UAE Embassy in India launches an app that will help fill out most of the
important details needed when applying for a work
visa. Information about mandatory services such as medical check-up and police
verification, before applying for an employment visa in the UAE, can now be
completed at the touch of a smartphone button.
The UAE Embassy in New Delhi launched a
smartphone application aim to provide consular services and travel advice to
Emiratis visiting India as well as Indian nationals residing in or considering
moving to the UAE.
The app will instruct users on the documents
required for visa application, medical check-up, and police verification processes
to be followed before applying for an employment visa in the UAE from India.
Furthermore, applicants can now complete
medical check-up and police verification in their home country before arriving
in the UAE.
UAE's Ambassador to India, Dr Ahmed Albanna,
revealed to media persons that the mission will now offer various services
electronically, and the new app also conforms to the Digital India Initiative.
He was quoted speaking to IANS: "The app is dedicated to providing
information and the information actually serves both UAE nationals visiting
India and also Indians trying to gather information to visit the UAE and also
those going to work in the UAE."
The app is available for both Android as well
as iOS platforms. Moreover, according to an official Embassy statement, the app
is like a map providing information about key destinations and points along
with proper guidance to help process and resolve issues. The app also provides
address and coordinates to locations of the mission's embassy in New Delhi as
well as the Consulate General's address in Kerala and Mumbai.
A report in the Indian daily Hindustan Times
revealed that the UAE currently has three visa centres in India - Delhi,
Mumbai, and Thiruvananthapuram - and the one in the national capital alone
issued about 50,000 work visas last year. A total of 1.6 million Indians
visited the UAE last year, while Indian visitors to Dubai alone crossed the 1
million mark during January-September 2017.
For UAE nationals, it provides services such as
'Twajudi', a service aimed at helping any national return in case of emergency,
and help in the case of loss of passport, children return document, UAE citizen
presence abroad, escort treatment for medical cases, financial matters
emergencies, etc. "For Indian nationals, the app provides visa and
attestation information to help in bridging the gap information to smoothening
the overall process," Albanna said.
Complete the process in India
The UAE Embassy's Consular section has also
ironed out and simplified the employment visa processes.
A call to the Embassy in Delhi revealed that
processes such as medical check-up, police clearance that was earlier done in
the UAE, can be now completed in India. The new process was embedded with a
pioneering practice known as 'Exporting the Border', in which the applicants
can complete the whole visa issuance process in their home country.
"It enables them to use the smart
e-borders system to access the UAE freely. Also, the UAE has inaugurated
several visa service centres around the
globe, one of them is the New Delhi visa centre and the Consulate General in
Kerala."
Applicants can process their medical and
paperwork through 17 Gulf Approved Medical centres
Association (GAMCA) in India, located in major
Indian cities including, Mangalore, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Lucknow,
Jaipur, Trichy, Kozhikode, Goa, Kolkata etc. Furthermore, there are 114 medical
centres spread across India.
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