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Western AsiaUnited Arab Emirates visa requirements
Travellers from 93 of 198 countries can visit the United Arab Emirates easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
What 198 passports need to visit the United Arab Emirates
Find your own passport in the list below for the exact rule.
- No visa needed91 of 198 passportsJust show your passport at the border.
- Free to visit, live and work2 of 198 passportsVisit, live and work freely.
- eVisa67 of 198 passportsApply on the official website.
- Visa needed37 of 198 passportsApply at the embassy or consulate.
- Not allowed to enter1 of 198 passportsEntry is closed to this passport.
Types of United Arab Emirates visa
- Tourist entry8 optionsYour passport determines whether you can visit without a visa or need an online visa. Some travellers qualify for a visa on arrival.
- Transit visa2 optionsEligible passengers can obtain a transit visa at the airport and enter the UAE for up to 96 hours. The gap between flights must be more than 8 hours.
- Online visa2 optionsVisitors can apply online through Smart Service or an eligible airline.
- Visa on arrival2 optionsSome travellers with a qualifying foreign visa or residence permit can get a 14-day or 60-day visa on arrival.
- Green Residency1 optionsGreen Residency lets its holder live and work in the UAE for five years without needing a sponsor.
Find your passport
198 of 198 passports
- AlbaniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe180 days
- AndorraVisa not requiredSouthern Europe30 days
- ArgentinaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- ArmeniaVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- AustraliaVisa not requiredAustralia and New Zealand90 days
- AustriaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- AzerbaijanVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- BahamasVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BahrainVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- BarbadosVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BelarusVisa not requiredEastern Europe90 days
- BelgiumVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- BrazilVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- BruneiVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- BulgariaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- CanadaVisa not requiredNorth America90 days
- ChileVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- ChinaVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- ColombiaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- Costa RicaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- CroatiaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- CyprusVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- Czech RepublicVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- DenmarkVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- EcuadorVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- El SalvadorVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- EstoniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- FijiVisa not requiredMelanesia90 days
- FinlandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- FranceVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- GeorgiaVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- GermanyVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- GreeceVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- GuyanaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- HondurasVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- Hong KongVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- HungaryVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- IcelandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- IrelandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe30 days
- IsraelVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- ItalyVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- JapanVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- KazakhstanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- KiribatiVisa not requiredMicronesia90 days
- KosovoVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- KuwaitVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- LatviaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- LiechtensteinVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- LithuaniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- LuxembourgVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- MacauVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MaldivesVisa not requiredSouthern Asia90 days
- MaltaVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- MauritiusVisa not requiredEastern Africa30 days
- MexicoVisa not requiredNorth America180 days
- MoldovaVisa not requiredEastern Europe90 days
- MonacoVisa not requiredWestern Europe30 days
- MongoliaVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- MontenegroVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- NauruVisa not requiredMicronesia90 days
- NetherlandsVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- New ZealandVisa not requiredAustralia and New Zealand90 days
- North MacedoniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- NorwayVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- OmanVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- ParaguayVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- PeruVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- PolandVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- PortugalVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- RomaniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- RussiaVisa not requiredEastern Europe90 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- San MarinoVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- SerbiaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- SeychellesVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- SlovakiaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- SloveniaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- Solomon IslandsVisa not requiredMelanesia90 days
- South KoreaVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- SpainVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- SwedenVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- SwitzerlandVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- UkraineVisa not requiredEastern Europe30 days
