{"id":108959,"date":"2021-02-17T14:20:23","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T14:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=108959"},"modified":"2021-02-17T14:20:24","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T14:20:24","slug":"uae-issued-new-citizenship-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/uae-issued-new-citizenship-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE issued new citizenship policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question : Recently, the Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced the grant of citizenship to foreign nationals. Consider the following statements.<br>(i) Foreign nationals who have obtained UAE citizenship will lose citizenship of their country.<br>(ii) UAE Cabinet \u201aLocal Emiri courts and Executive Councils will nominate those eligible for citizenship under the criteria set for each category.<br>(iii) Citizenship will also be granted to their families along with eligible foreign nationals.<br>(iv) The UAE government extended its Golden Visa system in November 2020 to allow some professionals and special degree holders and others to stay in the Gulf country for 10 years.<br>Which of the statements given above is \/ are correct?<br><\/strong>(a) (i) and (ii) only<br>(b) Only (ii) and (iii)<br>(c) Only (i) and (iv)<br>(d) Only (ii), (iii) and (iv)<br><strong>Answer &#8211; (d)<br>Related facts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The United Arab Emirates has recently adopted amendments that would allow the Gulf state to grant citizenship to investors and other professionals including scientists, doctors and their families.<\/li><li>It is notable that Foreigners in the UAE usually have renewable visas valid for only a few years tied to employment.<\/li><li>An oil and gas producer, the UAE\u2019s economy has been hit by the coronavirus pandemic and low oil prices, prompting tens of thousands of expatriates to leave.<\/li><li>Highlights of the amendments<\/li><li>UAE Cabinet \u201aLocal Emiri courts and Executive Councils will nominate those eligible for citizenship under the criteria set for each category.<\/li><li>Citizenship will also be granted to their families along with eligible foreign nationals.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By &#8211; Pankaj Pandey<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Link:<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/international\/uae\/uae-adopts-amendments-to-grant-citizenship-to-investors-and-other-professionals\/articleshow\/80600064.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/international\/uae\/uae-adopts-amendments-to-grant-citizenship-to-investors-and-other-professionals\/articleshow\/80600064.cms<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question : Recently, the Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced the grant of citizenship to foreign nationals. Consider the following statements.(i) Foreign nationals who have obtained UAE citizenship will lose citizenship of their country.(ii) UAE Cabinet \u201aLocal Emiri courts and Executive Councils will nominate those eligible for citizenship under the criteria set [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":108960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1087],"tags":[7430],"class_list":["post-108959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-intne","tag-international___en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108959"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108961,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108959\/revisions\/108961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}