UAE announces citizenship for expats

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In a historic move, the UAE on Saturday announced major changes to the citizenship law, to allow for the naturalisation of foreign investors, doctors, scientists, artists and talented people and their families.  Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3j1lwTf  Subscribe to Gulf News on YouTube and watch more of our videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/GulfNewsTV  See more videos at https://gulfnews.com/videos Read more Gulf News stories here: https://bit.ly/2HLJ2km  #UAEnews #citizenship #UnitedArabEmirates

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00:00In a historic move, the UAE announced major changes to the citizenship law to allow for

00:08the naturalization of foreign investors, doctors, scientists, artists, and talented people and

00:15their families.

00:16The decision to give people with exceptional talents the Emirati citizenship aims to embrace

00:22them as members of the UAE society, ensure the social stability of these people in the

00:27country, and boost the overall national development process.

00:32The decision was approved by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and

00:36Prime Minister of the UAE and ruler of Dubai.

00:41The decision specifies the categories of people who can be granted citizenship under certain

00:47conditions.

00:48In addition to granting citizenship to the families, the spouse and children of this

00:52specialized and skilled segment, the law allows for them to also keep their current

00:57citizenship, which is a major change to the previous rule that doesn't allow for dual

01:02citizenship.

01:03To read the specific terms of the new law, as well as more detailed information on this

01:08story, log on to gulfnews.com.

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