UAE Shuts Down Reports of ‘Lifetime Visas’

Recent reports stated Indian and Bangladeshi citizens can receive a “lifetime” visa for the UAE. It sounded too good to be true, and it was.

The UAE government has shut down reports that the country is offering lifetime visas and allowing offices overseas to process golden visa applications from outside the UAE.

The clarification came shortly after visa and immigration services company, VFS Global, released a statement on July 7 stating that it had opened UAE golden visa “advisory offices” in Bangladesh and India, in partnership with another immigration services company called Rayad Group.

The release linked to a website for applying to its services from India and Bangladesh, which has since been removed. Skift could not reach anyone on the helpline number provided for the service.

Rayad Group and VFS Global did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The UAE’s Federal Authority for Identity