Visa requirements for United Arab Emirati citizens

The cover of a biometric Emirati passport

Visa requirements for United Arab Emirati citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of the United Arab Emirates. Emirati citizens do not need a visa to enter other member states of the GCC. They also have the right to take up jobs in those countries. Similarly, citizens of other GCC states do not need a visa to enter UAE. In 2014, Emirati citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 77 countries and territories, ranking the Emirati passport 55th in the world according to the Visa Restrictions Index.

Visa requirements map

Visa requirements for United Arab Emirati citizens

Visa requirements

Country	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Afghanistan	Visa required[1]
Albania	Visa not required[2]	90 days
Algeria	Visa required[3]
Andorra	Visa required[4]
Angola	Visa required[5]
Antigua and Barbuda	Visa required[6]
Argentina	Visa required[7]
Armenia	Visa on arrival[8]	180 days
Australia	Visa required[9]	May apply online.[10] Transit visa is not required.[11]
Austria	Visa required[12]
Azerbaijan	Visa required[13]
Bahamas	Visa not required[14]	3 months
Bahrain	GCC !Visa not required[15]	Freedom of movement.
Bangladesh	Visa on arrival[16]	30 days
Barbados	Visa required[17]
Belarus	Visa required[18]
Belgium	Visa required[19]
Belize	Visa required[20]
Benin	Visa required[21]
Bhutan	Visa required[22]
Bolivia	Visa on arrival[23]	90 days
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa not required[24][25]	90 days
Botswana	Visa not required[26]	90 days[27]
Brazil	Visa required[28]
Brunei	Visa not required[29]	30 days
Bulgaria	Visa required[30]
Burkina Faso	Visa required[31]
Burundi	Visa required[32][33]
Cambodia	Visa on arrival[34]	30 days
Cameroon	Visa required[35]
Canada	Visa required[36]
Cape Verde	Visa on arrival[37]
Central African Republic	Visa required[38]
Chad	Visa required[39]
Chile	Visa required[40]
China	Visa required[41]	72-hours visa free visit when in transit at Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Guangzhou, Guilin, Shanghai, Shenyang and Xi'an.
Colombia	Visa not required[42]	180 days
Comoros	Visa on arrival[43]
Republic of the Congo	Visa required[44]
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Visa required[45]
Costa Rica	Visa required[46]
Côte d'Ivoire	eVisa[47]	3 months; eVisa holders must arrive via Port Bouet Airport.
Croatia	Visa required[48]
Cuba	Visa required[49]
Cyprus	Visa required[50]
Czech Republic	Visa required[51]
Denmark	Visa required[52]
Djibouti	Visa on arrival[53]
Dominica	Visa not required[54]	21 days
Dominican Republic	Visa not required[55]	Tourist card required.
Ecuador	Visa not required[56]	90 days
Egypt	Visa not required[57]	90 days
El Salvador	Visa not required[58]	90 days
Equatorial Guinea	Visa required[59]
Eritrea	Visa required[60]
Estonia	Visa required[61]
Ethiopia	Visa required[62]
Fiji	Visa not required[63]	4 months
Finland	Visa required[64]
France	Visa required[65]
Gabon	Visa required[66]
Gambia	Visa not required[67]	90 days
Georgia	Visa not required[68]	90 days within 180 days
Germany	Visa required[69]
Ghana	Visa required[70]
Greece	Visa required[71]
Grenada	Visa not required[72]
Guatemala	Visa not required[73]	90 days
Guinea	Visa required[74]
Guinea-Bissau	Visa on arrival[75]	90 days
Guyana	Visa required[76]
Haiti	Visa not required[77]	3 months
Honduras	Visa required[78]
Hungary	Visa required[79]
Iceland	Visa required[80]
India	e-Tourist Visa[81]	30 days
Indonesia	Visa on arrival[82]	30 days
Iran	Visa on arrival[83]	Conditions apply.[84]
Iraq	Visa required[85]
Ireland	Visa required[86]	Visa waiver for UK 'C' visa holders until October 2016. Entry permitted only if first point of entry to the Common Travel Area is in the UK.[87]
Israel	Visa required[88]
Italy	Visa required[89]
Jamaica	Visa required[90]
Japan	Visa required[91]
Jordan	Visa not required[92]	3 months
Kazakhstan	Visa not required[93]	15 days as part of the no-visa pilot program in period 15 July 2014 - 15 July 2015[94]
Kenya	Visa on arrival[95]	3 months
Kiribati	Visa required[96]
North Korea	Visa required[97]
South Korea	Visa not required[98]	30 days
Kuwait	GCC !Visa not required[99]	Freedom of movement.
Kyrgyzstan	Visa not required[100]	60 days
Laos	Visa on arrival[101]	30 days
Latvia	Visa required[102]
Lebanon	Visa not required[103]	3 months
Lesotho	Visa required[104]
Liberia	Visa required[105]
Libya	Visa required[106]
