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United Arab Emirates visa requirements

Current entry categories for 199 passport nationalities, paired with official evidence as it is reviewed.

Access data checked August 24, 202610 official sources collected
Citizenship1Visa-free90eVisa107Visa required1
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199 passports

Citizenship

1

Visa-free

90

eVisa

107

Visa required

1
Policy history

Official evidence timeline

One group agreement or destination policy can support many passport relationships. Dates are recorded only when an official source establishes them.

  1. Visa-free

    Covered EU ordinary passports gained United Arab Emirates short-stay access

    The reciprocal EU–United Arab Emirates agreement is provisionally applied from 2015-05-06; no final entry-into-force notice was located in this review.

    • The waiver is limited to valid ordinary passports and short stays of no more than 90 days in any 180-day period.
    • Paid activity is excluded, and ordinary entry conditions and refusal powers continue to apply.
    • Ireland is outside the agreement.
    26 passport nationalities covered

    Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden

    Official sourcesPublications Office of the European Union: Consolidated Regulation (EU) 2018/1806Official Journal of the European Union: EU–United Arab Emirates short-stay visa waiver agreement
  2. Current official routeCitizenship

    United Arab Emirates citizenship

    A UAE ordinary passport belongs to a UAE citizen and is outside the foreign visitor-visa schedule.

    • Does not decide a dual national’s document choice, residence, departure, work, military-service, or case-specific border treatment.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    United Arab Emirates

    Official sourceThe Official Platform of the UAE Government: Check if you need a visa to enter the UAE
  3. Current official routeVisa-free

    GCC citizens: visa-free entry

    UAE Government guidance expressly says GCC citizens do not need a visa to enter the UAE.

    • The traveller must produce a GCC-country passport or national ID card at entry. This is a citizen rule, not a GCC-resident rule.
    • The separate GCC-resident electronic visa applies to qualifying residents and companions and does not alter this GCC-citizen exemption.
    • The reviewed sources do not establish work, residence, transit requiring entry, diplomatic, official, service, emergency, refugee, or other special-document treatment.
    5 passport nationalities covered

    Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia

    Official sourcesThe Official Platform of the UAE Government: Check if you need a visa to enter the UAEThe Official Platform of the UAE Government: eVisa for GCC residents
  4. Current official routeVisa-free

    MOFA schedule: named visa-free ordinary passport entries

    The current MOFA non-citizen schedule marks these named nationality entries Visa Free.

    • This maps the schedule country/passport entries only. It does not establish a common duration, entry count, extension, employment right, residence right, or special-document rule.
    • UAE Government guidance says passports must be valid for at least six months from entry and that arrival eligibility may change; admission remains subject to border and security decisions.
    • Hong Kong is limited to the schedule named Hong Kong SAR entry; it does not establish PRC, Macao, Taiwan, travel-document, British National (Overseas), or another special passport treatment. Kosovo and Vatican likewise represent only their named ordinary-country entries.
    • Do not re-label an optional sponsor, airline, hotel, agency, residence-conditioned, transit, or other purpose-specific route as the nationality-wide default.
    85 passport nationalities covered

    Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong (SAR China), Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, South Korea, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Spain, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vatican City

    Official sourcesMinistry of Foreign Affairs: Visa Exemptions for Non-CitizensThe Official Platform of the UAE Government: Check if you need a visa to enter the UAEThe Official Platform of the UAE Government: Tourist visa
  5. Current official routeeVisa

    MOFA named ordinary passports: advance electronic tourist visa

    MOFA marks these nationalities Visa Required rather than Visa Free. The UAE’s all-nationalities self-sponsored five-year tourist visa is applied for and issued electronically, so the nationality-wide least-onerous advance route is normalized as evisa.

    • MOFA's Visa Required label establishes that no visa-free nationality default applies. UAE Government guidance makes a self-sponsored five-year tourist visa available to all nationalities, and ICP states that the visa is received by email and downloadable electronically; this supports evisa, not visa_on_arrival or traditional visa_required, under the project taxonomy.
    • The five-year route has material eligibility conditions, including the stated funds, UAE-valid health insurance and onward/return ticket. Approval and border admission remain discretionary; it does not establish a no-document or no-fee route.
    • The ICP 25 June 2026 announcement creates a separate residence-conditioned 14- or 60-day entry-visa option for India, Indonesia, Viet Nam, Thailand, the Philippines, Kenya, and South Africa. It does not replace the nationality-wide electronic tourist-visa route.
    • For that conditional route, the qualifying residence permit must be from the US, an EU Member State, UK, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand or Canada; accompanying family members must meet the stated nationality and relationship conditions.
    • No conclusion is drawn about residence, work, study, transit, diplomatic, official, service, emergency, refugee, stateless, travel-document, or other special-document routes.
    107 passport nationalities covered

    Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoro Islands, Congo (Dem. Rep.), Congo (Rep.), Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Timor-Leste, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, North Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Macao (SAR China), North Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Micronesia, Moldova, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palau Islands, Palestinian Territory, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Rwanda, Samoa, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Sudan, Suriname, eSwatini, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

    Official sourcesMinistry of Foreign Affairs: Visa Exemptions for Non-CitizensThe Official Platform of the UAE Government: Tourist visaFederal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs & Port Security: ICP FAQ: Tourist Visa Application and ReceiptFederal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs & Port Security: Six New Nationalities and Six Additional Countries of Residence Added to Eligibility Criteria
  6. Current official routeVisa required

    Taiwan ordinary passports: UAE advance tourist visa

    The UAE Embassy's current Taiwan record marks Regular passports Visa Required; its non-exempt visitor instructions require obtaining the tourist-visa copy before travel.

    • Applies only to the UAE Embassy's Taiwan Regular-passport category and an ordinary short tourist visit.
    • A visa on arrival is restricted to exempt nationalities with the appropriate passport type; Taiwan Regular is marked Visa Required.
    • For a tourist visit, the Embassy says UAE visa agents or hotels process the visa and that the traveller must receive a copy before travel.
    • This does not establish an eVisa, airline transit visa, GCC-resident route, work, residence, diplomatic, official, service, special-document, or final-admission rule.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Taiwan (Chinese Taipei)

    Official sourcesEmbassy of the United Arab Emirates in Washington, DC: Taiwan | UAE Embassy in Washington, DCEmbassy of the United Arab Emirates in Washington, DC: Visas for Non-US Citizens | UAE Embassy