Dubai: No need to carry paper documents for govt services soon Web Report/Dubai (Illustrative photo: Reuters) No government entity will issue any paper documents from December 12 this year. The Dubai Government is on track to become the first in the world to go completely paperless. No Dubai Government entity will issue any internal or external paper documents after December 12, 2021, running completely paperless transactions. This came as Smart Dubai announced the latest updates on the progress of the Dubai Paperless Strategy. The total decrease in paper consumption for all entities implementing the strategy was 82.82 per cent, saving 269.8 million sheets of paper. Overall, the strategy has helped save Dh1.13 billion, over 12.1 million hours of labour, and 32,388 trees that would have been cut down to produce paper.