Speaking to Gulf News, following media reports about hundreds of people stranded in neighbouring countries after attempting visa runs, Brigadier Nasser Al Awadi Al Minhali, Acting Director-General of the Federal Naturalisation and Residency Department, said: “Those who enter the country on a visit visa cannot get new visas unless the person exits the country and stays out for at least a month.”
“However, this does not mean that a new visit visa is guaranteed to those who exit the country. Each application is studied on a case-by-case basis and then the decision to issue a visa or reject the application will be made,” he said.
“The rule is very clear,” he said, adding that it is applicable to anyone entering the UAE on any of the 16 types of visit visas. This rule applies to all visitors irrespective of the duration of the visit visa, he said.
Meanwhile, the fate of those stranded is still uncertain.
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