UAE Embassies and Consulates Abroad  

UAE Embassies and Consulates Abroad

List of foreign and overseas UAE Embassies and Consulates abroad with ambassador names and contact details, including China, India, Iran, USA, UK, and other countries.

1. Date of last information update for ambassador name.
2. Charge d'Affairs or Acting Charge d'Affairs
3. Consul General
4. Non-resident ambassador
5. See individual country notes below

• Website domains in grey are either unavailable in English, not available at all (when checked), unconfirmed if official UAE embassy websites, or something else.
• UAE Permanent Representative at the United Nations in Geneva is Obeid Salem Al Za'abi (Obaid Salem Al Zaabi) (04 Dec 2008).
• UAE Permanent Representative to NATO new appointment is Mohammed Ali Al-Naqbi (WAM 10 Apr 2012).
• Ali Thani Al-Suweidi, UAE Ambassador to The Netherlands, is also the UAE Permanent Representative to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) (04 Dec 2008).
• UAE Embassy in Berlin websites at www.uae-embassy.de, www.uae-embassy.eu, and www.uae-embassy.net (all appear to have the same content).

New UAE embassies and opening dates

• 03 Feb 2012 - New UAE consulate or embassy in Djibouti? WAM reported that Arif Ali Al Tabour Al Numaimi was appointed as the UAE's first Consul-General to Djibouti.
• 19 July 2011 - The National reported that a UAE Consulate was planned for Kerala, India - The UAE has officially proposed to open a diplomatic mission in Kerala within the next year. The report quoted PT Chacko, press secretary to chief minister of Kerala, Oommen Chandy, as saying "The objective will materialise in a year, ... The UAE will be the first Gulf diplomatic mission in the state. We have not discussed the exact location yet."
• 19 April 2011 (WAM) - six new UAE Ambassadors announced:
  • Abdulla Khalfan Matar Al Romaithi - South Korea
  • Faris Mohammed Ahmed Suhail Al Mazrouei - Ministry for Foreign Affairs (in UAE?)
  • Jumaa Rashid Saif Al Dhahiri - Qatar
  • Mohammed Saeed Mohammed Al Dhahiri - KSA
  • Saif Mohammed Obaid Al Zaabi - Iran
  • Suleiman Hamed Salem Al Mazrouei - Belgium
• 2010 - new UAE embassy in Mexico opened.
• 17 Aug 2010 (WAM) - new UAE embassies planned for Chile, Kenya, Uganda according to UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Dr. Anwar Mohammed Gargash. Currently the UAE has 77 embassies worldwide.
• 26 Jul 2010 (WAM) - new UAE Embassy HQ in Ethiopia opened, UAE Ambassador is Dr Yousef Eisa Hassan Al Sabri
• 04 Jul 2010 (WAM) - first UAE Ambassador to Ethiopia announced - Dr Youssef Eissa Al Saberi
• May 2009 - Dr Hessa Abdullah Ahmad Al Otaiba, UAE Ambassador to Spain, presented her credentials to Pope Benedict XVI as non-resident UAE Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Vatican. She is the first female ambassador to the Vatican.

UAE ambassador names updated

• Abdulla Al Ma'ainah (Mainah) Seoul, South Korea moving to Santiago, Chile (26 April 2011 news reports).
• Abdullah Khalfan Mattar Al Romaithi (WAM 19 April 2011), UAE Embassy in Seoul, South Korea.
• Abdullah Nasser Al Amiri (04 Dec 2008), UAE Embassy in Paris, France > Mohammad Meer Abdulla Al-Raesi (04 Jul 2010)
• Ali Ahmed Al Shamsi (04 Dec 2008), UAE Embassy in Amman, Jordan > Dr Abdullah Naser Sultan Al Amiri (26 Jul 2010)
• Eisa Saleh Al Garg (Essa/Easa Saleh Al Gurg), UAE Embassy in London, UK (and Ambassador to Ireland) > Abdul Rahman Ghanim Al-Mutaiwee (WAM 06 Jun 2009)
• Dr Hassa Abdullah Al Otaiba (Hessa / Hissa Abdulla Ahmed Al Oteiba) - Madrid, Spain and Andorra (06 Jul 2010)
• Juma Rashid Saif Al Dhahiri, Doha, Qatar (WAM 19 April 2011)
• Mohammed Saeed Mohammed Al Dhahiri, Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (WAM 19 April 2011), presumably in Riyadh not Jeddah. Previously was Al Asri Bin Saeed Al Dhahiri (04 Dec 2008).
• Saif Mohammed Obaid Al Zaabi, Tehran, Iran (19 April 2011). Previously Khalifa Shahin Al Marri (04 December 2008).

