The increase, according to a typing center employee, is for Emirates ID, visitor, and resident visas.
Travel and typing center agents have informed that there has been an increase in the cost of issuing Emirates ID and visas in the UAE. Its prices have increased by Dh100, according to a customer service representative at the Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Ports Security (ICP).
The agent said that “all” ICP services are subject to the pricing rise.
The charge hike, according to a typing center employee, is for Emirates ID as well as visitation and resident permits. Emirates ID now costs Dh370 rather than Dh270, and a one-month visit visa now costs Dh370 rather than Dh270.
According to travel agents, there haven’t been any modifications to visit visas issued from Dubai. Bharath Aidasani, managing partner of Pluto Travels, stated, “We applied for a few visit visas in Dubai today and have not observed any changes yet.
The adjustments to the ICA e-channel fees have been confirmed by Robin Pathrose, operations manager of Kingsland Travel and Tourism LLC. Since yesterday, they have increased. The additional Dh100 price is charged for all e-channel services as well as 30- and 60-day tourist permits.
Rooh Tourism’s marketing director, Deepak Kaushik, stated: “The travel aggregator will determine the agent costs for a 60-day tourist visa. For various visa kinds and services, there are specified service costs.
He was alluding to the extra fees that the agents would levy on top of the overall government service prices.
This is the most current in a series of recent modifications to the visa and residency system. Visitor visas can no longer be extended inside the UAE; instead, holders must leave the nation and return with a new visa. Additionally, the ICP recently increased the penalty for overstaying a visa in the nation to Dh50. Overstaying visitors and tourists will now be charged Dh50 per day rather than Dh100. Overstayers on residence visas would be charged Dh50 per day rather than Dh25.
The largest entry and residency reforms in UAE history took effect last year. A greatly expanded Golden Visa program, a new five-year Green residency, a tourist visa with multiple entries, and entrance permits for job searching were among the improvements.