DNRD chief rubbishes visa cancellation rumours

THE TRUTH: Major General Mohammed Al-Marri has dismissed rumours of mass visa cancellations. (ITP Images)

The boss of the Dubai Naturalisation and Residency Department (DNRD) has described as “nonsense” claims of mass visa cancellations and thousands of cars being abandoned at Dubai Airport.

In an exclusive interview with Arabian Business magazine to be published on Sunday, Major General Mohammed Ahmed Al-Marri said that other countries were “jealous” of the success of the emirate.

“When you are successful, people never focus on your success. That is human nature. They look for the mistakes and try and find problems.

"Everyone in the world wants to know how Dubai has become so pretty, so they can copy our ideas. But it is not easy to copy, and this is the problem. So they become jealous and they write what is complete nonsense,” he added.

The Major General also rubbished rumours that some residents were being stopped from leaving Dubai because of bank debts or holding only one way travel tickets.

He said: “People are saying that there is a list of wanted people by the banks. That is not true, absolutely not true. Life is normal, there is no change at all. Do you think we can just stop people at the airport without and order from the court? Or that we want to?

"Of course not, it is rubbish. And then they claim that if you are leaving Dubai with a one way ticket you will be stopped and quizzed. Rubbish. Nonsense. We have no idea at immigration whether you bought a one way ticket or return ticket, it is meaningless.”

Read the full interview with Major General Al-Marri online on Sunday.

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