Verifying a UAE visa

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I have doubts as to the legitimacy of this document. Comparing it with a visa I recently had issued for someone from Pakistan, I find the following issues:

  1. The actual visa copy has a watermark; which is visible even if you print and scan it.

  2. There is a stamp on the bottom right.

  3. The Expo 2020 stamp is on the bottom left.

  4. The visa includes a page of instructions.

  5. The visa number is written unique number / year / sequence (at least on this version).

Further, "e-visas" are reserved for short stay only. I believe the normal visa for permanent workers/residency are different.

However, please please please understand that I am not an official at the UAE ministry of foreign affairs; I am only comparing it with another e-visa that I had issued.

The best way to assure its legitimacy is to do any one of the following:

  1. Call the UAE embassy in Karachi
  2. Call the EDNRD Hotline +97143139999
  3. Have the sponsor validate it online at the EDNRD website.

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This is just the result of some Googling. I am not an UAE official. But I have been unable to find anything at all which would indicate work permits exist as eVisas.

This Google Image search shows a traditional piece of paper with very visible anti forgery elements like the colorful (probably even hologram) round thingie on the bottom centre.

Forum posts talking about work permits usually mention a "pink slip" which corroborates with the image result.

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