Businessman Vedanta Baruah First Assamese To Get Golden UAE Visa

Vedanta Baruah has become the first Assamese to receive the UAE's 10-year Golden Visa.

NRI entrepreneur Vedanta Baruah has become the first Assamese to receive the UAE's 10-year Golden Visa, which is mostly reserved for prominent global personalities. Mr Baruah, who hails from Dibrugarh district of Assam, was granted the special visa in the investor category by the Department of Economic Development, Abu Dhabi, UAE. "It is a proud moment for me. I feel humbled and would like to thank the UAE government and the Department of Economic Development," Mr Baruah told PTI. The leading businessman, who went to the UAE for the first time in 2006, received the visa on Thursday, and it is valid from June 23 this year to June 22, 2031, an official document stated.