ABU DHABI — Emirates Identity Authority (EIDA) on Sunday announced the launch of the New Registration Strategy (NRS), which will make it easier for nationals and expatriates to register with the body.
Dr. Eng. Ali Mohamed Al Khuri, Deputy Chairman of the Senior Management Committee at EIDA, said the body, as part of its strategy, is set to establish registration centres near the centres of preventive medicine, coordinate with schools and universities, and register workers at their homes
Procedures at registration centres are expected to be speeded up from 20 minutes to 8-10 minutes. Each registration centre will now be able to process 8,000 applicants per day, which will eventually reach 12,000. This can translate to two million per annum.
The strategy will be implemented from April. He said applicants can finalise most of the registration procedures, including completing data in the registration form, payment of transaction fees and scanning of main documents at printing centres.
These printing offices will also scan photos of children below 15-years. For those over 15, an appointment will have to be made, after which the applicant will go to an EIDA centre. Data will be transferred electronically from the printing offices to the auditing office affiliated to EIDA.
This office will verify the data filled in at the printing centers and compare it with existing data on the systems of the Ministry of Interior. All registration centres affiliated to EIDA as well as mobile registration stations will be transformed into hubs for taking photos and fingerprints only.
In the second phase, the system will network with the procedures followed by the Ministry of Interior for visa issuance and renewal. He noted that such a mechanism will enable EIDA complete the registration of all residents in the UAE within three years, which is the maximum period of residence.
The third phase envisages registration of workers at their places of work or residence. He explained that the Board of Directors has approved the purchase of 200 additional registration for this purpose.
Registration devices affiliated to EIDA will be located near centres of preventive medicine. Various workshops were held with the Ministries of Interior and Labour and Preventive Medicine Department for merging the current registration form into one standard form. The new electronic form will include a mechanism for collecting fees from the printing office. After that, fees shall be transferred to the beneficiary authorities through an electronic system of clearance.
The registration form will contain data related to the Department of Naturalization & Residence; Ministry of Labor; Preventive Medicine Department and the Population Register & Identity Card System. EIDA will also establish a bigger centre for registering the population in Abu Dhabi City.
Dr. Eng. Ali Mohamed Al Khuri, said the NRS follows directions by Lieutenant General Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior and Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors. —
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