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29 March 2024

Dh20-a-day fine one month after ID expiry

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Residents who fail to renew ID cards within one month after expiry will be fined Dh20 per day, according to Emirates Identity Authority (Eida).

Arabic daily 'Emarat Al Youm' reported that residents with expired cards beyond 30 days will be fined a maximum of Dh1,000. All residents, expect children under 15 years of age, must renew cards within a month.The fine will not be calculated on the remaining years of residence visa, the authority clarified. Applicants have complained that some typing offices have been charging fees proportionate to the remaining years of residence visas.

Dr Ali Mohammad Khouri, Director-General, Eida, urged residents not to delay renewals. In order to speeden up the procees, he said, typing offices have been equipped adequately and residents need not approach registration centres for the same. Documents required for renewals are the same as required for registration process, he added.

Eida statistics reveal about 200,000 cards expired last year and about four million people have registered themselves in the population register as well as applied for ID cards.

Meanwhile, Eida delivered more than one-and-a-half million ID cards in the past six months out of the 1,780,000 million cards handed over to delivery companies during the same period.

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