Questions tagged [uae]
The United Arab Emirates, a country in the Middle East.
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Does a UK-resident Pakistani need a visa for Dubai? [duplicate]
My nationality is Pakistani, but I’m living in the UK. I have a British resident card but not a British passport. I’m travelling in December to Dubai. Do I need apply for a tourist visa?
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Is it possible for an expat living in UAE to go to Umrah by road?
I am an Indian citizen living in Abu Dhabi, would like to perform Umrah with family. I would like to travel by road in own car. Is it possible to do so with out taking any travel agency package?
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Can Indians with valid US visas travel to UAE and get a visa on arrival?
I am an Indian national/passport holder. I have a valid US visa. Is a visa granted on arrival to the UAE to Indians who have a valid US visa?
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Can I enter Bahrain via Saudi by road ? Indian passport holder, UAE Residence (work permit)
I am Indian Passport holder.
I have UAE residence of 2 years. I have Emirates ID.
I am currently in Saudi Arabia with on Business Visit Visa.
Can I enter Bahrain via Causeway? By taking SAPTCO Bus?...
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What are the criteria for issuance of an OK to Board?
In this question on the UAE's "OK to Board" approval requirements, Henning Makholm asked in a comment, "...why they don't say anything about under which conditions the local offices will issue their ...
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Do I need OK TO BOARD to transit UAE?
my traveller Indian Passport holder will fly from Delhi to Djibouti via Dubai on FlyDubai. Visa will be on arrival and have an invitation letter for tourist purpose. Do he requires OK TO BOARD message ...
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Transit Visa of Abu dhabi to travel Dubai
I am Indian passport holder and If I get a 48 hours UAE transit visa from Etihad, for Abu dhabi airport. Can I go to Dubai Emirates for sight seeing and return back to Abu dhabi airport for travel to ...
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Taking prescribed amphetamines to Dubai or India
Are you allowed to bring prescribed amphetamines to Dubai or India from the USA?
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Indian with UAE resident visa expiring in 2 months while applying for Schengen Visa
Me and my family are planning for a week long trip to Austria, Hungary & Czech Republic(max. no of stay).
We will be returning from there on October 28th, 2019 and my wife's UAE Resident Visa is ...
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Can I exit the Dubai airport during an 8-hour, 10-minute layover? [duplicate]
I am flying from US to Hyderabad, India, and I have an 8 hour 10 minutes layover at Dubai airport. Am I eligible to go out and tour around? If yes what are the procedures to be followed?
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Visa inquiry when arriving in Dubai [duplicate]
I have a visa expiring on May 9, but I will be leaving Hong Kong tomorrow and arrive at Dubai at 11pm, will they still accept my visa entry?
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Can I apply for a UK visit visa from a country other than my own?
I am a Pakistani currently visiting the United Arab Emirates. Can I apply for a visit visa to the UK from here?
Edit: I am in the UAE on a visit visa.
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It is legal to have a dashboard camera in the UAE?
I'd like to buy a dash cam which can be installed in a rented car (front and back window) for the purpose of proving an innocence in case of accident. So the camera can record the footage to the SSD ...
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tourist/Single-Long visa- stay beyong 90 days
I have tourist/single-long visa, upto what maximum time I can stay in UAE. My visa was issued on 05/04/19.Can I stay beyond 90 days.
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Can I take prescribed antimalaria tablets to Dubai?
yesterday I got antimalarial tablets Atovaquon proguanil at the travel clinic he told me I wouldn't need a prescription for this the thing is my flight is in Dubai will it be okay if I can put them in ...
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What would be the case if we overstay in UAE 96 hours transit visa?
Actually, I would reach UAE on 9th April 9:00 AM from Jeddah and my flight from UAE to another city is on 14th April 2:00 AM.
My travel agent issues me a 96 hours transit visa (I really don't know ...
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Can I visit Saudi Arabia from Dubai on UAE Resident Visa?
I want to visit Saudi Arabia from Dubai. I have an Indian passport and have a UAE Resident Visa.
