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๐ฆ๐ช Who needs a visa for the United Arab Emirates?
โ U.S. State Department travel advisory for the United Arab Emirates: Level 3: Reconsider Travel (updated 29 August 2026). It is written for U.S. citizens; read the advisory before you book.
Travel essentials for the United Arab Emirates
| Capital | Abu Dhabi |
| Currency | United Arab Emirates dirham (AED, ุฏ.ุฅ) |
| Official languages | Arabic |
| Calling code | +971 |
| Plugs and voltage | type C, G ยท 220 V |
| Internet domain | .ae |
Neighbouring countries: ๐ด๐ฒ Oman, ๐ธ๐ฆ Saudi Arabia
Visa requirements by passport
Entry requirements for the United Arab Emirates by passport, grouped from visa-free to visa required. Data updated September 2026; confirm with an embassy of the United Arab Emirates before you travel.
Visa-free (88)
- ๐ฆ๐ฑ Albania ยท 180 days
- ๐ฆ๐ฉ Andorra ยท 30 days
- ๐ฆ๐ท Argentina ยท 90 days
- ๐ฆ๐ฒ Armenia ยท 90 days
- ๐ฆ๐บ Australia ยท 30 days
- ๐ฆ๐น Austria ยท 90 days
- ๐ฆ๐ฟ Azerbaijan ยท 90 days
- ๐ง๐ธ Bahamas ยท 90 days
- ๐ง๐ญ Bahrain
- ๐ง๐ง Barbados ยท 90 days
- ๐ง๐พ Belarus ยท 90 days
- ๐ง๐ช Belgium ยท 90 days
- ๐ง๐ท Brazil ยท 90 days
- ๐ง๐ณ Brunei ยท 30 days
- ๐ง๐ฌ Bulgaria ยท 90 days
- ๐จ๐ฆ Canada ยท 90 days
- ๐จ๐ฑ Chile ยท 90 days
- ๐จ๐ณ China ยท 30 days
- ๐จ๐ด Colombia ยท 90 days
- ๐จ๐ท Costa Rica ยท 90 days
- ๐ญ๐ท Croatia ยท 90 days
- ๐จ๐พ Cyprus ยท 90 days
- ๐จ๐ฟ Czech Republic ยท 90 days
- ๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark ยท 90 days
- ๐ช๐จ Ecuador ยท 90 days
- ๐ธ๐ป El Salvador ยท 90 days
- ๐ช๐ช Estonia ยท 90 days
- ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland ยท 90 days
- ๐ซ๐ท France ยท 90 days
- ๐ฌ๐ช Georgia ยท 90 days
- ๐ฉ๐ช Germany ยท 90 days
- ๐ฌ๐ท Greece ยท 90 days
- ๐ญ๐ณ Honduras ยท 90 days
- ๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kong ยท 30 days
- ๐ญ๐บ Hungary ยท 90 days
- ๐ฎ๐ธ Iceland ยท 90 days
- ๐ฎ๐ช Ireland ยท 30 days
- ๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel ยท 90 days
- ๐ฎ๐น Italy ยท 90 days
- ๐ฏ๐ต Japan ยท 30 days
- ๐ฐ๐ฟ Kazakhstan ยท 30 days
- ๐ฐ๐ฎ Kiribati ยท 90 days
- ๐ฝ๐ฐ Kosovo ยท 90 days
- ๐ฐ๐ผ Kuwait
- ๐ฑ๐ป Latvia ยท 90 days
- ๐ฑ๐ฎ Liechtenstein ยท 90 days
- ๐ฑ๐น Lithuania ยท 90 days
- ๐ฑ๐บ Luxembourg ยท 90 days
- ๐ฒ๐ด Macau ยท 30 days
- ๐ฒ๐พ Malaysia ยท 30 days
- ๐ฒ๐ป Maldives ยท 90 days
- ๐ฒ๐น Malta ยท 90 days
- ๐ฒ๐บ Mauritius ยท 30 days
- ๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico ยท 180 days
- ๐ฒ๐จ Monaco ยท 30 days
- ๐ฒ๐ณ Mongolia ยท 30 days
- ๐ฒ๐ช Montenegro ยท 90 days
- ๐ณ๐ท Nauru ยท 90 days
- ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands ยท 90 days
- ๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand ยท 30 days
- ๐ณ๐ด Norway ยท 90 days
