Month: January 2023

Based on the directives of the wise government of the UAE and its strategic objectives, the Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs, and Ports Security (ICP) always seeks to provide easy and easy proactive services with simple procedures within the framework of its plans to anticipate the future and study it for feedback from the public.  DEWA continues implementing improvement plans to develop services to meet customers’ current and future needs.

In this strategic context, in April 2022, the ICP took an improvement step for one of the Residency and Foreigners Affairs Services when it decided to suspend the issuance of the residence voucher to foreigners residing in the country and replace the Emirates ID card issued to a foreigner living in the UAE as an alternative to proof of residence.

This decision achieves a set of strategic objectives, the foremost of which is the consolidation of innovative government enablers in all areas and services it provides, facilitating the customer’s journey and raising the level of satisfaction by shortening the steps for issuing residency, which means saving time, effort, and costs for customers, in addition to expanding the scope of using the ID card in transactions, and moving more towards the government.  Paperless and consolidating this concept in society, and simplifying the ID card application procedures by merging the ID card application form with the residence sticker in one application.

To facilitate customers, ICP has made available through its innovative Mobile application the possibility of obtaining the electronic copy of the ID card in support of flexibility of use upon request, mainly since the new generation of Emirates ID cards issued to foreigners residing in the UAE includes all the details mentioned previously in the residence Sticker,  which enhances the added value It enhances the added value of the uses of the identity card in proving the personal identity of individuals through the presence of personal and professional data, the issuer and other readable data of the card and the Embodied Information and Data reinforced through E-Link Technology.

Based on the principles of the Fifty Declaration and the UAE Centennial 2071, which stipulate that the human being comes first, and the directives of the wise leadership, and within the framework of its relentless pursuit to achieve leadership and develop proactive services provided to customers. In early September 2022, the Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs, and Ports Security ( ICP ) launched the third generation of advanced services, which includes issuing a new generation of UAE passports and an updated system for entry and residence visas for foreigners in the country.

In this system, the ICP embodied the slogan of the human being or the customer first and granted customers, including citizens, foreigners, residents, and visitors, unprecedented advantages locally and regionally in the field of printing the UAE passport, as well as new advantages, conditions, and categories for entry and residence visas that are easier and easier.

These advantages reflect the insightful future vision of the wise leadership of the UAE and the esteemed Council of Ministers headed by His Highness the President of the UAE, His Highness the Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, and their brothers, the rulers of the Emirates, and their keenness to make the UAE an oasis for living, working, innovation and investment, and enhancing its competitiveness and leadership.

The developed services system, launched by the ICP this month, aims to enhance the leadership and competitiveness of the UAE among the countries of the region and the world in the field of living and residence, supporting economic growth, attracting investments and talents, and providing proactive services in the spirit and thought of the fifty, as well as emphasizing the humanitarian values and principles on which the UAE was founded.

The new UAEpassport is a new technological leap that enhances the cultural status of the UAE and is in line with the directions of the wise leadership to move towards intelligent government and provide security and safety for citizens in their solutions and travel.

The new visa system is characterized by the development of applied residencies and simplification of their procedures, and the addition of new types to suit all categories of investors, entrepreneurs, brilliant talents, scientists, specialists, visitors, first students, graduates, humanitarian pioneers, the first line of defense and skilled labor in all fields.

The updated visa system includes a new generation of residencies with great benefits and facilities aimed at separating the residence from the employer and considering the contractual relationship, reuniting families, providing flexible grace periods of up to 6 months after the expiry or cancellation of residency, and adding new options for those wishing to visit the country and those looking for job and investment opportunities, and the most prominent of the new residency,    Green residency granted for a period of 5 years, renewable without a guarantor or employer.

The third generation of developed services is a step towards the future, followed by actions and measures that achieve the hopes and ambitions of customers, on the promise of ICP to continue the development pathway and achieve leadership in providing services.