UAE suspends issuing visas to citizens of 13 countries. Why?

13 the national visa was suspended for security reasons. Recently, according to UAE media reports, due to security issues, the UAE has suspended the issuance of temporary visas to citizens of Pakistan, Afghanistan and other countries. According to an internal document of a state-owned enterprise in the UAE, the UAE suspended visa applications from 13 Muslim countries, including Turkey, Somalia and Syria. At present, this document has been distributed to companies in the UAE. Some media also said that the effective date of this document is165438+1the end of October, which means that the UAE will officially suspend visa applications from these 13 countries in the near future.

However, although the document has flowed out, the UAE government has not responded to this matter. Moreover, it is rumored that the ban on visa applications is not limited to these 13 countries, but also includes Libya and Yemen. It is not clear how the restraining order will be implemented. Some UAE officials said that the visa ban may last for a long time. At present, the foreign ministries of Pakistan and Islamabad have confirmed that the UAE has stopped issuing new visas to its citizens. A spokesman in Islamabad said that it is still communicating with the UAE about the reasons for the visa suspension, and it is initially suspected that it should be related to the epidemic. Pakistani officials also said that the application for new visas has been suspended, but citizens who have obtained visas can travel to the UAE normally.

In fact, more and more countries around the world have joined the scope of the travel ban. The World Health Organization also said that travel may accelerate the spread of the epidemic, limit or reduce the number of visa applicants, and alleviate the local epidemic pressure.

In addition to limiting the number of visa applicants, the UAE also requires foreign tourists to undergo nucleic acid testing, and the passenger must also be quarantined before the test results come out. It is absolutely not allowed to end the isolation without the test results.