Hyderabad, Feb. 4 -- In a significant move, the Indian missions announced a plan to establish a new unified service centre under the Indian Consular Application Centre (ICAC) to enhance their consular services for Indian expatriates in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The upcoming centre will open its doors in the second quarter of this year and will have 14 branches throughout the UAE, according to a Gulf News report.

Unified service centre initiative

The Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi issued another tender document to find operators for ICAC that will integrate all consular services into one facility. Approximately four million Indian nationals in the UAE along with foreign citizens, in need of an Indian visa, will benefit from this new ...