ICA approval not needed: How UAE residents can now return

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August 12, 2020

Dubai, Aug 12: Returning UAE residents are being advised to update their personal details on the Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship (ICA) website in order to facilitate smooth travel back into the country.

The National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority (NCEMA) on Wednesday asked returning residents to visit uaeentry.ica.gov.ae and input their details - such as Emirates ID number, passport number, passport type and nationality - in order to verify the validity of their data and travel documents.

However, it also noted that the procedure for updating travellers' data is optional - and for those who wish to ensure that it is connected to the approval permit that was previously granted.

The welcome announcement heralds the second phase of the 'Residents Return Programme', through which residents will no longer require an entry permit. Instead, they will automatically be granted pre-approval without the need to submit an application.

Returning UAE residents are being advised to update their personal details on the Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship (ICA) website in order to facilitate smooth travel back into the country.

However, it also noted that the procedure for updating travellers' data is optional - and for those who wish to ensure that it is connected to the approval permit that was previously granted.

Expatriate residents stranded abroad will no longer need entry permits issued by the ICA to enter the UAE.

As reported by Khaleej Times, starting today (August 12), expatriate residents stranded abroad will no longer need entry permits issued by the ICA to enter the UAE.

Returning residents will still need to submit a negative Covid-19 test certificate from accredited facilities that is no more than 96 hours old to air carriers in order to travel.

All precautionary and preventive measures will also need to be followed, including adherence to approved quarantine periods as well as downloading the Al Hosn app to ensure public safety.

Returning residents will still need to submit a negative Covid-19 test certificate from accredited facilities that is no more than 96 hours old to air carriers in order to travel.

All precautionary and preventive measures will also need to be followed, including adherence to approved quarantine periods as well as downloading the Al Hosn app to ensure public safety.

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Please check every one is become green now.

Good morning sir. Sir I have Abu Dhabi resident visa red status on ica. Sir i need green tick on ica for travel to Abu Dhabi from India. Sir please help my emirates id number 78419872694815_5 and my passport number is T8169388

Sir , i can't give signal. Passport no: N 1753168
EID :784198614625469.
Plz help me

My visa is from Sharjah .due to sad demise of my father . I am stuck in India. Now l would not get the approval .in ICA status show red.please help me.

Sir,

My name is sudheesh kakkarattu kunnummal, i have valued Abudhabi visa but my ICA approval was REd.Can I get green. So I can Traveling to abudhabi.
Thanks
Sudheesh

Sir I need green singnal ica approval Abu dhabi 784198429390655
Indian passport no N8990516

E id no 78419968684720
Passport no R2455352
Sir mera ica red signal bata raha h mera abudhabi visa h me kiya karoon mera help karen

Sir. Iam long time waiting singnal but any time red singnal E I 784196952148607. Pp T1903320 please help me sir

Plez help red approvil issue plez help i am from pakistan.
Id. 784199031602818
Pasport nomber ...QS4123192

Hi heloo this tanveer shaikh still i not get green signal from red my visa has expire on 15july i cant go bcz of pandamic flight suspended my emirates id 784198628694188 and passport no Z2092409 i renew my passport no Z6141525 will green signal or not please help me out in this my sponser is out of country please approve so i can go and renew my visa

Hello sir , i am trying to get green signal but it shows red signal again and again . As i am from india is it essential to have green signal or not ? Please give me reply . Am i eligible to travel from new delhi to abu dhabi ?

i am from INDIA
i have abu dhabi visa
i show the Red signal but sir i have ICA approved letter

I’m from india please approve
I’d:no :784199117109530
Passport no:M2865448

Sir ica red segnal to green segnal Emirates id784199487539035 passport no R7464366 thanks

Respected sir,

My name is sukhjit Singh from India. My visa issued Abu Dhabi. I have completed my covid 19 vaccination from India , sir I wish to come back Abu Dhabi ,but still my ICA status red position. I request you kindly make it from red to green position. My Emirates id# 784199519749719 and passport number k6638565 passport type ordinary.

