This contrasts with Emirati men married to foreign women, who can pass on citizenship to their children with ease. Given the fairly high divorce rates among nationals, a drop in the birth rate, and increasingly smaller family sizes, the preservation of social cohesion and family stability is a priority for the UAE government.
Another concern about the citizenship initiative is that because the UAE offers very generous welfare services and social benefits to Emiratis, increasing the number of citizens might financially burden the system. Experiences from other countries teach us that the inclusion of residents with resources and human capital does not burden the welfare system. Though UAE citizenship is now attainable for expatriates, not everyone will be considered eligible, and the process will be difficult even for the elite group of wealthy investors, scientists, engineers, and artists targeted in the initiative.
Meeting the eligibility requirements does not automatically assure the granting of Emirati nationality, and the final decision rests exclusively with the central government. Unlike other countries, where specialized lawyers assist private individuals through the naturalization process, there are no lawyers in the UAE that work on citizenship acquisition. The absolute discretion of the ruler in granting citizenship seems to reaffirm the general view held by Gulf Cooperation Council governments, that citizenship is a concession unilaterally made by the monarch to his subjects.
The UAE citizenship reform is therefore less revolutionary than it might seem at first glance. UAE officials are bound to face major challenges in balancing the need to attract expatriates to drive development and economic diversification with the preservation of the elevated and exclusive status of Emirati nationals, who strongly oppose any downward revision.
The views expressed in this piece are their own. Is it unthinkable that GCC nations could consider a path to citizenship for foreign nationals? But citizenship would enable a permanent stake in the country, expanding the population of willing investors. Investors desiring citizenship are required to own property in the UAE, for example. Shai Zamanian, a U.
UAE citizens currently receive very attractive advantages: a high tax-free income; subsidized education, health care and fuel; incentive packages for buying houses and land; and pensions and retirement benefits from the age of But "it may be unsustainable to provide the same level of benefits for newly naturalized citizens as well," Zamanian said.
Some of the complexity, the lawyer added — details of which are yet to be outlined — "lies ultimately with what benefits the newly naturalized citizen could avail. Skip Navigation. They explored ways to enhance cooperation and support the cultural movement in the emirate UAE 19 hours ago.
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