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Absconders’ eyes scanned; entry banned for lifetime

ABU DHABI — A total of 3,689 illegal workers and 863 absconders have left the country till yesterday since the three-month amnesty period started, Colonel Nasir Al Awadi Al Menhali, director of Abu Dhabi Naturalisation and Residency Department (ADNRD) told Khaleej Times yesterday.

He said that the ADNRD is ready to meet the rush and work load during the amnesty period that ends on September 2 this year. “We work from 7 am to 10 pm to receive the applications from the illegal workers who want to leave the country,” added Colonel Al Menhali.

The ADNRD receives about 500 applications a day. Hence, all the offices of the concerned departments at the ADNRD work with full staff to meet the rush in the capital.

The ADNRD have taken the eye scan for a total of 863 absconders who came to the department to leave the country during the amnesty period. However, the ADNRD copied their eye scan at the airport to give them a life ban because they had violated the county’s laws for many years and ran away from their employers.

“ADNRD will facilitate all the formalities for the illegals who have had no work permit or have expired visas, and for the absconders they will not enter the UAE again,” said Colonel Al Menhali.

The ADNRD gave the life ban to the absconders in case of the absconding was correct.

Meanwhile, the under secretary of the Ministry of Labour (MoL) Humaid bin Deemas told Khaleej Times that the officials at the MoL call the illegal labourers, employers and companies to come to the ministry and the concerned authorities to regularise the status of the illegal or deporting them.