Originally Posted by
blue2002
rankourabu, where did you obtain these rules? I ask because UAE embassy in Ottawa provides slightly different info, both by phone and on their website at
http://www.uae-embassy.ae/Embassies/ca/Content/2117:
No EK segment requirement is mentioned for issuing at Marhaba Services.
The rules are from IATA Timatic - what the airlines use.