Arab League

• Permanent representative of the UAE to the Arab League is Mohammed Nakhira Al Dhaheri (UAE Ambassador to Egypt).

UAE Embassy and UAE Consulate information

UAE Embassy in Algeria

• Location and contact details - 19 Freis Bel Hafid Hydra Alger, PO Box 165, Algiers, Algeria. Telephone +213-21549677, fax +213-21549666, email emaratesemb@wissal.dz.

UAE Embassy in Australia

• Ambassador is Ali Nasser Al Nuaimi, who is also non-resident ambassador to New Zealand.
• Location - 12 Bulwarra Close, O'Malley, ACT 2606, Australia. Postal address - PO Box 5173, Garran, ACT 2605, Australia.
• Contact tel +61-2-62868802, fax +61-2-62868804, email uaeembassy@bigpond.com, website www.uaeembassy.org.au.
• 1997 - opening date of UAE Embassy in Canberra, Australia.

UAE Embassy in Austria

• Location - Peter Jordan Strasse 66, A1190, Wien (Vienna), Austria. Tel +43-1-3681455 or +43 1 3681456, fax +43-1-3684485.

UAE Embassy in Azerbaijan

• 03 November 2011 (WAM) - new UAE embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan opened? WAM reported appointment of UAE ambassador Salem Khalifa Al Ghafli. Contact details not supplied or found.
• 03 May 2011 - several news sources reported that during a visit to Baku by the UAE Minister for the Economy, Sultan Saeed Al Mansoori, he announced plans to open a UAE embassy in Baku by the end of 2011.
• 18 March 2008 - several news sources reported that during a visit to the UAE by the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister, Elmar Mammadyarov, the UAE President, Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahayan, said that the UAE would open an embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan.
• 31 December 2001 - Gulf News reported that the Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, Khalaf Khalafov said "The Republic of Azerbaijan attaches great importance to its relations with the UAE, which is set to open its embassy soon in Azerbaijan," during a visit to the UAE.

UAE Embassy in Bahrain

• Location - Villa 270, Road 2510, Block 325, Qudaibiya, Manama. Postal address - PO Box 26505, Manama.
• Tel +973-17748333, fax +973-17717724, email manama@mofa.gov.ae or uaeembassybahrain@hotmail.com. Website URL www.uae-embassy.com.bh (not available?).

UAE Embassy in Bangladesh

• Location - House No 41, Road No 113, Gulshan Model Town, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
• Tel +880-2-9882277, fax +880-2-8823225, email uae_dac@citechco.net. Previous or alternative phone number +880-2-9882244?

UAE Embassy in Republic of Belarus

• New telephone numbers +375-17-3132601, +375-17-3132602, +375-17-3132603, Fax +375-17-3132604. Old tel no +375-17-2005354 (last checked 31 January 2011, from website)?

UAE Embassy in Belgium

• 15 March 2012 - New ambassador to Belgium and the European Union reported as Sulaiman Hamed Al Mazroui (WAM news). But he's been there almost a year already? See ...
• 19 April 2012 - New ambassador to Belgium and the European Union reported as Suleiman Hamed Salem Al Mazrouei (WAM news)
• Location: 73 Av. F. Roosevelt 1050, Bruxelles (Brussels), Belgium.
• Tel +32-2-6406000, fax +32-2-6462473, email uaeembassy@skynet.be.

UAE Embassy in Brazil

• Location: Shis Qi 05, Chacara 18, Brasilia, DF, Brasil. Postal address: PO Box 71600 - 790 CCP, Brasil.
• Tel +55-61-2480717, fax +55-61-2487543, email: u.a.e.emb@opengate.com.br. Previous or alternative telephone number +55-61-3480717 (or typo - only one digit different)?