Sir I request you I visit abhu Dhabi to India enter last month March but show the red signal please help me to green signal my visa expire in february.please check ✅ it.my I'd no is784197426584377passport no is N1481570please help me

Sir I am waiting for long time to getting green signal from ica.l have fully vaccinated from India . please help me sir.passport no T 2195195 .. emirates I'd no . 784198084764699

Sir,
I am holding abudhabi vissa, I have completed covid 19 vaccination
Now I want go to abudhabi,but still my ICA status is red position. I request you kindly make it from red to green positiin.
My EID:784198218150989
Passport :P1672134
Type : Ordinary

Sir I am the resident of Abu Dhabi visa holder.my ICA APPROVEL is red.my I'd number 784198206865382
Passport no.V7728036. I heva last two months of like this pls sir I need to green signal to enter abudhabi pls pls
Thanks..

Respected sir,
My name is Dipu kp from kerala,India.my visa issued Abudabi, I have completed my covid 19 vaccination from India,sir I wish to come back Abudabi ,but still my ICA status red position. I request you kindly make it from Red to Green position my Emirates ID # 784198692720521 and passport number #T1929791 ,passport Type ordinary

Sir

I am waiting for long time to getting green signal from ICA . I have fully vaccinated from India. Please help me sir

Passport No: L 2918324
Emirates ID No: 784196690624034

Dear Sir
I’m getting a red note though everything is clear from my side..
passport number. U0479429
Emirate id 784197248202505
Nationality Indian
Traveling from Maldives

Sir am from India , my visa Abudhabi, my accomodations in Dubai,, my 2 vacation completed, I am coming back my signal show is red signal, I request to you kindly make from red signal to Green, MY DETAILS IS ,, MY EMIRATES ID,,, (
( 784 1973 6874 249 6). My passport number is ( K 3781212 )please help sir for Ica approval green signal

Hi
Im trying get my ICA approval showing RED color past 6 months im trying every 60 days still same and my wife and kids are there in uae and due to i'm the one earning for my family and due to im struck in india and couldn't able to get a GREEN signal to travel back to my family. Please help me to make it in green color as im trying to sent mail in ICA and calling several times from india but there is no response. Your immediate approval will be highly appreciated and im writing down my emirates id and passport number. Kindly check and do the needful.

EID : 784198520473079

Passport no: L6647322

Dear Sir

I went vacation and got struck in india and my family lives in DUBAI and im unable to get green signal every time im trying still the same RED and my family in uae suffering due to financial support and food supplementary. Can any one help me to get back to me in uae it will be very helpful. Bless you all

EID 784198520473079

Pasport no: L6647322

I need green signal, I am waiting for a long time please help me sir

My emirates Id no: 784196690624034
Passport No: L 2918324

I have a valid residence visa

Dear sir,

My name is SUDARSAN JAYACHANDRAN from Tamil Nadu,India. I have completed my vaccination from india, long time my ICA I red kindly help me to get green . my Emirates ID # is 784197776552750 , passport # - T7445534 date of birth
9/4/1977.
Thanks

Sir
My name is gurmeet Singh from punjab My Visa issud abu dhabi UAE Sir i am come back Abu Dhabi my ICA status Red position,i request your Kindly make it from Red to green Position My ID number 784197239270651
.Passport number K0731343 . My Date of birth 15/05/1972

Hello Sir,
I am working in Abu Dhabi from Nepal & already took vaccine ( Johnson & Johnson ) as its approved by UAE Government. But' still my status showing Red Signal not able to book ticket.
I am requesting who is Concern Person' Please make Green signal so i can come..!!Thanks

Emirates id: 784-1993-3790708-5 ( Rajesh Kumar Chaurasiya)
Passport No: 05947499

Thanks..!!

Hello Sir, My self Rajesh Kumar Chaurasiya' from Nepal. I went home for holiday after flight get closed due to covid. I stock there for last 5 month. Now, I'm showing red signal. Airport not allowing until its not turn to Green signal. My Emirates id: 784199337907085 And Passport No: 05947499. Kindly, Plz make it Green signal .Thanks

Respect sir.am waiting for so long time to getting green signal from ica uae I'd 784198506427180 pass port no R3589008

Dear sir.Am waiting for so long time to getting green signal from ica

Sir I need green signal pls
Vaccination completed form Abu Dhabi
I have valid residence visa
UAE I'd no 784197781574062
Pasport no R8206923

Sir I need green signal. My ID no 784197781574062
My passport no R8206923
Pls help me

Good day ,
you can check now it is showing green ,

Did you get green ?

