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United Arab Emirates visa requirements: who needs a visa in 2026

Pick your passport to see whether you can enter the United Arab Emirates visa free, need an ETA or e visa, or must apply for a visa before you travel. Checked on November 4, 2026 against the official sources below.

Sroky is a private company and is not part of any government. The destination decides on every entry. Rules change: the official source always applies.

Ways into United Arab Emirates

Free entry stamp on arrival (visa exempt nationalities)

Visa free
Official fee
Free
Stay
30 days (extendable) or 90 days in 180, by nationality
Processing
at the border
Interview
No
Official site: www.mofa.gov.ae/en/visa-exemptions-for-non-citizen

14 day entry visa for nationals of certain countries residing abroad

On arrival
Official fee
AED 200
Stay
14 days, extendable once by 14 days
Processing
about 2 days online, or on arrival
Interview
No
Official site: icp.gov.ae/en/services-details/?serviceid=68e3532c5ae59b0011738404

60 day entry visa for the same eligible residents

On arrival
Official fee
AED 250
Stay
60 days, single entry, not extendable
Processing
on arrival or online
Interview
No
Official site: icp.gov.ae/en/media-center/icp-expands-eligibility-for-uae-entry-visa-for-nationals-of-certain-countries

Pre arranged tourist / visit visa (30 or 60 days, single or multiple entry)

E visa
Official fee
AED 200
Stay
30 or 60 days by visa type, extendable inside the UAE
Processing
usually 2 to 5 working days
Interview
No
Official site: smartservices.icp.gov.ae

Check before you travel

  • u.ae and ICP pages with the 30 day / 90 day split returned 404 or were blocked; the split is from Khaleej Times (27 June 2026) citing ICP, cross checked against the official MOFA visa exemptions page (which shows only Visa Free / Visa Required, no durations).
  • Macao (MO), Moldova (MD) and North Macedonia (MK) are 'Visa Required' on the MOFA page but listed as visa free (30/90 days) in June 2026 news lists; kept as visa required (OTHERS). Mexico is the reverse (MOFA visa free, missing from news list); kept visa free 90 days.
  • Which nationalities in the 90 day group were moved from 30 to 90 days in 2024 (AU, BR, CA, CN, JP, SG, GB, US) is from news reports, not an official page.
  • Pre arranged visit visa fees differ between ICP and GDRFA and by sponsor; only the GDRFA AED 200 issuance fee was seen on an official page.
  • The ICP service page lists the 14 day visa total as AED 200 (100 + 100 smart fee); the MOFA news says AED 100. Both shown.

