Pakistanis can now take advantage of a five-year visa after the resolution of existing problems, the Ambassador of the Arab Emirates attached to Pakistan Hamad Obaid Ibrahim Salem al-Zaabi announced Tuesday.
According to the website of the General Directorate of Identity Affairs and Foreigners of Dubai, the country issues multiple entry tourist visas for five years. The visa allows a person to make several trips to the EAUs from the date of broadcast, without the need for a guarantor or host within the country.
The development occurred during a meeting between Zaabi and the governor of Sindh Karmran Khan Tessori in the governor’s house.
“Visa’s problems have been solved, Pakistanis can get a five -year visa,” Zaabi said in a press release from the governor’s house.
He also invited the governor to visit the Visa center at the Karachi Consulate.
Tessori thanked the EAU diplomat for the investment of his country in the province, especially in Karachi. The ambassador praised the ongoing projects under the governor’s initiative.
According to reports, the EAU authorities have recently increased the scrutiny of the Pakistani who arrive in the country due to their alleged participation in crime and illegal activities, such as begging. On December 23, a panel of the Senate was informed that all Pakistani travelers to the EAU needed to be examined and verified by the police. Travel agents were also instructed in this regard.
In another meeting on January 9, the Senate Committee was told about Pakistani abroad and the development of human resources that there were no restrictions in the work visas “for the Pakistani who were traveling to the EAU. In addition, he learned that the visas for the EAU had been” not officially closed “and their government had reservations that the Pakistani, on the visit, the visas, the visas, the visas, mendition in the country.
On the other hand, during an interview with Geographical news In November of last year, Eau General Consul in Karachi, Dr. Bakheet Ateeq alremeithi, had revealed that Pakistani can face visa rejections due to negative activities on social networks.
Alremeithi also declared that there had been complaints about the behavior of certain influencers of Pakistani social networks in the EAU, especially on platforms such as Tiktok, which resulted in the dissatisfaction of the EAU government and caused regulations of more strict visas that have generated concerns for Pakistan travelers. He also clarified that there was no prohibition of EAU visas for Pakistani citizens.
