VISA TRANSIT UNITED ARAB EMIRATES /AE/

NORMAL PASSPORTS ONLY ......

ADMISSION AND TRANSIT RESTRICTIONS:

- PASSENGERS MUST HAVE A TRAVEL DOCUMENT WITH GENDER F OR M TO ENTER AND TRANSIT.

- PASSENGERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TRANSIT THROUGH THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES TO SUDAN.

- THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.

TWOV /TRANSIT WITHOUT VISA/:

VISA REQUIRED, EXCEPT FOR PASSENGERS WITH A CONFIRMED ONWARD TICKET FOR A FLIGHT TO A THIRD COUNTRY WITHIN 24 HOURS. THEY MUST STAY IN THE INTERNATIONAL TRANSIT AREA OF THE AIRPORT AND HAVE DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR THE NEXT DESTINATION.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

PASSENGERS TRANSITING THROUGH ABU DHABI /AUH/ MUST HAVE A CONFIRMED AIRSIDE HOTEL BOOKING IF THEIR TRANSIT TIME IS MORE THAN 24 HOURS.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

- PASSENGERS TRANSITING THROUGH DUBAI /DXB/ WITH SEPARATE TICKETS AND CHECKED-IN BAGGAGE DO NOT HAVE TO CLEAR IMMIGRATIONS AND CUSTOMS IF THEY USE THE BAGGAGE TRANSFER SERVICE OFFERED BY THE AIRPORT. FEES APPLY. THE BAGGAGE TRANSFER SERVICE OFFERED AT DUBAI /DXB/ IS NOT AVAILABLE TO PASSENGERS ARRIVING ON BRITISH AIRWAYS, FLYADEAL, PEGASUS AIRLINES, POBEDA AIRLINES, UNITED AIRLINES AND WIZZ AIR AND HOLDING A SEPARATE NON-INTERLINE ONWARD TICKET, DUE TO SEPARATE TICKET BAG CHECK POLICY. PASSENGERS MUST HAVE DOCUMENTS TO ENTER THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AND RE-CHECK THEIR BAGGAGE TO THE NON-INTERLINE DEPARTURE CARRIER.

VISA DESTINATION UNITED ARAB EMIRATES /AE/

NORMAL PASSPORTS ONLY ......

PASSPORT REQUIRED.

- PASSPORTS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS ACCEPTED FOR ENTRY MUST BE VALID FOR A MINIMUM OF 6 MONTHS FROM THE ARRIVAL DATE.

ADMISSION AND TRANSIT RESTRICTIONS:

- PASSENGERS MUST HAVE A TRAVEL DOCUMENT WITH GENDER F OR M TO ENTER AND TRANSIT.

- PASSENGERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TRANSIT THROUGH THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES TO SUDAN.

VISA REQUIRED.

VISA ISSUANCE:

- E-VISAS CAN BE OBTAINED BEFORE DEPARTURE AT HTTPS://SMART.GDRFAD.GOV.AE/HOMEPAGE.ASPX /FOR DUBAI/ OR HTTPS://SMARTSERVICES.ICP.GOV.AE/ECHANNELS/WEB/CLIENT/DEFAULT.HTML/LOGIN /FOR OTHER EMIRATES/.

MINORS:

- MINORS UNDER 18 YEARS OLD HOLDING A TOURIST OR FAMILY VISA MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A PARENT OR GUARDIAN.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

- PASSENGERS WITH DUAL NATIONALITY TIDFT/AE/PA/AI/ID59803

- FOR API QUESTIONS ONLY, AIRLINES MUST PLEASE CONTACT THE APIUAE CALL CENTER ON THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS: 00971800274823.

- VALID VISAS IN EXPIRED PASSPORTS ARE ACCEPTED PROVIDED ACCOMPANIED BY NEW PASSPORT.

- THE VALIDITY OF VISAS AND RESIDENCE DOCUMENTS ISSUED BY THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES CAN BE VERIFIED AT HTTPS://SMARTSERVICES.ICP.GOV.AE/ECHANNELS/WEB/CLIENT/DEFAULT.HTML/FILEVALIDITY.

WARNING:

- TRAVEL DOCUMENTS ACCEPTED FOR ENTRY MUST INCLUDE A PHOTO OF THE PASSENGER.

- VISITORS WITH VALIDITY IN THEIR PASSPORTS EXTENDED WITH A STICKER/STAMP ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ENTER.

- NAMES IN TRAVEL DOCUMENTS MUST CONTAIN AT LEAST TWO WORDS:

- IF A TRAVEL DOCUMENT HAS TWO FIELDS, ONE FOR $FIRST NAME$ AND ONE FOR $SURNAME$, AND ONE OF THEM IS BLANK/FNU/LNU, THE OTHER FIELD MUST CONTAIN AT LEAST TWO WORDS

- IF A TRAVEL DOCUMENT HAS ONLY ONE FIELD FOR $FULL NAME$, IT MUST CONTAIN AT LEAST TWO WORDS. TRAVEL DOCUMENTS WITH TWO NAMES ADDED AS OBSERVATIONS/ANNOTATIONS OR WITH A SECOND NAME ADDED ON ANY PAGE ARE ACCEPTED.

- THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.

- THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO PASSENGERS WITH A VALID UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ID CARD.

- THE DATE OF BIRTH FORMAT IN TRAVEL DOCUMENTS MUST BE DAY/MONTH/YEAR, E.G. 01 JAN 1980 OR 01-01-1980. TRAVEL DOCUMENTS WITH AN INCOMPLETE DATE OF BIRTH /E.G. 00-00-1980 OR XX-XX-1980/ ARE NOT ACCEPTED.

- NATIONAL ID CARDS ISSUED BY THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES /EMIRATES ID/UAE ID/ ARE ACCEPTED IN DIGITAL VERSION IF DISPLAYED ON THE OFFICIAL UAEICP APP.

- PASSENGERS WITH A MANUALLY EXTENDED PASSPORT VALIDITY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ENTER.

- VISITORS NOT HOLDING RETURN/ONWARD TICKETS TIRULES/R38 COULD BE REFUSED ENTRY.

- PASSENGERS WITH A TOURIST VISA MUST HOLD A RETURN/ONWARD TICKET.

- PASSENGERS ACCOMPANYING A GCC RESIDENT OR A GCC CITIZEN MUST TRAVEL WITH THE SPONSOR IN ORDER TO USE THE E-VISA.

- THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO DOMESTIC WORKERS TRAVELING WITH THEIR SPONSOR AND ARRIVING AT ABU DHABI /AUH/.