The United Arab Emirates (UAE)
has ordered Nigerians with expired visas to leave the country before August 17.
In a statement on Tuesday, the
Nigerian embassy in Abu Dhabi said UAE has granted waivers on fines and
penalties on visas that expired before March 1.
The embassy urged affected
citizens to submit their papers for emigration processing.
It said Nigerians are advised to
join the evacuation flights arranged from the country before the deadline.
“The Embassy wishes to inform
that the government of the United Arab Emirates has granted waivers on
fines/penalties on visas that expired before 1st March 2020 to leave the
country on or before 17th of August, 2020,”
the statement read.
“Consequently, the Embassy is
urging fellow Nigerians living in the UAE to avail themselves of this
opportunity to return home with the impending Air Peace evacuation flight
scheduled for 1st August, 2020, and or subsequent Emirates evacuation flights
before the expiration of the grace period.
“Accordingly, affected Nigerian
nationals who are willing to return home are kindly requested to submit their
names and passport numbers to the Embassy and or the Consulate for onward
transmission to the UAE authorities in order to obtain the necessary
clearance.”
The development in the UAE is
unconnected to the negative reports about Nigerians in the country.
In June, some Nigerians including
Abass Ramon, popularly known as Hushpuppi, internet celebrity, were arrested by
the Dubai Police for fraud.
Hushpuppi is currently being
prosecuted in the US.
The UAE authorities had earlier
excluded Nigeria from a list of countries permitted to fly into the Emirates.
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