{"id":983,"date":"2025-08-21T12:01:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T12:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/dubai\/?p=983"},"modified":"2025-08-21T12:01:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T12:01:31","slug":"serving-zambians-in-the-uae-%f0%9f%87%bf%f0%9f%87%b2%f0%9f%a4%9d%f0%9f%87%a6%f0%9f%87%aa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/dubai\/?p=983","title":{"rendered":"Serving Zambians in the UAE \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\uddf2\ud83e\udd1d\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-984 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/UAE-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/UAE-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/UAE-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/UAE-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/UAE-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/UAE-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Protocol and Consular team at the Consulate General of Zambia in Dubai has been hard at work, safeguarding the welfare of our fellow Zambians in the UAE.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past year, the team has continued visiting Zambians who have been arrested or detained, offering them the much-needed support of their country. From July 2024 to now, seven Zambians have been successfully deported back home with our assistance, while many others have received help in navigating different consular challenges.<\/p>\n<p>But our work goes beyond emergency support. One of the Consulate\u2019s most important roles is providing everyday consular services such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Helping with passport renewals and travel documents<\/li>\n<li>Certifying and authenticating official papers<\/li>\n<li>Offering guidance on UAE immigration and residency requirements<\/li>\n<li>Assisting in times of emergency \u2013 from illness and accidents to bereavement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We also advise Zambians on how to navigate life in the UAE \u2013 from understanding the local laws to adjusting to cultural expectations \u2013 so that they can focus on living, working, and thriving with confidence.<\/p>\n<p>At the heart of it all, our mission is simple: to stand in service of Zambians, wherever they may be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Protocol and Consular team at the Consulate General of Zambia in Dubai has been hard at work, safeguarding the welfare of our fellow Zambians in the UAE. Over the past year, the team has continued visiting Zambians who have been arrested or detained, offering them the much-needed support of their country. From July 2024 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dubai-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/dubai\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/983"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/dubai\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/dubai\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/dubai\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/dubai\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/dubai\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":985,"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/dubai\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/983\/revisions\/985"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/dubai\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/dubai\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/dubai\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/dubai\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}