{"id":4072,"date":"2016-12-20T00:39:07","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T00:39:07","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-12-20T00:39:07","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T00:39:07","slug":"citizenship-to-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/news\/citizenship-to-children\/","title":{"rendered":"97 Children Have Just Been Given Emirati Citizenship"},"content":{"rendered":"
This month will be pretty special for some\u00a0part-Emirati families.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0UAE Ministry of Interior\u00a0confirmed that\u00a097 children, born to Emirati mothers and non-Emirati fathers, were\u00a0finally naturalized at a celebration organised by\u00a0the UAE\u2019s General Administration for Citizenship.<\/p>\n
This was done following a\u00a0decree from UAE\u2019s President His Highness\u00a0Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahyan.<\/p>\n
According to reports on\u00a0Emarat Al-Youm, the\u00a0UAE Ministry of Interior said\u00a0the 97 met all requirements\u00a0for citizenship to be granted.<\/p>\n
Congratulations to the families!<\/p>\n
Image credit:\u00a0eq_dubai<\/a> and\u00a0lamittafrangieh<\/a><\/p>\nRead:\u00a0And It\u2019s Another Guinness World Record For Dubai<\/a>.<\/h5>\n