Dec 30
Dubai: Starting next year, the public will be able to apply for all kinds of visas online, a senior official from the Dubai Naturalisation and Residency Department (DNRD) said.
Until now, the facility was restricted to registered companies.
Lieutenant Colonel Nasir Khalid Al Marzouqi, assistant director for the IT department at DNRD, said applications for online visas will be opened to the public next year.
He said all online visa applications must be accompanied by photos of the applicants.
Dec 13
Dubai justice officials are to meet on Monday with representatives of a well-known Filipino rock guitarist arrested for marijuana possession on his way to a sell-out show in the emirate.
Led Zeppelin Tuyay (pictured right), the guitarist of rock band, Kamikazee, was arrested at Dubai International Airport after the band’s arrival in Dubai last Thursday, for the “Rakrakan Fest”, which drew 16,000 people to Festival City to hear some of the Philippines’ biggest bands.
Tuyay missed the show but his band members played on without him along with other Filipino bands Bamboo, Pupil, and veteran rockers The Dawn.
Tuyay could face jail and deportation from the UAE if found guilty of drug possession.
Band manager, Richard Tan, told 7DAYS that there is no indication yet of when Tuyay will make a court appearance.
Tan said Tuyay is holding up “pretty well”.
“Its difficult because of Eid, we have not been able to reach anybody to find out about his case,” he said.
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