A 66-year-old Indian woman, hailing from Andhra Pradesh, is set to fly home after 28 years thanks to the UAE’s visa amnesty initiative.
Gudala Baby, who worked as a housemaid and did menial jobs such as cleaning and cooking to support her family back in India, had fines for overstaying for 9,388 days totalling Dirham 877,950 (Rs 2,01,76,994).
As per a report by Gulf News, Gudala, who arrived in the UAE in 1996, left her work after a year due to some reasons. After her visa expired, she struggled to find a sponsor and took odd jobs, while encountering hostility from certain families; nevertheless, some were polite and never enquired about her residency status.