The UAE Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MoHESR) has introduced a new law cutting the number of documents required from 14 to just four — a 70% reduction. The move forms part of the UAE’s wider Zero Government Bureaucracy programme to simplify public services, according to Emirates News Agency (WAM).
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