The UAE Citizenship Grants Have Kicked Off Only 51 Days After The Law Amendments
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HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, and ruler of the Emirate of Dubai took to Twitter to announce some BIG news on some UAE citizenship laws.
Ruler of Dubai announced the law amendments that grant UAE citizenship to non-Emiratis on January 30, 2021
We adopted law amendments that allow granting the UAE citizenship to investors, specialized talents & professionals including scientists, doctors, engineers, artists, authors and their families. The new directives aim to attract talents that contribute to our development journey.
— HH Sheikh Mohammed (@HHShkMohd) January 30, 2021
51 days after the announcement, the first citizenship grants were made!
You’re probably wondering ‘what does it take to be granted the citizenship of the UAE?‘ And if you’re thinking you’ll need to sacrifice your own own citizenship, you’d be wrong. Back to eligibility.
HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum stated that the reason for this law amendment was to attract talents that will contribute to the development journey of the UAE.
The following categories qualify for the dual citizenship:
⚡️ 51 days later, the first 🇦🇪 UAE citizenship grants have quietly kicked off https://t.co/pJv6HOeaIl pic.twitter.com/vmDvCW023F
— Omar Kassim (@okassim) March 22, 2021