‘Abide by UAE visit visa rules or risk being sent home’, Pakistan envoy urges citizens

By Desmond Nleya

Pakistan Ambassador, Faisal Niaz Tirmizi, has warned its citizens not to travel to the UAE on visit visas without the required documentation, or they risk being sent back home while also emphasizing that there is no visa ban on Pakistanis but all visitors must have sufficient funds to cover their stay in the UAE.

The envoy further cautioned Pakistanis against travelling on tourist permits with the intention of seeking employment, without having concrete job offers in place.

The alert follows a rise in cases of Pakistani workers declined entry at UAE airports due to insufficient documents over the past eight months.