UAE Transit Visa

If you are going to have a break in the UAE on your way to a final destination, you may require to appeal for a UAE Transit Visa, dependent on your citizenship. You necessitate a visa to transit in Dubai, Abu Dhabi or any further emirate in the UAE if:

• You are not excused from UAE Tourist Permits, or you are not qualified for a UAE Visa On Arrival
• Your ahead flight is within the next 48 or 96 hours

Citizens of Somalia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Niger, and Yemen cannot appeal for a Transit Visa for UAE.

Who is Exempted

If you are from one of the ensuing nations, you can arrive in Dubai and any further emirate in the UAE without a visa and as such, you do not require a UAE Transit Visa:

• Bahrain
• Kuwait
• Oman
• Saudi Arabia

Visa-free stay for up to 180 days: Citizens of Mexico may come in the UEA without a visa for up to 180 days.

Visa-free stay for up to 90 days: Citizens of the following nations may come in the UAE deprived of a visa for up to 90 days inside any 180 days:

• EU associate states (without the UK and Ireland)
• Honduras
• Iceland
• Liechtenstein
• Montenegro
• Norway
• Russia
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Switzerland

Citizens of the following nations may come to the UAE deprived of a visa for up to 90 days.

• Argentina
• Barbados
• Brazil
• Chile
• Nauru
• Paraguay
• Serbia
• Solomon Islands
• Seychelles
• Uruguay

Visa-free stay for up to 30 days: Citizens of the following nations may come in the UAE deprived of a visa for up to 30 days:

China	Macau
Japan	Ukraine

 

Qualified for UAE Visa On Arrival: Nationals of the nations itemized below may get a UAE Visa On Arrival, legal for either 30 or 90 days, dependent on the nation:

Andorra *	Australia *	Mauritius *	South Korea **
Bahamas **	Hong Kong *	Monaco *	United Kingdom *
Brunei *	Ireland *	Mongolia *	United States *
Canada *	Kazakhstan *	New Zealand *	Vatican City *
Costa Rica **	Malaysia *	San Marino *
El Salvador **	Maldives **	Singapore *

* Valid for 30 days

** Valid for 90 days

Required Documents

When you appeal for a UAE Transit Visa, you should submit the resulting documents to your airline:

• Your valid passport with the validity for a minimum of three additional months
• Recent passport size photos of yourself meeting the UAE visa photo necessities
• Flight itinerary for onward travel to a final destination
• Hotel booking in UAE

How to Apply

You have to appeal for a UAE Transit Visa prior to your travel. But just as with other sorts of UAE visas, you cannot appeal by yourself at a UAE embassy. You necessitate a sponsor who can file a petition on behalf of you.

Who can sponsor UAE Transit Visa: If you require a transit visa for Dubai or UAE, only your UAE-based airline can sponsor you. They are the ones who organize to obtain your transit visa from the related visa-issuing authorities in the UAE. So, if you identify you will halt in Dubai or Abu Dhabi or any further emirate on your way to a final destination, then you should contact your airline to initiate the procedure of obtaining your transit visa. If you are traveling via a travel agency, they can help you with the procedure.

Where to appeal for a UAE Transit Visa: First, you appeal via your airline. Then, your airline appeals for your transit visa online, over one of the ensuing ways:

• Over the eChanel portal of the UAE Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship (ICA)

• Via the web portals of the GDRFA in each emirate:
  • Abu Dhabi
  • Dubai
  • Sharjah
  • Ajman
  • Ras Al Khaimah
  • Fujairah
• Through mobile apps:
  • ICA’s eChanel portal (for Apple and Android)
  • GDRFA Dubai (for Apple and Android)

UAE Transit Visa Fee

The fee of the transit visa depends on the category:

• If you halt in UAE for48 hours transit visa is free of cost
• The 96-hour UAE transit visa is AED 50 (about US$13-US$14)