The UAE authorities began on Sunday imposing fines on individuals with expired visas, after the end of the grace period which was meant to give time to people whose visas expired during the coronavirus related travel restrictions to renew it.The three-month grace period announced by the government on July 10 was targeted towards UAE residents and GCC passport holders inside the country whose visas expired anytime between March 1 and July 11.Visit our dedicated coronavirus site here for all the latest updates.According to the UAE’s immigration fines system, the financial penalty for staying in the country after the expiration of the grace period is as follows:“25 dirhams per day during the first six months, 50 dirhams per day during the second six months, and 100 dirhams per day after passing a year and more.”When the residency visa expires, the Emirates ID of the individual automatically expires as well. There is a grace period of 30 days after the expiry of the ID card. Afterwards, a fine of 20 dirhams per day is incurred, with a maximum limit of 1,000 dirhams.Meanwhile, the grace period for “violators of entry and residency law” has been extended in August for three months from August 18 to November 17. The Federal Authority For Identity and Citizenship (ICA) said it “includes all violators with visas expired before March 1,” and that those individuals will be exempted from all fines and restrictions.Major General Saeed Rakan Al Rashidi, Director General of Foreigners Affairs and Ports at ICA, said in August: “The violators will not be banned from entering the UAE, provided they leave the country.”The COVID-19 global pandemic had left many people stuck abroad amid travel restrictions and unable to get back to their home country or their country of residence. And thousands of expats lost their jobs, and with that their residency visas due to the economic impact of the pandemic.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Read more:Coronavirus: UAE says receiving COVID-19 vaccine does not reduce risk of infectionOver 10 mln, number of coronavirus tests done exceeds population in UAE: OfficialUAE resumes issuing visas to domestic workers, entry permits for government employees
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The Round Up | Oct 11, 2020 – Doha News
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Tel Aviv U. researchers develop antibody cocktail against COVID-19
Lead scientist: ‘Asymptomatic patients may possibly contract disease a second time’
Source: Jerusalem Post
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UNIFIL hit with new cluster of COVID-19 cases
A cluster of coronavirus infections hit the United Nations Interim Force in south Lebanon over the weekend, with 39 peacekeepers testing positive for the disease that has now infected more than 50,000 people in the country..
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88% of Israelis support reopening small businesses now – activist group
"We are being fooled!"
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New elections would kill gradual lockdown exit – analysis
But we’ve been there before. On May 4, some six weeks after the first lockdown, Netanyahu outlined a gradual easing of lockdown restrictions.
Source: Jerusalem Post
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Over-reliance on Zahavi an issue for Israel
Star striker misses penalty kick against Scotland as blue-and-white eliminated from European Championship contention.
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Can Netanyahu lose to Bennett?
Bennett came within spitting distance of Netanyahu last week, when a Channel 12 poll showed that the difference between the two men stood at only three mandates.
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Algerian activist gets 10 years in prison for 'inciting atheism'
Yacine Mebarki was also fined 10 million Algerian dinars ($77,400) after police found a Quran with a missing page in his home.
Source: Al Monitor
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‘A slap in the face’: 9/11 families say US-Sudan deal would torpedo two-decade lawsuit
The Trump administration has quietly reached an understanding with Sudan that some 9/11 families say puts Washington’s foreign policy objectives ahead of their quest for justice.
Source: Al Monitor
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