Entering United Arab Emirates
What United Arab Emirates asks of each nationality on arrival.
Visa exemptions
A visa or residence permit from one of these countries changes what United Arab Emirates asks of you, whatever your passport says.
- United States visa holders14 daysVisa on arrival
Long-term visas for United Arab Emirates
Entry rules by nationality
Visa free69 nationalities
- 脜land Islands路 3 months
- Argentina路 3 months
- Aruba路 3 months
- Austria路 3 months
- Bahamas路 3 months
- Bahrain
- Barbados路 3 months
- Belgium路 3 months
- Brazil路 3 months
- Bulgaria路 3 months
- Chile路 3 months
- China路 30 days
- Costa Rica路 3 months
- Croatia路 3 months
- Cura莽ao路 3 months
- Cyprus路 3 months
- Czechia路 3 months
- Denmark路 3 months
- Estonia路 3 months
- Faroe Islands路 3 months
- Finland路 3 months
- France路 3 months
- French Polynesia路 3 months
- Gabon路 3 months
- Greece路 3 months
- Greenland路 3 months
- Honduras路 3 months
- Hungary路 3 months
- Iceland路 3 months
- Italy路 3 months
- Japan路 30 days
- Kazakhstan路 30 days
- Kuwait
- Latvia路 3 months
- Liberia路 30 days
- Liechtenstein路 3 months
- Lithuania路 3 months
- Luxembourg路 3 months
- Macau路 30 days
- Malta路 3 months
- Mexico路 6 months
- Montenegro路 3 months
- Nauru路 3 months
- Netherlands路 3 months
- New Caledonia路 3 months
- Norway路 3 months
- Oman
- Paraguay路 3 months
- Poland路 3 months
- Portugal路 3 months
- Romania路 3 months
- Russia路 3 months
- Saint Barth茅lemy路 3 months
- Saint Martin路 3 months
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon路 3 months
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines路 3 months
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia路 3 months
- Seychelles路 3 months
- Sint Maarten路 3 months
- Slovakia路 3 months
- Slovenia路 3 months
- Solomon Islands路 3 months
- Spain路 3 months
- Sweden路 3 months
- Switzerland路 3 months
- Ukraine路 30 days
- Uruguay路 3 months
- Wallis and Futuna路 3 months
Visa on arrival42 nationalities
- American Samoa路 30 days
- Andorra路 30 days
- Anguilla路 30 days
- Australia路 30 days
- Bermuda路 30 days
- British Indian Ocean Territory路 30 days
- British Virgin Islands路 30 days
- Brunei路 30 days
- Canada路 30 days
- Cayman Islands路 30 days
- Cook Islands路 30 days
- El Salvador路 3 months
- Falkland Islands路 30 days
- Gibraltar路 30 days
- Grenada路 3 months
- Guam路 30 days
- Guernsey路 30 days
- Hong Kong路 30 days
- Ireland路 30 days
- Isle of Man路 30 days
- Jersey路 30 days
- Malaysia路 30 days
- Maldives路 30 days
- Mauritius路 30 days
- Monaco路 30 days
- Mongolia路 30 days
- Montserrat路 30 days
- New Zealand路 30 days
- Niue路 30 days
- Norfolk Island路 30 days
- Northern Mariana Islands路 30 days
- Pitcairn Islands路 30 days
- Puerto Rico路 30 days
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha路 30 days
- San Marino路 30 days
- Singapore
- South Korea路 3 months
- Turks and Caicos Islands路 30 days
- United Kingdom路 30 days
- United States路 30 days
- United States Virgin Islands路 30 days
- Vatican City路 30 days
Visa required122 nationalities
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cuba
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Ivory Coast
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestine
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Peru
- Philippines
- Qatar
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Samoa
- S茫o Tom茅 and Pr铆ncipe
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- T眉rkiye
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Western Sahara
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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