer Letter' issued by the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratis. For amnesty, you have to go to the immigration department of the Emirates where your visa was issued. The emirates in the UAE are Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Sharjah, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah and Umm Al Quwain. UAE has designated the nearest 'ICP Service Center' for Abu Dhabi visa holders in Al Darfa, Al Maqam, Al Samah, Al Aware Immigration for Dubai and other emirates .

It has been said that those who wish to live in the UAE will be punished according to the UAE if they stay without changing their previous status. The Nepali Embassy has said that the workers who do not have passports will be issued travel documents to return home. However, before that, the worker must submit a mandatory police report from the UAE Immigration Office with no outstanding fines. According to the embassy, ​​after receiving the travel document, they have to return home on their own air tickets within 14 days .