Dubai visa department information updated with news of a name change from DNRD (Department of Naturalisation and Residency Dubai) to Dubai General Department for Residency and Foreigners Affairs (acronym unknown - DGDRFA? GDR Dubai?) according to a report in the Gulf News from 01 November 2009 of comments from Mohammed Ahmed Al Marri, Director General at the DNRD. Confirmation not found anywhere else and the DNRD website still has the DNRD name. Naturalisation and Passport related activities will be separated to a new section. Other UAE visa offices will also be renamed.
- Major General Mohammad Ahmad Al Merri, Director-General of Dubai General Department for Residency and Foreigners Affairs, said that upon the directions of the Ministry of Interior and taking effect from this week the Dubai Naturalisation and Residency Department’s name has been changed to the Dubai General Department for Residency and Foreigners Affairs.
- Major General Nasser Al Awadi Al Menhali, Acting Deputy Assistant at the Ministry of Interior for Naturalisation, Residency and Borders, told Gulf News the names of residency departments have had some changes as each department will no longer be called the naturalisation and residency department rather it will be the General Department for Residency and Foreigners Affairs. Naturalisation departments are separate departments and no longer part of the residency departments. Passport control, which used to be part of the residency departments has also been separated from the residency departments, he said.