United Arab Emirates visa by passport

No visaNo visa needed6 passports
Visa freeVisa free84 passports
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  • Argentina flagArgentina90 days
  • Armenia flagArmenia90 days
  • Australia flagAustralia90 days
  • Austria flagAustria90 days
  • Bahamas flagBahamas90 days
  • Barbados flagBarbados90 days
  • Belarus flagBelarus90 days
  • Belgium flagBelgium90 days
  • Bosnia & Herzegovina flagBosnia & Herzegovina90 days
  • Brazil flagBrazil90 days
  • Brunei flagBrunei30 days
  • Bulgaria flagBulgaria90 days
  • Canada flagCanada90 days
  • Chile flagChile90 days
  • China flagChina90 days
  • Colombia flagColombia90 days
  • Costa Rica flagCosta Rica90 days
  • Croatia flagCroatia90 days
  • Cyprus flagCyprus90 days
  • Czechia flagCzechia90 days
  • Denmark flagDenmark90 days
  • Ecuador flagEcuador90 days
  • El Salvador flagEl Salvador90 days
  • Estonia flagEstonia90 days
  • Fiji flagFiji90 days
  • Finland flagFinland90 days
  • France flagFrance90 days
  • Georgia flagGeorgia90 days
  • Germany flagGermany90 days
  • Greece flagGreece90 days
  • Guyana flagGuyana90 days
  • Honduras flagHonduras90 days
  • Hong Kong SAR China flagHong Kong SAR China30 days
  • Hungary flagHungary90 days
  • Iceland flagIceland90 days
  • Ireland flagIreland30 days
  • Israel flagIsrael90 days
  • Italy flagItaly90 days
  • Japan flagJapan90 days
  • Kazakhstan flagKazakhstan30 days
  • Kiribati flagKiribati90 days
  • Kosovo flagKosovo90 days
  • Latvia flagLatvia90 days
  • Liechtenstein flagLiechtenstein90 days
  • Lithuania flagLithuania90 days
  • Luxembourg flagLuxembourg90 days
  • Malaysia flagMalaysia30 days
  • Maldives flagMaldives90 days
  • Malta flagMalta90 days
  • Mauritius flagMauritius30 days
  • Mexico flagMexico90 days
  • Monaco flagMonaco30 days
  • Mongolia flagMongolia30 days
  • Montenegro flagMontenegro90 days
  • Nauru flagNauru90 days
  • Netherlands flagNetherlands90 days
  • New Zealand flagNew Zealand90 days
  • Norway flagNorway90 days
  • Paraguay flagParaguay90 days
  • Peru flagPeru90 days
  • Poland flagPoland90 days
  • Portugal flagPortugal90 days
  • Romania flagRomania90 days
  • Russia flagRussia90 days
  • San Marino flagSan Marino90 days
  • Serbia flagSerbia90 days
  • Seychelles flagSeychelles90 days
  • Singapore flagSingapore90 days
  • Slovakia flagSlovakia90 days
  • Slovenia flagSlovenia90 days
  • Solomon Islands flagSolomon Islands90 days
  • South Korea flagSouth Korea90 days
  • Spain flagSpain90 days
  • St. Vincent & Grenadines flagSt. Vincent & Grenadines90 days
  • Sweden flagSweden90 days
  • Switzerland flagSwitzerland90 days
  • Ukraine flagUkraine30 days
  • United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom90 days
  • United States flagUnited States90 days
  • Uruguay flagUruguay90 days
  • Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan30 days
  • Vatican City flagVatican City30 days
E visaE visa154 passports
  • Afghanistan flagAfghanistan
  • Åland Islands flagÅland Islands
  • Algeria flagAlgeria
  • American Samoa flagAmerican Samoa
  • Angola flagAngola
  • Anguilla flagAnguilla
  • Antigua & Barbuda flagAntigua & Barbuda
  • Aruba flagAruba
  • Bangladesh flagBangladesh
  • Belize flagBelize
  • Benin flagBenin
  • Bermuda flagBermuda
  • Bhutan flagBhutan
  • Bolivia flagBolivia
  • Botswana flagBotswana
  • British Indian Ocean Territory flagBritish Indian Ocean Territory
  • British Virgin Islands flagBritish Virgin Islands
  • Burkina Faso flagBurkina Faso
  • Burundi flagBurundi
  • Cambodia flagCambodia
  • Cameroon flagCameroon
  • Cape Verde flagCape Verde
  • Caribbean Netherlands flagCaribbean Netherlands
  • Cayman Islands flagCayman Islands
  • Central African Republic flagCentral African Republic
  • Chad flagChad
  • Christmas Island flagChristmas Island
  • Cocos (Keeling) Islands flagCocos (Keeling) Islands
  • Comoros flagComoros
  • Congo - Brazzaville flagCongo - Brazzaville
  • Congo - Kinshasa flagCongo - Kinshasa
  • Cook Islands flagCook Islands
  • Côte d’Ivoire flagCôte d’Ivoire
  • Cuba flagCuba
  • Curaçao flagCuraçao
  • Djibouti flagDjibouti
  • Dominica flagDominica
  • Dominican Republic flagDominican Republic
  • Egypt flagEgypt
