UAE to offer citizenship to select expats

The UAE announced Saturday it is opening a path to citizenship for select foreigners, in a rare move for the Gulf where the status and its welfare benefits are jealously guarded.

UAE Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashed Al-Maktoum said "investors, specialised talents and professionals including scientists, doctors, engineers, artists, authors and their families" would be eligible for naturalisation under the new amendment.

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"The UAE cabinet, local emiri courts and executive councils will nominate those eligible for the citizenship," Sheikh Mohammed said.