- United KingdomVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- United StatesVisa not requiredNorth America90 days
- UruguayVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- UzbekistanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- Vatican CityVisa not requiredSouthern Europe30 days
- QatarFreedom of movementWestern Asia
- Saudi ArabiaFreedom of movementWestern Asia
- AngolaeVisaMiddle Africa
- Antigua and BarbudaeVisaCaribbean
- BelizeeVisaCentral America
- BenineVisaWestern Africa
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia
- BotswanaeVisaSouthern Africa
- Burkina FasoeVisaWestern Africa
- BurundieVisaEastern Africa
- CambodiaeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa30 days
- Cape VerdeeVisaWestern Africa
- Central African RepubliceVisaMiddle Africa
- ChadeVisaMiddle Africa
- ComoroseVisaEastern Africa30 days
- CongoeVisaMiddle Africa
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa
- DominicaeVisaCaribbean
- Dominican RepubliceVisaCaribbean30 days
- Equatorial GuineaeVisaMiddle Africa
- EritreaeVisaEastern Africa
- EswatinieVisaSouthern Africa
- GhanaeVisaWestern Africa
- GuineaeVisaWestern Africa
- HaitieVisaCaribbean
- Ivory CoasteVisaWestern Africa
- JamaicaeVisaCaribbean30 days
- JordaneVisaWestern Asia
- KenyaeVisaEastern Africa
- KyrgyzstaneVisaCentral Asia
- LebanoneVisaWestern Asia30 days
- LesothoeVisaSouthern Africa30 days
- LiberiaeVisaWestern Africa30 days
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa
- MalawieVisaEastern Africa30 days
- MalieVisaWestern Africa
- Marshall IslandseVisaMicronesia
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa
- MicronesiaeVisaMicronesia30 days
- MoroccoeVisaNorthern Africa
- MyanmareVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- NicaraguaeVisaCentral America
- NigereVisaWestern Africa
- NigeriaeVisaWestern Africa
- North KoreaeVisaEastern Asia
- PakistaneVisaSouthern Asia
- PalestineeVisaWestern Asia30 days
- RwandaeVisaEastern Africa
- Saint Kitts and NeviseVisaCaribbean
- Saint LuciaeVisaCaribbean
- SamoaeVisaPolynesia30 days
- SenegaleVisaWestern Africa
- Sierra LeoneeVisaWestern Africa30 days
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- SudaneVisaNorthern Africa
- SurinameeVisaSouth America
- TajikistaneVisaCentral Asia
- TanzaniaeVisaEastern Africa
- Timor-LesteeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- TogoeVisaWestern Africa
- TongaeVisaPolynesia30 days
- Trinidad and TobagoeVisaCaribbean
- TurkmenistaneVisaCentral Asia
- TuvalueVisaPolynesia30 days
- UgandaeVisaEastern Africa
- VanuatueVisaMelanesia30 days
- YemeneVisaWestern Asia
- ZimbabweeVisaSouthern Africa
- AfghanistanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- BangladeshVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- BoliviaVisa requiredSouth America
- CubaVisa requiredCaribbean
- DR CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- EgyptVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- EthiopiaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- GabonVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- GambiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GrenadaVisa requiredCaribbean30 days
- GuatemalaVisa requiredCentral America
- Guinea-BissauVisa requiredWestern Africa
- IndiaVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- IndonesiaVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- IraqVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LaosVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- MadagascarVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MozambiqueVisa requiredEastern Africa
- NamibiaVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- NepalVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- PalauVisa requiredMicronesia
- PanamaVisa requiredCentral America
- Papua New GuineaVisa requiredMelanesia
- PhilippinesVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- São Tomé and PríncipeVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- South AfricaVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- South SudanVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Sri LankaVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- SyriaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- TaiwanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- ThailandVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- TunisiaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- TürkiyeVisa requiredWestern Asia
- VenezuelaVisa requiredSouth America
- VietnamVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- ZambiaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- IranAdmission refusedSouthern Asia
Who can visit easily, by part of the world
For each part of the world: how many countries' travellers can come easily. Easy means no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
- Europe46 of 46 countries
- Americas18 of 35 countries
- Asia21 of 49 countries
- Oceania6 of 14 countries
- Africa2 of 54 countries
Questions
How many passports can enter the United Arab Emirates without a visa?
93 of 198 passports can enter without applying before travel.
What is the most common entry rule for the United Arab Emirates?
No visa needed: it applies to 91 passports.
Which passports need an embassy visa for the United Arab Emirates?
37 passports, including India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, DR Congo Philippines, and 32 more.
Do India passport holders need a visa for the United Arab Emirates?
Visa needed.
Do China passport holders need a visa for the United Arab Emirates?
No visa needed, for up to 90 days.
Do United States passport holders need a visa for the United Arab Emirates?
No visa needed, for up to 90 days.
Do Nigeria passport holders need a visa for the United Arab Emirates?
eVisa.
Do Pakistan passport holders need a visa for the United Arab Emirates?
eVisa.
Do Brazil passport holders need a visa for the United Arab Emirates?
No visa needed, for up to 90 days.
Which region's passports have the easiest access to the United Arab Emirates?
Europe: 46 of 46 passports enter without applying first.
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