Document #1062675
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
According to a consular officer at the
Embassy of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in New York, the wife of
a Palestinian worker has the right to reside with her husband in
the UAE provided she has a visa, but she cannot stay in the country
without one (22 Jan. 1993). The usual procedure is that the working
husband applies for an entrance visa, for his wife, which is valid
for one month (Ibid.). The nationality of the employee's
wife does not matter; she should be able to obtain this visa
without difficulties (Ibid.). Once in the country, the
employee's wife applies for a residence visa, which is issued for
the same length of time as the employed husband's contract
(Ibid.). When she obtains this residence visa, the
employee's wife can travel in and out of the UAE, but she cannot be
out of the country for more than six months or her residence visa
will automatically expire (Ibid.).
Additional or corroborating information is
currently unavailable to the DIRB in Ottawa.
Embassy of the United Arab Emirates, New
York. 22 January 1993. Telephone interview with consular
officer.