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can I get transit visa in UAE on arrival at the airport? [duplicate]
i am from Pakistan and wish to travel from lahore to jeddah via uae along with my wife and son.
can i get visa on arrival at the airport?
Also tell me the visa fees
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UAE visa “place of issue” concerns
I will be travelling to Dubai from USA in a few days. I am an Indian citizen but I work in USA on the work visa. I recently got my UAE visa done online using an Indian travel agency. The place of ...
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Transit Visa for Abu Dhabi needed? (Thai citizen) 4h wait at airport [duplicate]
I hold a Thai passport. I will be flying from Bangkok to Abu Dhabi then Abu Dhabi to Manchester with a return ticket. I have a 4 hour 30 minute wait at Abu Dhabi for my flight to Manchester. I have a ...
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Does a 14 day visa for Dubai start on date of issue or date of arrival?
I just got a Dubai visa but I am confused. The visa was issued on the 3rd of February and expires on the 16th of February. I am travelling on the 12th of February.
Does the 14 days visa start reading ...
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Is a visa in advance required for 7-day tourist stay in UAE for Chinese citizens?
First of all, I've read this question, but it seems to conflict with other information on the web.
On the London UAE embassy website and the Emirates website it says that PRC passport holders can get ...
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Transiting at Dubai International Airport
I am an Indian citizen with EU residence permit (Blue Card) from Germany, traveling from Germany to India via Dubai (DXB). I deliberately took a halt of 20 hours to explore the city for a day before ...
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OK to board plane? Indian H1B holder travelling to Dubai on Virgin Atlantic
I plan to fly USA to Dubai on Virgin Atlantic (via London Heathrow). I will be staying in Dubai for 6 days. I hold an H1B visa.
Since Indians with US visas can get visa on arrival in Dubai, I have ...
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Validity of Schengen Visa after Change of Country of Residence (UAE)
Can I travel to Schengen country if I received Schengen tourist visa as a resident of UAE? But before travelling I have to cancel my UAE residency visa and I am not going to return to UAE.
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Transit in Dubai with prescribed methadone
I am travelling from the UK to Thailand with a connection in Dubai. I have prescribed methadone. Will this be a problem in Dubai?
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Do I need a multiple entry visa to go from Abu Dhabi to Jeddah for my Manila flight?
I am Filipino. I work in Saudi Arabia and I have a single exit re-entry visa. I'll be going to Abu Dhabi (UAE) from Jeddah, for a week. I'll be coming back to Jeddah for my flight to the Philippines. ...
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Can I get a Mexican tourist visa in the UAE as a foreigner?
I am a citizen of Cameroon. I am currently in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on a tourist visa. I would like to apply for a tourist visa to Mexico. Mexico does not have an embassy in my home country (...
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About Visa for academic conference in Dubai/Abu-Dhabi
I am going to a conference in Abu-Dhabi in December.
What kind of visa category should I apply for? Will the tourist visa be OK?
How many days does it take to get a UAE visa?
I am taking my wife and ...
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UAE visa has incorrect information and visa validity
My husband, son, and I applied for Dubai visit visa for a 14 day trip. We didn’t complete the forms ourselves, as it was applied for through a travel agency. We received visas, but my husband's and ...
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Can I use a valid UAE entry permit on an expired passport? [duplicate]
I applied for a Dubai visa using my old passport and have received the entry permit, sent to me through my sponsor as a .jpg file.
This will be my first visit to Dubai, and the entry permit will be ...
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UAE visa question
I hold an Indian passport and traveling from Sofia to India.
Which visa should I apply for Dubai with a 7 hour layover (Exactly 6 hour 55 minutes) in Dubai? I am reaching DWC airport from SOF airport ...
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Travel from the UAE to Lithuania by car
I have been traveling around Asia with my family for the past couple of years, and now we are thinking of a plan to get back to Europe.
The idea was to end the journey in Dubai, then fly to Lithuania....
