Sharjah: A new branch of the Emirates Identity Authority was opened in Sharjah on Monday.
Up to 60,000 people have already registered with the new branch over the last 70 days, even before its official inauguration.
Lieutenant General Shaikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior and Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Emirates Identity Authority, opened the new branch.
Shaikh Saif was accompanied by Major General Hamid Mohammad Hudaidi, Commander-in-Chief of Sharjah Police, Major General Ahmad Nasser Al Raisi, Director General of Central Operations at Abu Dhabi Police and President of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Emirates Identity Authority and Dr Ali Mohammad Al Khoury, Director General of Emirates Identity Authority.
Dr Al Khoury pointed out: "Since the centre started its trial phase on September 27 last year, we have received more than 60,000 people.
"Within 70 working days, the average [daily] rate of registration is 877, while the highest enrolment at the centre one any one day was 1,350, which means one person was registered every 5 minutes."
The new registration centre is located in the Al Rahmaniya area in a new two-storey building, located after Sharjah University City and built at a cost of approximately Dh22 million.
Latest equipment
The building is equipped with latest equipment to provide services with the highest level of professionalism.
The new registration centre is the largest one in Sharjah and has been designed to accommodate 26 registration queues, manned by 16 men and 10 women employees.
Officials at the centre pointed out that the centre is equipped to handle more than 2,600 people a day.
However, at present, there are 11 men and 6 women employees working at the service counters.
In order to ensure best quality service to residents, the centre has been equipped to handle people with special needs and houses a mosque, a library and a coffee shop within its premises.
The centre is located near the intersection of bridge No 6 and is open from 7am-8pm on working days.
