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UAE mulls single cards for residents in 2010

Posted on Sunday, 11th October 2009

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DUBAI - The UAE is set to unburden residents from too much paperwork by merging applications for residency permits, labour cards and national IDs into a single card in July next year, local daily the National reported on Tuesday.
 
In a country where foreign workers outnumber local citizens, new residents have to prepare loads of documents as they settle in their jobs and homes.
 
“There are too many hurdles for people to go through when they come and settle in the country,” Ali al-Khouri, acting director of the Emirates Identity Authority, was quoted as saying by the newspaper...[Read full story]

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