The UAE authorities have announced that effective 5 August 2021, eligible travellers from Nigeria, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Uganda and Nepal will be allowed to travel to/through the UAE.
This is contained in an announcement by Fly Emirates, adding that eligible customers will only be allowed to transit through UAE from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, South Africa, Vietnam and Zambia.
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Meanwhile, stranded UAE residents exempted to return from the six countries have reacted to the development.
Nigerian expatriate Onyekachukwu Nwaobi was happy for his friends who were stranded back home. “It’s a real good news. Now, Nigerian expats who are fully vaccinated can return to the UAE. They just need to show vaccination certificates from official health authorities and they will be good to travel. Some of my friends have been waiting for the opportunity to return,” Nwaobi said.
Raja Amjad Kabir, 39, an operations manager from Pakistan, was delighted that he can now bring his family back to the UAE. “My wife and three sons have been stranded in Islamabad since May, and I was actually considering alternative routes to bring them here. It would have cost me a lot more, but my children were really eager to return. That is why I am really glad to hear about today’s decision to allow certain categories of stranded expatriates to return,” said Kabir.
President of the community support group Chinar Wing — PAD, Kabir himself had planned to travel to Pakistan, but had returned from the airport after hearing about the flight restrictions to UAE.
