Here’s what the UAE confirmed about granting visas to the Lebanese

The Emirati authorities confirmed that they had stopped granting visas to enter their territories, and the decision included stop working and visit visas for those who are outside the country and are citizens of 13 countries, including 8 Arab countries, which are Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Yemen, and Somalia, as well as Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan, Kenya, and Pakistan.

And as reported by the Emirates News Agency, the Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates, Abdullah bin Zayed, said: “The restrictions imposed on some visas are” temporary “due to the outbreak of the Covid pandemic. -19.

This came during Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s visit to the United Arab Emirates, where bin Zayed said: “Your country welcomes the Pakistani community as more than one and a half million people of the Pakistani community enjoy safety, security and stability in their second country, the United Arab Emirates. “

Bin Zayed emphasized that “the restrictions imposed on some visas are temporary due to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.”
And at the end of last November, the Reuters news agency reported a document issued by the business complex owned by the United Arab Emirates, confirming that citizens of 13 countries were prevented from entering their lands and that visas were being frozen.

According to the document, applications for work or visit visas are pending for those who are outside the country and are citizens of 13 countries, including: Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya and Yemen, in addition to Somalia, Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan, Kenya and Pakistan.

It had previously included the name of the state of Algeria among those countries, but the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs quickly denied this information and issued a statement saying: “Some foreign media and social networking sites have promoted news claiming that the Algeria’s name was included in a document issued by an official body of the United Arab Emirates. The United States prohibits Algerians from obtaining entry visas to the Emirates, along with citizens of other countries.

According to Algerian newspapers, “the UAE’s justification for freezing the granting of visas to Algerians, due to the Corona virus, is” unconvincing “, given that contagion rates in Algeria are very weak, in comparison with the Emirates, which registered 1,077 cases on Monday, bringing the total number of infections to more than 194 thousand injuries, while the total number of injuries in Algeria reached only 95,000, with a large difference between the population.