UAE, July 15 -- Thousands of Nepali migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are likely to be affected as the UAE government introduced new visa rules earlier this week.

All migrant workers are set to be affected as the UAE government enforced new rules from Sunday against its earlier decision to automatically renew visa until December, exempt all applicable fines and extend the expiry date of all government identity cards until December in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic.

The new rule that has already come into effect requires anyone on a visit visa to leave the country by August 12 if their current visa expired earlier on March 1. Those who do not want to leave the country have to extend the date by paying applicable tax and fi...