Dear sir,
Am waiting for so long time to getting geen signal from ICA
Passpor No.L7844717
UAE Id 784198606259277
Pls support

Sir ,I’ll like to back in abudhabi but my ica is red note.I’m stay here in Phil 5mothts more .ihave visa residence visa .my pls help me thanks

784199437606843
Pasport m7380581
India

Respected Sir,
I had come to India and had got stuck here due to suspension of flights.. Because of which my visa has expired.. I am student by profession.. My ICA had turned red on 5th of August 2021... Kindly help me out with this situation..
Thank you waiting for a positive response.

Good day SIR/MADAM
MY ICA is red please update

I am holding abu dhabi valid visa I check out from uae in April 2022 so i want to came back
can i get ica approval

Pls .help me sir its been a 4 months now still waiting for my green entry permit for abu dhabi visa .eid no.784197454151362, passport no.p1589826b from philippines,thnks best regards

I want to return permission from ICA.

Assalamalekum Sir
I came to India on 4th of Feb 2021 to see my ailing mother .I booked a ticket for Dubai on 4 th April2021and was detained at the airport as my visa was having a Red signal.since then till today my visa is in the same position .therefore I request u too plz plz help me out to reach UAE as my job seems to be in danger and I'm only one to look after my old mother.Hope u will understand my problem Sir.

Dear sir&madam
We need green signal i want go UAE please help me, please see the below
Passport number, P1067092
UAE ID 784-1985-9484027-8
I'm form India,

Please see the below
My paspor November, P1067062
My UAE ID, 784-1985-9484027-8
I want come in the UAE I'm not get approval, please halef me,

sir iam writing for long time ica approval not green signal I will com retun abudabi
I need a ICA approval plzzz help me sir
MY ID NUMBER.. 784199927403289
PASSPORT NUMBER.. T2660287

Sir it's been 5 months I am trying from January iam not getting green signal pls try it sir I want to return dubai my Id no is 784197160517401 passport no is M0909291

Please please give me ICA green signal to enter UAE
My return date 12 june 2021 . I book ticket already Etihad airways

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UN condemns Israeli regime’s ‘organized torture’ against Palestinians

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November 30,2025

The United Nations Committee against Torture (CAT) has condemned the Israeli regime for enforcing a policy of “organized torture” against Palestinians.

In a report published on Friday, CAT stated that the occupying regime enforces a deliberate policy of “organized and widespread torture and ill-treatment” against Palestinian abductees, particularly since October 7, 2023, when Israel launched its genocidal war on Gaza.

The committee expressed “deep concern over repeated severe beatings, dog attacks, electrocution, water-boarding, use of prolonged stress positions [and] sexual violence” inflicted on Palestinians.

Palestinian prisoners were degraded by “being made to act like animals or being urinated on,” systematically denied medical care, and subjected to excessive restraints, “in some cases resulting in amputation,” the report added.

CAT also condemned the routine application of “unlawful combatants law” to justify the prolonged detention without trial of thousands of Palestinian men, women, and children.

More than 10,000 Palestinians, including women and children, are currently held in Israeli prisons, according to Palestinian and international human rights groups, with 3,474 Palestinians in “administrative detention,” meaning they are imprisoned without trial for indefinite periods.

The report highlighted the “high proportion of children who are currently detained without charge or on remand,” noting that while Israel sets the age of criminal responsibility at 12, even younger children have been abducted.

Children designated as security prisoners face severe restrictions on family contact, may be subjected to solitary confinement, and are denied access to education, in clear violation of international law.

The committee further suggested that Israel’s policies across the Occupied Territories constitute collective torture against the Palestinian population.

“A range of policies adopted by Israel in the course of its continued unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory amounts to cruel, inhuman or degrading living conditions for the Palestinian population,” the report said.

On Thursday, the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas condemned the systematic killing and torture of Palestinian abductees in Israeli prisons, urging international action to halt these abuses.

Citing human rights data, Hamas stated that 94 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli prisons since the start of Tel Aviv’s genocidal war on Gaza.

“This reflects an organized criminal approach that has turned these prisons into direct killing grounds to eliminate our people,” the resistance movement said.

Hamas called on the international community, the UN, and human rights organizations to immediately pressure Israel to end crimes against prisoners and uphold their rights as guaranteed by all international conventions and norms.