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Can I travel to the Schengen area even when my UAE visa has been cancelled?
I hold a Philippine passport. I recently applied for a visit visa (short stay) for Belgium and it got approved. I currently live in Dubai and have a job here but my UAE residence visa will be canceled ...
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ECR passport issue [duplicate]
My old passport, in which ECR was stamped, expires in 2022. I have a Dubai work visa on this passport , but as I was told that it'd be a problem for me to travel to Dubai, I got a new passport with ...
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Is Emirates' 96-hour visa 4 calendar days or exactly 96 hours from entry to exit?
My wife needs a short-term visa for Dubai, while in transit from Bangkok to the UK.
She arrives at 13:00 on August 31st and departs at 07:35 on September 4th. If you count each part of a day as a ...
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Tourist visa policies in Dubai
I'm residing in Dubai and my tourist visa will expire by June 24, 2018. Is there any grace period in Dubai, even after the expiry?
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Ferry from Khasab to Qeshm
What is the status of the ferry route from Khasab, Oman to Qeshm, Iran? It looks like it has been suspended. Does anyone know whether this is temporary or permanent? Also, are there any other ways to ...
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Will I be able to obtain a transit visa at terminal 3 of AUH if needed?
I am travelling from New Delhi to Paris on 21 May 2018 from Etihad airways and there is a 12-14 hour layover at AUH. My nationality is Indian and I have no green card, only have a Schengen Visa. Since ...
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Do we require a transit visa to connect through Abu Dhabi, UAE?
We are about to visit the United States. Our travel itinerary on Etihad Airways is as follows:
Departure flight
Colombo - Abu Dhabi 8.25 hr layover - Los Angeles
Return flight
Chicago - Abu Dhabi ...
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Incorrect image on visa
I applied for a UAE 90-day visit visa. The visa came out but has a different image. Not my picture but another person's picture. What should I do? Can I travel with it that way?
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How to check if someone blacklisted/banned from visiting UAE?
Is it possible to check that online? If, say , I travelled to UAE only by tourist visa, in what cases I can be blacklisted/banned from travelling there again by tourist visa next time?
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Can I apply for a transit visa if I stay two days in Dubai before going to a third country? [duplicate]
Actually there are two questions. I'm nicaraguan but live in Japan. I will go to Zambia, with a transit via Dubai. I will stay two days in Dubai before continuing my trip to Zambia.
What kind of visa ...
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In what currency does Emirates charge additional fees?
Going over my receipts from UAE, the currency is almost always AED (Emirati Dirham) as expected. However I noticed that the receipts when I purchased additional baggage allowance is DHS which XE does ...
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Do South African citizens require a visa for a 15-hour layover in Abu Dhabi?
I am a South African citizen, currently living and working in China.
I booked a ticket today for a short visit to South Africa. Both my layovers for the round trip are in Abu Dhabi.
Departure from ...
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Staying with relatives in UAE for one night — appropriate visa?
I hold German citizenship, and am traveling from Germany to India. I'd like to visit relatives in the United Arab Emirates, which would work out nicely with my itinerary, but I'd stay over night in ...
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Procedure for obtaining a certificate of good behavior in UAE [closed]
New requirements for getting a Visa include a Letter of Attestation and a Certificate of good behavior. There are companies that will help with both, but with the latter, it's very expensive and I'd ...
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Can I drive the car in UAE with my valid Indian license?
I am planning to go to Abu Dhabi for 3 days. I have a valid Indian license.
Can I drive the car in the UAE with my Indian driving license? And what is the IDP? Where can I get this?
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Travelling to Europe from India and then to UAE
I'm planning for my travel around mid next year to Europe from India. I'll be travelling to Netherlands, Norway and Germany. With that, I'm also planning to extend my trip and visit UAE.
I'll be ...
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Transit for Israeli passport holders in Abu Dhabi
Could I have a problem boarding an Alitalia and Etihad Airways flight with an Israeli passport if I pass through Abu Dhabi airport?
