Emirates NBD offers payment facilities for DNRD services at Dubai International Airport

Press release

Published April 17th, 2011 - 07:52 GMT

Al Bawaba

Emirates NBD, a leading bank in the region, announced today that its pay offices at terminals one, two and three of Dubai International Airport, will now offer payment facilities for selected services offered by Dubai Naturalisation and Residency Department (DNRD).

This is in addition to the foreign currency exchange services already being offered by Emirates NBD’s pay offices across the three terminals at Dubai Airport. Four Emirates NBD pay offices have been set up at the airport bringing to 13 the total number of pay offices across the three airport terminals and Port Rashid.

The pay offices will facilitate UAE nationals and expatriate residents to pay for selected DNRD services including visa amendment, e-gate, e-Dirham and other DNRD stickers. The Emirates NBD pay offices are situated at areas ‘B’ and ‘D’ of the departures section in Terminal one, and at the pre-immigration area in the arrivals section in both terminals one, two and three.

“It is essential to ensure DNRD services that affect a person’s entry into the UAE or travel inside the country, have been paid for and duly renewed before departure or re-entry,” said Mohammed Al Falasi, Sr. Vice President, Head of Direct Sales & Alternative Channels, Emirates NBD. “Special Emirates NBD pay offices have been set up at key points within terminals one and three, making it convenient for passengers travelling through the airport to ensure these payments have been made. This initiative is in line with Emirates NBD’s customer-centric approach that seeks to provide customers with greater ease and convenience in financial services.”

Passengers departing through terminal one can use the Emirates NBD pay offices to pay for new e-gate cards, renew existing cards, visa amendment from transfer of visit to residence, buying e-Dirham or other DNRD stickers and silver NOL cards. In addition, UAE nationals can also use the payment facility to pay for their passport renewal including paying the photograph charges.

The Emirates NBD pay offices at the arrivals section of terminal one and three will also accept payments for ‘Visa on arrival,’ including printing charges and amendment of visa.

Emirates NBD and Dubai Airports have been working together for more than 37 years, since the bank set up its first counter in the departures area in the early 1970s. Payment for DNRD services is the latest facility to be offered by Emirates NBD pay offices at Dubai International Airport. Last year, the bank expanded the pay offices network at Dubai Airports to 12, in addition to facilitating GCC residents arriving in the UAE via Dubai, to collect their e-stickers from these offices.

Background Information

Emirates NBD

Emirates NBD, the leading banking group in the region, was formed on 19 June 1963, when H.H. Late Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum signed the Charter of Incorporation of the National Bank of Dubai (NBD) which became the first National Bank established in Dubai and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). With the blessings of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, NBD merged with Emirates Bank International (EBI) on 06 March 2007, to form Emirates NBD, the largest banking group in the region by assets. On 16 October 2007, the shares of Emirates NBD were officially listed on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM). The merger between EBI and NBD to create Emirates NBD, became a regional consolidation blueprint for the banking and finance sector as it combined the second and fourth largest banks in the UAE to form a banking champion capable of delivering enhanced value across corporate, retail, private, Islamic and investment banking throughout the region.