- ๐ด๐ฒ Oman
- ๐ต๐พ Paraguay ยท 90 days
- ๐ต๐ช Peru ยท 90 days
- ๐ต๐ฑ Poland ยท 90 days
- ๐ต๐น Portugal ยท 90 days
- ๐ถ๐ฆ Qatar
- ๐ท๐ด Romania ยท 90 days
- ๐ท๐บ Russia ยท 90 days
- ๐ป๐จ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ยท 90 days
- ๐ธ๐ฒ San Marino ยท 90 days
- ๐ธ๐ฆ Saudi Arabia
- ๐ท๐ธ Serbia ยท 90 days
- ๐ธ๐จ Seychelles ยท 90 days
- ๐ธ๐ฌ Singapore ยท 30 days
- ๐ธ๐ฐ Slovakia ยท 90 days
- ๐ธ๐ฎ Slovenia ยท 90 days
- ๐ธ๐ง Solomon Islands ยท 90 days
- ๐ฐ๐ท South Korea ยท 90 days
- ๐ช๐ธ Spain ยท 90 days
- ๐ธ๐ช Sweden ยท 90 days
- ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland ยท 90 days
- ๐บ๐ฆ Ukraine ยท 30 days
- ๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom ยท 30 days
- ๐บ๐ธ United States ยท 30 days
- ๐บ๐พ Uruguay ยท 90 days
- ๐บ๐ฟ Uzbekistan ยท 30 days
- ๐ป๐ฆ Vatican City ยท 30 days
Visa on arrival (1)
e-Visa (84)
- ๐ฆ๐ด Angola
- ๐ฆ๐ฌ Antigua and Barbuda
- ๐ง๐ฟ Belize
- ๐ง๐ฏ Benin
- ๐ง๐น Bhutan
- ๐ง๐ผ Botswana
- ๐ง๐ซ Burkina Faso
- ๐ง๐ฎ Burundi
- ๐ฐ๐ญ Cambodia
- ๐จ๐ฒ Cameroon
- ๐จ๐ป Cape Verde
- ๐จ๐ซ Central African Republic
- ๐น๐ฉ Chad
- ๐ฐ๐ฒ Comoros
- ๐ฉ๐ฏ Djibouti
- ๐ฉ๐ฒ Dominica
- ๐ฉ๐ด Dominican Republic
- ๐ฌ๐ถ Equatorial Guinea
- ๐ช๐ท Eritrea
- ๐ธ๐ฟ Eswatini
- ๐ซ๐ฏ Fiji
- ๐ฌ๐ฆ Gabon
- ๐ฌ๐ญ Ghana
- ๐ฌ๐ฉ Grenada
- ๐ฌ๐ณ Guinea
- ๐ฌ๐ผ Guinea-Bissau
- ๐ฌ๐พ Guyana
- ๐ญ๐น Haiti
- ๐จ๐ฎ Ivory Coast
- ๐ฏ๐ฒ Jamaica
- ๐ฏ๐ด Jordan
- ๐ฐ๐ช Kenya
- ๐ฐ๐ฌ Kyrgyzstan
- ๐ฑ๐ฆ Laos
- ๐ฑ๐ง Lebanon
- ๐ฑ๐ธ Lesotho
- ๐ฑ๐ท Liberia
- ๐ฑ๐พ Libya
- ๐ฒ๐ฌ Madagascar
- ๐ฒ๐ผ Malawi
- ๐ฒ๐ฑ Mali
- ๐ฒ๐ญ Marshall Islands
- ๐ฒ๐ท Mauritania
- ๐ซ๐ฒ Micronesia
- ๐ฒ๐ฉ Moldova
- ๐ฒ๐ฆ Morocco
- ๐ฒ๐ฟ Mozambique
- ๐ฒ๐ฒ Myanmar
- ๐ณ๐ฎ Nicaragua
- ๐ณ๐ช Niger
- ๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria
- ๐ฐ๐ต North Korea
- ๐ฒ๐ฐ North Macedonia
- ๐ต๐ฐ Pakistan
- ๐ต๐ผ Palau
- ๐ต๐ธ Palestine
- ๐ต๐ฆ Panama
- ๐ต๐ฌ Papua New Guinea
- ๐จ๐ฌ Republic of the Congo
- ๐ท๐ผ Rwanda
- ๐ฐ๐ณ Saint Kitts and Nevis
- ๐ฑ๐จ Saint Lucia
- ๐ผ๐ธ Samoa
- ๐ธ๐ณ Senegal
- ๐ธ๐ฑ Sierra Leone
- ๐ธ๐ด Somalia
- ๐ธ๐ธ South Sudan
- ๐ธ๐ฉ Sudan
- ๐ธ๐ท Suriname
- ๐ธ๐พ Syria
- ๐ธ๐น Sรฃo Tomรฉ and Prรญncipe
- ๐น๐ผ Taiwan
- ๐น๐ฏ Tajikistan
- ๐น๐ฟ Tanzania
- ๐น๐ฑ Timor-Leste
- ๐น๐ฌ Togo
- ๐น๐ด Tonga
- ๐น๐น Trinidad and Tobago
- ๐น๐ฒ Turkmenistan
- ๐น๐ป Tuvalu
- ๐บ๐ฌ Uganda
- ๐ป๐บ Vanuatu
- ๐พ๐ช Yemen
- ๐ฟ๐ผ Zimbabwe
Visa required (24)
- ๐ฆ๐ซ Afghanistan
- ๐ฉ๐ฟ Algeria
- ๐ง๐ฉ Bangladesh
- ๐ง๐ด Bolivia
- ๐จ๐บ Cuba
- ๐จ๐ฉ DR Congo
- ๐ช๐ฌ Egypt
- ๐ช๐น Ethiopia
- ๐ฌ๐ฒ Gambia
- ๐ฌ๐น Guatemala
- ๐ฎ๐ณ India
- ๐ฎ๐ฉ Indonesia
- ๐ฎ๐ถ Iraq
- ๐ณ๐ฆ Namibia
- ๐ณ๐ต Nepal
- ๐ต๐ญ Philippines
- ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa
- ๐ฑ๐ฐ Sri Lanka
- ๐น๐ญ Thailand
- ๐น๐ณ Tunisia
- ๐น๐ท Turkey
- ๐ป๐ช Venezuela
- ๐ป๐ณ Vietnam
- ๐ฟ๐ฒ Zambia