Government ministries, authorities and public institutions: 8 am to 2 pm
Kuwait**
Government organisations: 10 am to 2 pm
Oman***
Ministries, public authorities and other departments of the state's administrative apparatus: 9 am to 2 pm
Qatar****
General Directorate of Border Passports and Expatriate Affairs (Immigration Department), Nationality and Travel Documents Department: 8 am to 1 pm | 9 pm to 1 am
Traffic Department: 9 am to 2 pm | 9 pm to 1 am
Criminal Evidences and Information Department:
Headquarters: 8 am to 1 pm
Fingerprint Section at Industrial Area (for businesses): 8 am to 1 pm | 1 pm – 6 pm | 8 pm – 1 am
Fingerprint Section at external Service Centres: 8 am to 1 pm | 9 pm to 1 am
UAE*****
Federal government organisations and ministries: 9 am to 2 pm
The Ministry of Labour
Customer Service Counters: 9 am to 5 pm (two overlapping shifts, 9 am to 2 pm and 12:30 pm to 5 pm)
Dubai Chamber******
Sunday to Thursday: 8 am to 2 pm
Saturdays at the Main and Jebel Ali branches: 8 am to 1 pm
Department of Transport (DoT), Abu Dhabi paid Mawaqif (car parking) timings:
9 am to 2 pm, and 9 pm to 2.30 am every day except Thursday.
9 am to 2 pm, and 9 pm to 12 am on Thursdays.
The surface parking will be free on Fridays and public holidays. Ramadhan timings are not applicable for underground multi-storey parking.
**Arab Times, June 23.
***Times of Oman, June 23.
****Marhaba Qatar June 26.
*****Emirates News Agency, June 27. The official government portal of the UAE states that non-Muslims are prohibited from eating, drinking or smoking in public during the fasting hours. Failure to such compliance could attract a month's jail term or fine of AED2000. Non-Muslims are also expected to dress conservatively.
******Dubai Chamber.
