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EIDA issued a reprieve yesterday, saying fines won't be imposed on expatriates who fail to get the ID card before the end of December |
Expatriate professionals in the UAE capital city, Abu Dhabi, can keep on registering for their identity cards even after the deadline of December 31, according to the sources.
The Emirates Identity Authority issued a reprieve, saying fines won't be imposed on expatriate professionals who fail to get the ID card before the end of December. "Although we don't extend the deadline for the professionals, we will be ready to continue their registration even after the deadline but at the cost of certain inconveniences," said Darwish Ahmad Al Zarouni, Director General of Emirates Identity Authority (EIDA).
"But for UAE Nationals, no services shall be provided without the ID from January 1, 2009 as per law," he said. The reprieve isn't an extension of the deadline because EIDA will open the registration for another category of expatriates from January 1 as per plan.