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Israeli forces invade southwestern Syria, set up checkpoint in Quneitra

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November 24,2025

Israeli forces have pushed over the Syrian frontier, erecting a checkpoint and stopping vehicles in the southwestern city of Quneitra, in yet another breach of the Arab country’s sovereignty.

The violation took place on Sunday, when the troops made their way across the border, setting up the outpost near the Ain al-Bayda junction in northern Quneitra, Syrian outlets reported.

According to the al-Ikhbariya paper, an Israeli detachment positioned itself at the junction, halting cars and conducting searches.

The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported that three Israeli military vehicles then moved further into the northern countryside, deploying between the town of Jubata al-Khashab and the villages of Ofaniya and Ain al-Bayda. The agency added that a separate Israeli unit mounted a new incursion in the central region, approaching the villages of Umm Batina and al-Ajraf.

Residents said such activities have surged in recent months, pointing to Israeli advances onto farmland, leveling of extensive forested areas, arrests, and spread of mobile checkpoints.

The Israeli regime began markedly increasing its military aggression against Syria last year.

The escalation coincided with increasingly ferocious onslaughts throughout the country by the so-called Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) Takfiri terrorist group, which the government of President Bashar al-Assad had confined to northwestern Syria. The HTS, however, managed to overthrow the government as the Israeli attacks would pummel the country’s civilian and defensive infrastructure.

Various reports have shown that, during the escalation, the regime conducted more than 1,000 airstrikes on the Syrian territory and over 400 ground raids into the south.

Following the collapse of the Assad government, Tel Aviv also widened its grip over the occupied Golan Heights by taking control of a demilitarized buffer zone, in defiance of a 1974 Disengagement Agreement. Earlier this month, senior Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, visited the buffer zone, prompting expressions of alarm on the part of the United Nations.

The United States, the regime’s biggest ally, has, meanwhile, been fraternizing the HTS head Abu Mohammed al-Jolani amid the widely reported prospect of rapprochement with Tel Aviv.

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Syrian Town erupts after Israeli forces enter Beit Jinn; heavy casualties reported

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November 28,2025

Several Syrians were killed and more than two dozen others injured in Israeli strikes on the outskirts of Damascus, amid intensified incursions by the occupying regime since the fall of former president Bashar al-Assad and the rise of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) rule.

Syrian state TV reported that the casualties occurred during an overnight Israeli assault involving helicopters and drones on the town of Beit Jinn in the Damascus countryside. The attack followed an Israeli military unit’s entry into the town, where they were surrounded by local residents, leading to gunfire and direct confrontations.

According to the report, “The occupation army’s helicopters and artillery shelled Beit Jinn, located at the foothills of Mount Hermon, resulting in 13 martyrs and 25 injured civilians.” The broadcaster did not specify the full extent of damage.

Al-Ikhbariyah Syria confirmed that the shelling coincided with Israeli soldiers entering Beit Jinn, while artillery pounded surrounding areas. The broadcaster stated that the escalation began after local residents clashed with an Israeli patrol that had infiltrated the southern town and “kidnapped” three young men.

Following a two-hour exchange of heavy fire, Israeli forces withdrew and repositioned on the hill of Butt al-Warda at the town’s outskirts.

Israeli media acknowledged that six soldiers were wounded in the clashes—three of them seriously—describing the confrontation as a “sudden ambush” that forced the deployment of reserve units and air support to secure an exit route. No further details were provided.

The aggression has fueled renewed displacement from Beit Jinn, with residents fleeing to nearby villages amid increasingly frequent Israeli attacks.

The raid came just a day after Israeli troops carried out another ground incursion into Umm al-Luqas village in Quneitra province. According to SANA, an Israeli unit in four vehicles entered the village, raided several homes, and later withdrew.

Syria condemned the repeated incursions as violations of the 1974 Disengagement Agreement and UN resolutions, urging the international community to enforce compliance and pressure Israel to halt its operations and withdraw fully.

Israel has expanded its attacks across Syrian territory following the collapse of the Assad government last year. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly instructed his forces to push deeper into Syrian territory and seize strategic positions.

Meanwhile, critics say the HTS-led interim government’s inaction and growing normalization gestures toward Israel have emboldened Tel Aviv to intensify its military operations. HTS, formerly linked to al-Qaeda, seized control of Damascus last December, formally ending Assad’s rule.

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