Dubai: Mohammad Mahtabur Rahman, chairman and managing director of Al Haramain Group of Companies, has to turn out to be the primary Bangladeshi expatriate to get hold of the Gold Card residency visa in the UAE on Sunday. Rahman, 61, is a Dubai-based totally businessman and worried about a vast range of business and alternate ventures around the arena. The Gold Card was offered to Rahman and all his family contributors on June 16 at the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs’ headquarters in Dubai.
Speaking to Gulf News, Rahman stated: “I am substantially humbled, proud and honored to acquire this Gold Card, and I certainly thank the visionary leaders of the UAE. Now, greater than ever, I continue to be devoted to contributing my pleasant to the achievement of the UAE, and could preserve to assist the dream and pursuits of the terrific leaders of this high-quality nation.”
Rahman, who has been residing in the UAE for over 40 years, stated, “I and my own family’s visas are stamped on my passport for 10 years, and it’s far valid till 2029, which is renewable,” he said. Expatriates investing at least Dh10 million qualify for a 10-yr visa, whilst entrepreneurs and special skills can get a five-yr residency. The first recipients of these visas were announced the remaining month and consist of 6,800 expatriates from over 70 countries with blended investments in the UAE totaling Dh100 billion.
The reputation comes as a double celebration for the organization because the Al Haramain Group celebrates presently 38 years of its presence in the UAE, and his organization additionally owns Al Haramain Perfumes, Al Haramain Tea Company Limited, and Al Haramain Hospital Private Limited. “The Gold Card is an honor for me and my united states of America, Bangladesh. This will encourage us to make extra investments inside the UAE financial system. We are grateful to the leadership and people of the UAE for allowing us exquisite monetary possibility and honor.”
Hailing from a traditional circle of relatives in Sylhet, Bangladesh, Rahman was born in 1958 and finished his training in Sylhet metropolis. After that, he joined his family enterprise in Saudi Arabia, which became strolling well within the holy city of Makkah due to the fact 1970. Several years ago, I traveled to Cote d’Ivoire with my spouse, sisters, and brother-in-law. Tickets purchased, passports in hand, we boarded the aircraft in Chicago for the lengthy flight to Abidjan through Zurich. The green agent at the airline price ticket counter checked our flight tickets and passports and authorized us to board the flight.
Excited we had been and searching forward to the long flight distant places. Why were we going to Abidjan? My son and his wife had been missionaries in Cote d’Ivoire. We regarded ahead of visiting and studying about their culture and paintings. We arrived in Zurich, spend a pair of hours lounging around the airport, stretching our legs, and expecting the following portion of our flight to Abidjan.
Again, the agent on the counter checked our boarding passes, our passports and gave us permission to board the aircraft, now a right away flight to Abidjan. No one told us about the marvel we might come upon at Abidjan airport. First of all, this is a French-speaking united States. A language none of us ought to apprehend nor speak. Secondly, immigration requested us for our Passports and Visas! Visas! What visas! No one recommended we wished a visa to enter the USA of Cote d’Ivoire. Not the travel agent nor the airline retailers. Now what?
