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Ministry Of Interior Urges Obtaining ID Cards By Year-End |
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Assistant Director-General of Naturalization and Residency, major General Nasser Al Menhali said ID cards must, by the end of this year, to hold ID cards as a prerequisite for to complete transactions provided by the ministry and other governmental departments nationwide. The official urged the public to use the grace period, stipulated by MoI for UAE nationals and residents to obtain and accept the ID. The grace period will lapse by the end of this year, he noted. He said ID cards will be used to streamline and speed up all the ministry’s services which include issuance of passports, for nationals, investment licenses, issuing licneses for private security companies, announcement of tender calls, issuance of firearms licenses as well as certificates of compliance with civil defence security and safety requirements. The ID card, he stressed, must be available to finalize all recruitment procedures for all those who have been chosen to be included within the ID card acceptance mechanism. He also noted the Federal Law No. 9/ 2006 on the Population Register and ID Card System and the Cabinet Ordinance No. 201/1 for the year 2007. Accordingly all the individuals and their families are required to complete registration procedures as soon as possible. |
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