{"id":46912,"date":"2022-10-26T09:53:31","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T09:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/reports-on-uae-visa-ban-for-rwandans-dismissed\/"},"modified":"2022-10-26T09:54:20","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T09:54:20","slug":"reports-on-uae-visa-ban-for-rwandans-dismissed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/reports-on-uae-visa-ban-for-rwandans-dismissed\/","title":{"rendered":"Reports on UAE visa ban for Rwandans dismissed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The information circulated on social and mainstream media last week. It was reported that UAE banned visas application for 20 African countries including Rwanda. <\/p>\n<p>Rwanda\u2019s Embassy in UAE has through a statement released on 26th October 2022 indicated that no visa ban on Rwandans has been placed, noting that relations between both countries remain intact. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Embassy of the Republic of Rwanda in the United Arab Emirates informs the public that recent media reports of UAE via ban on Rwandans are false and misleading. Citizens of Rwanda continue to enjoy all categories of UAE visas including visit visa,\u201d reads the statement in part.   <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, UAE recently announced new reforms for visa applicants.  <\/p>\n<p>Rwanda\u2019s Embassy in UAE has also advised Rwandans on UAE\u2019s new visa reforms officially launched on 3rd October 2022. <\/p>\n<p>Under the new reforms, Rwandans like other applicants seeking a visit visa are required to provide proof of hotel booking for the duration of stay, valid return and onward ticket. <\/p>\n<p>In case of home stay, the applicant is required to present an invitation letter from the host along with the address including phone and identity card, passport number of the host in UAE.   <\/p>\n<p>Rwanda opened embassy in UAE on 8th March 2018. Both countries have cooperation in the areas of investment and tourism.     <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-44914 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/dubai-airport-9a4e6.jpg\" alt=\"Rwandans are allowed to continue visiting UAE as long as they respect the recently issued visa application reforms. \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Rwanda\u2019s Embassy in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has dismissed media reports that UAE has placed a visa ban on Rwandans travelling to the country. } <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-46912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46912\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46912"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=46912"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=46912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}