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Apr 2022
21m 42s

What are the UAE’s new visa rules?

The National
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On Monday the UAE Cabinet announced one of the biggest overhauls to the UAE's visa system in years. To explain the details, co-hosts Mustafa Alrawi and Kelsey Warner are joined by Haider Hussain, a partner at immigration consultancy Fragomen in the UAE. They dig into the expansion of the popular golden visa programme; what the new green visa scheme is for hi ... Show More
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