DNRD to remain open during holidays

Abu Dhabi: Work will proceed as usual in the morning shifts at the Departments of Naturalisation and Residency nationwide, which will receive customers this coming Sunday and Thursday.

Brigadier Nasser Al Menhali, Acting Director General of Naturalisation and Residency said that the department will offer its services on the days that mark the first of Muharram 1430H and January 1, 2009.

Both days were announced by the Civil Service Bureau (SCB) as public holidays to mark the beginning of the new Hijri year of 1430 and New Year's Day 2009 respectively.