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Job fair for Indian amnesty-seekers in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, Sep 10 (UNI) Indian amnesty-seekers, who want to continue working in the UAE, will soon get an opportunity to fulfill their aspiration.
The Indian Social and Cultural Centre (ISC), the largest Indian social organisation in the capital, is organising a job fair in Abu Dhabi on Sunday, a report in Gulfnews said.
Navdeep Singh Suri, the Indian Ambassador to the UAE, told Gulf News on Sunday that the event is a part of the Indian Embassy's initiative to help the Indian amnesty-seekers looking for a job,
“We expect 10 to 15 employers [at the job fair] will conduct on the spot interviews,” he said.
Earlier the embassy had requested the candidates to approach the Pravasi Bharatiya Sahayata Kendra (formerly IWRC, the embassy’s support centre for Indians).
President of the ISC Ramesh Panicker said the event was only for amnesty-seekers and other job seekers would not be entertained. He said mostly skilled jobs would be on offer.
As per the Indian embassy, the number of Indians seeking the visa amnesty had been very low, compared to other Asian nationalities.
Only 349 Indians approached the BLS International, the embassy’s outsourced agent for consular services, in Abu Dhabi Emirate as of Sunday, a senior official told Gulf News.
Most of them (280) applied for travel documents [emergency certificates/ ECs] and the embassy had already issued 272 ECs.
Of the 69 applications for passport renewals, 62 renewed passports were also issued, he said. These figures do not include Indian amnesty seekers in Dubai and Northern Emirates, which come under the Indian Consulate in Dubai.
Amnesty-seekers who do not have a valid passport have to first get an E.C. from the embassy to go back home, or obtain a new passport to get a six-month visa or new job visa.
People who entered the UAE on a visa, but later became undocumented, can also visit their embassies in Abu Dhabi, provided they have any ID document issued by the UAE authorities and want to leave the country.
All others to approach the Amnesty Centre or Tasheel centres to process their applications in Abu Dhabi.
The Indian Embassy had announced its initiative to help the amnesty-seekers who want to get a job on August 8.
“Some large UAE-based Indian companies have come forward very generously to offer employment, if skill sets of amnesty-seekers match for their available vacancies,” the ambassador had said at a press conference.
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