Decision takes
into consideration the conditions of workers and helps them avoid delay
fees
3.3 million registration and renewal transactions have been received
by the Emirates ID since the beginning of 2012
Emirates ID has announced
registration of 90 per cent of Dubai population
The Emirates Identity authority has announced the extension of
the deadline for registering Dubai population in the ID card for one extra month
after taking into consideration the conditions of the emirate’s workers who have
not been able to register yet so as to help them avoid delay fees.
The Emirates ID unveiled that it received 3.3 million transactions for
issuing ID cards over the first five months of 2012 including one million (new
and renewal) forms that were filled out in May, this being the highest number of
forms received by the Emirates ID in one month since registration started in
2005.
The Emirates ID said it decided to extend the deadline for registering the ID
card for the holders of residences issued in Dubai for one month up to June 30,
noting that this initiative was in response to the calls received through its
website and its pages on the social networking sites and through the mass
media.
The Emirates ID added that the deadline was extended despite its success in
registering around 90 per cent of Dubai population as part of the registration
deadline for the residents in the emirate which was over the day before
yesterday. The Emirates ID said its affiliated centers did not witness any
abnormal crowds, attributing the crowds witnessed by the Dubai-based typing
centers in the last week of the deadline to the culture of “waiting till the
last minute.”
The Emirates ID clarified that the majority of the remaining section of Dubai
population who had not been able yet to register in the ID card belongs to the
category of workers, noting that the one month extension of the deadline took
into consideration the conditions of this category and was aimed at helping it
avoid delay fees.
Source
EID.GOV.AE
