View Alerts and Messages Archive. A passport valid for at least six months beyond the date of entry is required to enter the UAE. Travelers without Male or Female in their passports will be denied boarding or entry. Abu Dhabi, U. Learn about the U. The fee is 35 UAE dirhams and is payable only in the local currency.
Please verify this information with the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates before you travel. All travelers must exit the country with the passport on which they entered. Travelers should visit a UAE immigration office prior to departure to obtain an exit pass if they plan to leave the UAE without the passport on which they entered. Travelers both departing the UAE and transiting will be barred from exiting the UAE if there are any criminal or civil legal cases against them.
Travelers have been arrested at the airport and have had their passports seized due to outstanding financial cases, unsettled legal disputes, and late credit card payments, including for cases that were previously unknown to the traveler. In such cases, some individuals have been arrested and detained for long periods of time. Individuals will be barred from leaving the UAE until legal cases are settled in full. This affects all persons whether they are in the UAE as residents, tourists, or transit passengers with no intention of exiting the airport.
The Government of the UAE requires that all persons residing in the country have a national identification card. This includes visas that have already expired or have never been used.
Travelers may be denied entry to, or not permitted to depart, the UAE if previous visas have not been properly cancelled. More information on the process is available on the UAE Government portal. The embassy may be prohibited from providing certain consular services to those who did not enter the UAE on a U. Please verify this information with the Embassy of the UAE before you travel.
