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DUBAI: Concerned over high costs being borne by Indian overstayers to avail a current two-month amnesty to leave the country, the Indian government has said it will a bear a part of the fee for those seeking emergency travel certificates.

Indian amnesty seekers will have to spend Dh69, which includes the Dh9 service fee

Abu Dhabi: After a two-day break, Indian amnesty seekers applying for an emergency certificate (outpass) from Indian diplomatic missions can start submitting applications from Wednesday.

Abu Dhabi: The number of Bangladeshi illegal workers seeking amnesty under the current scheme is expected to reduce by 50 per cent thanks to welfare measures taken by the UAE Government, a Bangladeshi diplomat told Gulf News yesterday.

ABU DHABI // The Bangladeshi embassy is getting ready to make special checks on amnesty seekers in the UAE who do not have any identification documents.

ABU DHABI // Recruitment agencies who provide Filipino domestic staff to employers for less than the minimum wage of US$400 (Dh1,470) a month face being suspended or blacklisted.

DUBAI // UAE residents are expected to apply for visas to live and work in Canada now that a six-month ban on immigration has been lifted.

Yesterday the Indonesian took steps to remedy that situation.