{"id":671,"date":"2021-02-01T03:42:49","date_gmt":"2021-01-31T23:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/?p=671"},"modified":"2021-02-21T21:15:25","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T16:45:25","slug":"in-order-to-boost-its-economy-uae-open-citizenship-to-foreigners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/in-order-to-boost-its-economy-uae-open-citizenship-to-foreigners\/","title":{"rendered":"In order to boost its economy, UAE opens citizenship to foreigners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United Arab Emirates (UAE), the first Gulf Arab nation to formalize a mechanism aimed at giving foreign residents a greater stake in the economy.<\/p>\n<p>The UAE aims to give citizenship to a select group of foreigners.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum said:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The new directives aim to attract talents that contribute to our journey of development.&#8221;<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The UAE cabinet, local Emiri courts &amp; executive councils will nominate those eligible for the citizenship under clear criteria set for each category. The law allows receivers of the UAE passport to keep their existing citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; HH Sheikh Mohammed (@HHShkMohd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HHShkMohd\/status\/1355426283505770498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We adopted law amendments that allow granting the UAE citizenship to investors, specialized talents &amp; professionals including scientists, doctors, engineers, artists, authors and their families. The new directives aim to attract talents that contribute to our development journey.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; HH Sheikh Mohammed (@HHShkMohd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HHShkMohd\/status\/1355426127951572994?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>However, the reforms would enable selected investors and professionals.<\/p>\n<p>This will include scientists, doctors, engineers, artists, authors and their families, to be granted citizenship by the UAE.<\/p>\n<p>Those eligible for citizenship will be nominated by the UAE cabinet, local courts and executive councils.<\/p>\n<p>Although, conditions will be set for each category, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation would also allow UAE passport recipients to retain their current citizenship.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The requirements that must be met to obtain citizenship are, according to a statement released by the UAE state news agency WAM:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A property in the UAE must be purchased by investors.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Doctors and specialists are expected to specialize in a particular scientific discipline or any other scientific principles which are highly important in the UAE.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Scientists are expected to be an active researcher in a private sector or university or research. center, with practical experience of not less than 10 years in the same field.<\/li>\n<li>Pioneers in the fields of culture and art, and recipients of one or more foreign prizes, should be individuals with artistic abilities, such as intellectuals and musicians.<\/li>\n<li>A letter of recommendation from relevant government agencies is compulsory as well.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>According to the statement, citizenship may be revoked upon violation of the terms.<\/p>\n<p>It was not immediately clear if the full rights and benefits of people born in Emirati would be given to those who would be granted citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Read more on Crenov8;<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/after-last-months-record-breaking-diamond-tender-dmcc-will-host-six-more\/\">After last month\u2019s record-breaking diamond tender, DMCC will host six more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/highlights-from-gitex-2020\/\">Highlights from GITEX 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/49-years-of-the-united-arab-emirates-a-7x7-fact-sheet\/\">49 Years of the United Arab Emirates: A 7\u00d77 Fact Sheet<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Arab Emirates (UAE), the first Gulf Arab nation to formalize a mechanism aimed at giving foreign residents a greater stake in the economy. The UAE aims to give citizenship to a select group of foreigners.\u00a0 Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum said: &#8220;The new directives aim to attract talents that contribute [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[81,3,44],"tags":[250,15,283,217,281,280,282],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.2.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In order to boost its economy, UAE opens citizenship to foreigners Blog In order to boost its economy, UAE opens citizenship to foreigners\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/in-order-to-boost-its-economy-uae-open-citizenship-to-foreigners\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"In order to boost its economy, UAE opens citizenship to foreigners - 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