After Sanjay Dutt and Boney Kapoor from the Bollywood fraternity, famous Indian playback singer Sonu Nigam received the ten-year Golden Visa by the United Arab Emirates, Khaleej Times reported.
As part of the UAE’s immigration reform, the Golden Visa attracts investors, professionals, academicians, talented artists who could enrich the UAE society and perhaps be ready to relocate to the UAE, one of the best places to live and work.
“I am grateful to the UAE Government for honouring me with the Golden Visa,” Sonu Nigam thanked the UAE authorities while speaking about his 27-year journey with the country that he calls a second home. “Since I came to Dubai for the first time in 1994, it has been a part of my growing up and also been a witness and catalyst to my artistic and professional journey.”
As reported by Gulf News, Sonu Nigam has been living in Dubai for such a long time that now his son goes to a local school in Dubai.
During his thanksgiving speech, he also said, “Being given a Golden Visa for my favourite place, is nothing less than a beautiful honour to me. I look forward to contribute whatever I can to my best capacity to Dubai and its people. My gratitude to the Dubai Government and Dubai Immigration and also my brother Mr Rizwan Sajan, Founder and Chairman of Danube Group for making it so memorable and personal for me.”
“I have enormous respect for the Ruling family of Dubai for it is only because of their commitment to their people that Dubai has seen the kind of progress not a single country in the world can claim of in such a short span,” Nigam was quoted as saying by Khaleej Times. “The Golden Visa will ease movement to and from the UAE and it is such a great initiative by the visionary leaders of a blessed country. I take this opportunity to say a big ‘Thank You’ to the UAE leadership.”
In a statement, Sajan, who accompanied Nigam, said that the awarding of the Golden Visa to Sonu Nigam came as part of the UAE government’s vision to attract greater talents in the UAE. In the next few months, the country will see more and more artists, singers, poets, writers, journalists and academicians to receive the same. This will help the UAE become a centre of art and culture and look forward to welcoming more such talents.