Liechtenstein	Visa required[107]
Lithuania	Visa required[108]
Luxembourg	Visa required[109]
Macedonia	Visa not required[110]	90 days
Madagascar	Visa on arrival[111]	90 days
Malawi	Visa required[112]
Malaysia	Visa not required[113]	3 months
Maldives	Visa on arrival[114]	30 days
Mali	Visa required[115]
Malta	Visa required[116]
Marshall Islands	Visa required[117]
Mauritania	Visa on arrival[118]
Mauritius	Visa not required[119]	90 days
Mexico	Visa required[120]
Micronesia	Visa not required[121]	30 days
Moldova	Visa required[122]
Monaco	Visa required[123]
Mongolia	Visa required[124]
Montenegro	Visa not required[125][126]	90 days
Morocco	Visa not required[127]	3 months
Mozambique	Visa required[128]	Visa on arrival is no longer available to citizens of countries that host an embassy of Mozambique.[129][130][131]
Myanmar	Visa required[132]
Namibia	Visa required[133]
Nauru	Visa required[134]
Nepal	Visa on arrival[135]	90 days
Netherlands	Visa required[136]
New Zealand	Visa not required[137]	90 days
Nicaragua	Visa not required[138]	90 days
Niger	Visa required[139]
Nigeria	Visa required[140]
Norway	Visa required[141]
Oman	GCC !Visa not required[142]	Freedom of movement.
Pakistan	Visa required[143]
Palau	Visa on arrival[144]	30 days
Panama	Visa not required[145]	180 days
Papua New Guinea	Visa required[146]
Paraguay	Visa required[147]
Peru	Visa required[148]
Philippines	Visa not required[149]	30 days
Poland	Visa required[150]
Portugal	Visa required[151]
Qatar	GCC !Visa not required[152]	Freedom of movement.
Romania	Visa required[153]
Russia	Visa required[154]
Rwanda	eVisa[155]	90 days
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa not required[156]	3 months
Saint Lucia	Visa required[157]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa not required[158]	1 month
Samoa	Visa on arrival !Entry Permit on arrival[159]	60 days
San Marino	Visa required[160]
São Tomé and Príncipe	eVisa[161]
Saudi Arabia	GCC !Visa not required[162]	Freedom of movement.
Senegal	Visa on arrival[163]	3 months. Must hold an invitation letter. Visa available online.[164]
Serbia	Visa not required[165]	90 days
Seychelles	Visa not required[166]	90 days
Sierra Leone	Visa required[167]
Singapore	Visa not required[168]	30 days
Slovakia	Visa required[169]
Slovenia	Visa required[170]
Solomon Islands	Visa required[171]
Somalia	Visa on arrival[172]	30 days, provided an invitation letter issued by the sponsor has been submitted to the Airport Immigration Department at least 2 days before arrival.
South Africa	Visa required[173]
South Sudan	Visa required[174]
Spain	Visa required[175]
Sri Lanka	Electronic Travel Authorization[176]	30 days
Sudan	Visa on arrival[177]
Suriname	Visa required[178]
Swaziland	Visa not required[179]	30 days
Sweden	Visa required[180]
Switzerland	Visa required[181]
Syria	Visa required[182]
Tajikistan	Visa on arrival[183]
Tanzania	Visa on arrival[184]
Thailand	Visa not required[185]	1 month
Timor-Leste	Visa on arrival[186]	30 days
Togo	Visa on arrival[187]	7 days
Tonga	Visa required[188]
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa required[189]
Tunisia	Visa not required[190]	90 days
Turkey	eVisa[191]	3 months
Turkmenistan	Visa required[192]
Tuvalu	Visa on arrival[193]	1 month
Uganda	Visa on arrival[194]
Ukraine	Visa required[195]
United Kingdom	Electronic Visa Waiver[196]	6 months
United States	Visa required[197]
Uruguay	Visa required[198]
Uzbekistan	Visa required[199]
Vanuatu	Visa not required[200]
Vatican City	Visa required[201]
Venezuela	Visa required[202]
Vietnam	Visa required[203]
Yemen	Visa on arrival[204]	3 months
Zambia	Visa on arrival[205]	90 days; also eligible for a universal visa allowing access to Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe	Visa on arrival[206]	90 days; also eligible for a universal visa allowing access to Zambia.

Vaccination

Many African countries, including Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia require all incoming passengers to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination. Some other countries require vaccination only if the passenger is coming from an infected area.^[207]

Passport validity

Many countries require passport validity of no less than 6 months and one or two blank pages.^[208]

Visitors with passport stamp of Israel are not allowed to enter a number of countries because of the Arab League boycott of Israel.

See also

• Emirati passport
• Visa policy of the United Arab Emirates

References