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Yemenis applaud king’s gesture of extending visit visa

December 18, 2016

Jeddah, Dec 18: The Yemeni government and expatriates living in the Kingdom have thanked Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman for taking measures to correct the status of Yemeni expatriates holding visitor IDs in the Kingdom.

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The General Directorate of Passports announced an extension of the visitor identity cards of Yemeni expatriates for another six months starting Sunday in line with directives of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif, deputy premier and minister of interior.

The current visit visas expire on Monday.

In a statement to Saudi Press Agency, the Passport Department stressed that all arrangements have been completed for online extension of the cards.

The directorate said that there is no need for Yemenis to visit the passport offices personally to extend their ID cards. Instead, they can do it via the Absher service of the Interior Ministry’s portal (www.moi.gov.sa) after making an online payment of SR100 through their bank accounts.

The user must log in to their personal account on Absher on www.moi.gov.sa and type “visitor identity.” The card will be printed and delivered to the user through the Wasel service of Saudi Post.

In case of those who have no postal address, or have not registered their address on Wasel, a link will appear for them to register their address on Absher to receive the card, and for any further details they can connect on gdp.gov.sa@992, the directorate said.

In a statement, Yemeni Vice President Lt. Gen. Ali Mohsen Al-Ahmar appreciated the directives of the king to extend the visitor identity cards to Yemenis as a kind gesture of the Kingdom’s continued support to Yemeni people.

Al-Ahmar said he valued the order and pointed out the attention paid by the Kingdom under the leadership of King Salman to Yemenis who live in the Kingdom.

He praised the efforts of the chief of the Immigration Department and Saudi Arabia to offer the necessary facilities at the branches of the correction centers in the Kingdom, in addition to the new branches in the liberated cities and a number of embassies of Yemen abroad.

Ahmed Saleh, a Yemeni national, thanked the king for the continued support to Yemen and Yemeni nationals, and for the order of extending the visas of Yemeni visitors to the Kingdom, as the situation is not fit for them to return home.

Another Yemeni national, Ali Nidam bin Abdat, thanked and appreciated the support of Saudi Arabia and the king’s order to extend visit visas. “I was worried I would have to go back to my country, but after this announcement I am relieved that I can stay here legally. The Kingdom adopted Yemenis and provided them with a comfortable and dignified life. This royal order shows that the Kingdom cares about their Yemeni brothers.

Thanks to everyone ... the king, the royal family, and the people of the Kingdom,” he said.

Thousands of Yemeni expats are living in the Kingdom on visit visas due to the ongoing war in their homeland.

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May 24,2020

Abu Dhabi: A senior Hindi teacher at Sunrise School in Abu Dhabi has died of coronavirus, it has been confirmed. Anil Kumar, 50, passed away on Sunday morning, May 24.

The sad and shocking demise of Mr Kumar, a senior Hindi teacher of Sunrise School on May 24, has left the entire Sunrise family in a pall of gloom, read a statement.

“The management, administrators, other faculty members, students and the school as a whole is struck with intense sorrow and is speechless.

“The bond that he had developed over the years, just as how we have with each faculty, makes the loss unbearable. The entire SEPS family is shaken and finds it hard to come to terms with this most saddening news.

“Anil Kumar was a very inspiring teacher. He always brought a creative aspect to the classes he handled and would make it an enjoyable class to attend to. Mr. Anil Kumar had a great way of motivating his students to do their best, and pushed them to be the best they could be. He was a great strength and support to the Department of Hindi, always willing to scaffold and mentor students and teachers. He was a very approachable man, warm and friendly at heart and that is something I will truly miss about Mr. Anil.

“Mr Anil Kumar has left behind his wife and two children. Mrs. Rajini, his wife is also a member of the school family. She is a faculty of the maths department. Our prayers and sincere condolences to each and every one of the family. May God give the strength to endure and face this most challenging phase of their life.”

It is learnt Mr Kumar fell ill with COVID-19 and had been in hospital since May 7.

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July 31,2020

Makkah, Jul 31: Organising this year's scaled-down hajj required "double efforts" by Saudi authorities amid the coronavirus pandemic, King Salman said Friday after being discharged from hospital following gall bladder surgery.

Only up to 10,000 people already residing in the kingdom are participating in this year's pilgrimage, compared with 2019's gathering of some 2.5 million from around the world.

"Holding the ritual in the shadow of this pandemic... required reducing the numbers of pilgrims, but it obliged various official agencies to put in double efforts," 84-year-old King Salman said in a speech read out on state television by acting media minister Majid Al-Qasabi.

"The hajj this year was restricted to a very limited number of people from multiple nationalities, ensuring the ritual was completed despite the difficult circumstances," he said.

The speech came on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, the Muslim festival of sacrifice, a day after the king left hospital following a 10-day stay for surgery to remove his gall bladder.

The hajj, which began on Wednesday, is one of the five pillars of Islam and a must for able-bodied Muslims at least once in their lifetime.

Authorities implemented the "highest health precautions" during the rituals, the king said.

Pilgrims, who were all tested for the virus, are required to wear masks and observe social distancing.

For Friday's "stoning of the devil", the last major ritual of the hajj, Saudi authorities offered the pilgrims pebbles that were sanitised to protect against the pandemic.

In a sign that its strict measures were working, the health ministry reported no coronavirus cases in the holy sites on Wednesday or Thursday.

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May 26,2020

Dubai, May 26: An Indian expat, who recently recovered from COVID-19, fell to his death from a building in Dubai, police said.

The 26-year-old Indian national identified as Neelath Muhammed Firdous from Kerala, fell from the seventh floor balcony of his building where he stayed with six others including his uncle, Naushad Ali, 33.

A Dubai Police official confirmed the incident to Gulf News on Monday and said it had been a suicide.

"He was suffering from a mental disorder and there is no criminal suspicions behind his death," said the official.

"The incident happened on Sunday," the official confirmed.

The victim's relative said: "(He) awoke early to perform prayers and everyone was getting on with their daily morning chores when he walked to the balcony and jumped.

"He was suffering from a mental disorder and had been disturbed for some time. He thought everyone was out to attack him and had stopped eating his food as he thought people were feeding him poison. He was refusing to even take water from us."

The victim had tested positive for COVID-19 on April 10. On May 7, he was discharged from a Dubai hospital after clearing all tests.

The relative told Gulf News that he had registered the victim in the Department of Non-Resident Keralites Affairs (NORKA) last month in order to repatriate him, however he was unsuccessful in procuring a ticket.

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