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More than 1,000 people to receive UAE citizenship
A total of 1,117 people born to Emirati women married to non-UAE nationals will get citizenship after reaching the age of 18
- WAM
- Published: 15:48 January 31, 2012
- Image Credit: Supplied
- An artist’s impression of the balloon designed after the UAE flag to mark the country’s 40th National Day. A total of 1,117 people born to Emirati women married to non-UAE nationals have been approved to receive the UAE citizenship
Abu Dhabi: A total of 1,117 people born to Emirati women married to non-UAE nationals have been approved to receive the UAE citizenship.
The approval was made by the committee charged with implementing the President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan's directives regarding granting citizenship to those born to Emirati women.
The names of the 1,117 people were approved after the committee reviewed the lists of names provided by the Ministry of Interior.
The beneficiaries were found to have met the conditions set by the committee, according to legal procedures. They will receive the citizenship after they reach the age of 18.
The committee approved the lists, and submitted them to Shaikh Khalifa for issuance of decrees granting the eligible people the Emirati citizenship.
The committee had previously tasked the Ministry of Interior with collecting the names of people born to Emirati women married to non-UAE nationals and putting together the final lists of names, which would then be submitted to the Ministry of Presidential Affairs and then to Shaikh Khalifa.
It is worth noting that during its previous meeting, the committee ordered treating children born to Emirati women as UAE citizens in the field of Education, health services, and presenting them with an opportunity to participate in all sports activities.
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