  • Equatorial Guinea flagEquatorial Guinea
  • Eritrea flagEritrea
  • Eswatini flagEswatini
  • Ethiopia flagEthiopia
  • Falkland Islands flagFalkland Islands
  • Faroe Islands flagFaroe Islands
  • French Guiana flagFrench Guiana
  • French Polynesia flagFrench Polynesia
  • Gabon flagGabon
  • Gambia flagGambia
  • Ghana flagGhana
  • Gibraltar flagGibraltar
  • Greenland flagGreenland
  • Grenada flagGrenada
  • Guadeloupe flagGuadeloupe
  • Guam flagGuam
  • Guatemala flagGuatemala
  • Guernsey flagGuernsey
  • Guinea flagGuinea
  • Guinea-Bissau flagGuinea-Bissau
  • Haiti flagHaiti
  • India flagIndia
  • Indonesia flagIndonesia
  • Iran flagIran
  • Iraq flagIraq
  • Isle of Man flagIsle of Man
  • Jamaica flagJamaica
  • Jersey flagJersey
  • Jordan flagJordan
  • Kenya flagKenya
  • Kyrgyzstan flagKyrgyzstan
  • Laos flagLaos
  • Lebanon flagLebanon
  • Lesotho flagLesotho
  • Liberia flagLiberia
  • Libya flagLibya
  • Macao SAR China flagMacao SAR China
  • Madagascar flagMadagascar
  • Malawi flagMalawi
  • Mali flagMali
  • Marshall Islands flagMarshall Islands
  • Martinique flagMartinique
  • Mauritania flagMauritania
  • Mayotte flagMayotte
  • Micronesia flagMicronesia
  • Moldova flagMoldova
  • Montserrat flagMontserrat
  • Morocco flagMorocco
  • Mozambique flagMozambique
  • Myanmar (Burma) flagMyanmar (Burma)
  • Namibia flagNamibia
  • Nepal flagNepal
  • New Caledonia flagNew Caledonia
  • Nicaragua flagNicaragua
  • Niger flagNiger
  • Nigeria flagNigeria
  • Niue flagNiue
  • Norfolk Island flagNorfolk Island
  • North Korea flagNorth Korea
  • North Macedonia flagNorth Macedonia
  • Northern Mariana Islands flagNorthern Mariana Islands
  • Pakistan flagPakistan
  • Palau flagPalau
  • Palestinian Territories flagPalestinian Territories
  • Panama flagPanama
  • Papua New Guinea flagPapua New Guinea
  • Philippines flagPhilippines
  • Pitcairn Islands flagPitcairn Islands
  • Puerto Rico flagPuerto Rico
  • Réunion flagRéunion
  • Rwanda flagRwanda
  • Samoa flagSamoa
  • São Tomé & Príncipe flagSão Tomé & Príncipe
  • Senegal flagSenegal
  • Sierra Leone flagSierra Leone
  • Sint Maarten flagSint Maarten
  • Somalia flagSomalia
  • South Africa flagSouth Africa
  • South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands flagSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands
  • South Sudan flagSouth Sudan
  • Sri Lanka flagSri Lanka
  • St. Barthélemy flagSt. Barthélemy
  • St. Helena flagSt. Helena
  • St. Kitts & Nevis flagSt. Kitts & Nevis
  • St. Lucia flagSt. Lucia
  • St. Martin flagSt. Martin
  • St. Pierre & Miquelon flagSt. Pierre & Miquelon
  • Sudan flagSudan
  • Suriname flagSuriname
  • Svalbard & Jan Mayen flagSvalbard & Jan Mayen
  • Syria flagSyria
  • Taiwan flagTaiwan
  • Tajikistan flagTajikistan
  • Tanzania flagTanzania
  • Thailand flagThailand
  • Timor-Leste flagTimor-Leste
  • Togo flagTogo
  • Tokelau flagTokelau
  • Tonga flagTonga
  • Trinidad & Tobago flagTrinidad & Tobago
  • Tunisia flagTunisia
  • Türkiye flagTürkiye
  • Turkmenistan flagTurkmenistan
  • Turks & Caicos Islands flagTurks & Caicos Islands
  • Tuvalu flagTuvalu
  • U.S. Virgin Islands flagU.S. Virgin Islands
  • Uganda flagUganda
  • Vanuatu flagVanuatu
  • Venezuela flagVenezuela
  • Vietnam flagVietnam
  • Wallis & Futuna flagWallis & Futuna
  • Western Sahara flagWestern Sahara
  • Yemen flagYemen
  • Zambia flagZambia
  • Zimbabwe flagZimbabwe

Questions

Who can visit the United Arab Emirates without a visa?

90 passports can enter the United Arab Emirates without a visa; 154 passports can apply for an e visa online. Pick your passport above for your answer.

How long can I stay in the United Arab Emirates?

It depends on the passport and the way in. Free entry stamp on arrival (visa exempt nationalities): 30 days (extendable) or 90 days in 180, by nationality. 14 day entry visa for nationals of certain countries residing abroad: 14 days, extendable once by 14 days. 60 day entry visa for the same eligible residents: 60 days, single entry, not extendable.

Visas

Official sources

Checked on November 4, 2026

Sroky is a private company and is not part of any government. The destination decides on every entry. Rules change: the official source always applies.