UAE Embassy in Canada

• Another domain name, www.uaeembassy.ca, appears to be for the UAE Embassy in Ottawa, Canada, but is under construction when last checked (29 January 2011).
• UAE visas for Canadians are required as of 02 January 2011 due to the Canada-UAE landing rights dispute. Canadian citizens can apply for (expensive) visas at the UAE Embassy in Ottawa, or cheaper visas through Emirates or Etihad, or a sponsor in the UAE.
• Tel +1-613-5657272, fax +1-613-5658007, email: safara@uaeembassy.com. Email unconfirmed - domain is uaeembassy.com or uae-embassy.com?

Chad

• 13 May 2012 (WAM) - non-resident ambassador to Chad announced as Hasan Ahmed Al Shehhi (UAE ambassador to Sudan).

China (People's Republic of China)

• UAE Embassy in China
  • Location and address: 191 Ta Yuan Diplomatic Office Building, Beijing, Peoples' Republic of China.
  • Tel +86-10-84514416, fax +86-10-84514412
• UAE Consulate in China
  • Location: Building 24 & 26, No. 1080 Beijing XI Road - Jingan District, Shanghai, Zip Code 200041, China
  • Tel +86-21-62557776, fax +86-21-62556252, email: shanghai@mofa.gov.ae.

UAE Embassy in Egypt

• United Arab Emirates Embassy: address 4 Ibn Sina St (4 Ibn Seena St). Off Mourad St. Giza, Cairo
  Tel: +20-2-37766102, +20-2-37766103, +20-2-37766101 (other sources give tel +20-2-3609722, fax +20-2-5700844, unknown if correct).
• Cultural Attaché For United Arab Emirates Embassy: address 71 Shehab Street, Mohandessin (Mohandeseen), Giza, Cairo
  Tel: +20-2-33461020, +20-2-33461021, +20-2-33461008, +20-2-33461032
• UAE Embassy in Egypt (emergency?) tel numbers +20-23-7766101, +20-23-7766102, +20-23-7766103 (previous +20-2-7766101). Updated 31 January 2011.
• Email address uaeembassyca@online.org.eg. Website www.uaeembassy-egypt.com under construction, unknown if an official UAE government website (last checked 31 January 2011). No other website supplied or found.

UAE Embassy in France

• 04 July 2010 - Ambassador is Mohammed Meer Abdullah Al-Raeesi, name also seen written as Mohamed Mir Al Raisi, or Mohammed Mer Abdullah Al-Rayesi.
• Location address: 3, Rue de Lota, 75116 Paris, France
• Tel +33-1-45539404, fax +33-1-47556104, email: embassade.emirates@wanadoo.fr.

Germany - UAE Embassy in Berlin

• Berlin (embassy?)
• Bonn (consulate or embassy?) location Erste Fahrgasse, D-54113, Bonn, Germany. Tel +49-228-267070, fax +49-228-2670775, email: uaebonn@compuserve.com.
• Munich (consulate?) - tel +49-89419770, fax +49-89410-79450.

Hong Kong

• Tel +852-2866-1823, fax +852-2866-1690

Indonesia - UAE Embassy in Jakarta

• Information (last checked 01 May 2012)
  • Ambassador: Mr Yousif Rashid AlSharhan (Yusuf Omer Al Sharhan)
  • Location address: Jl. Prof. Dr. Satrio, Block C-4, Kav. 16-17, Jakarta Selatan 12950, Indonesia
  • Postal address: PO Box 4859, JKT. 12048, Indonesia
  • Phone: +62-21-5206518, +62-21-5206528, +62-21-6506538, fax +62-21-5206526, email: uaeemb@indo.net.id

UAE Embassy in Iran

• 12 April 2012 - the UAE ambassador, Saif Mohammed Abid al-Zaabi, was recalled to the UAE after the Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinijad, visited the island of Abu Musa, which is claimed by the UAE but occupied by Iran.

UAE Embassy in Ireland

• New Ambassador, Khaled Nasser Lootah, started end of 2011 or early 2012?

UAE Embassy in Kenya

• 01 April 2012 - Ambassador's name reported as Abdul Razaq Mohammed Hadi. Opening date, location, contact details of embassy not supplied.

Kuwait - UAE Embassy in Kuwait City

• 10 Apr 2012 - new Ambassador reported as Ali Ahmed Bin Shukr Al-Za'abi (WAM news). Previous ambassador was Hasan Salam Al Khayal (Hassan Salem Al Khayal, Hassan Salim Al-Khayyal).
• Old telephone number +965-252-8544. New telephone nos +965-22527693 or +965-22528544. Fax no +965-22526382 or +965-22525174.
• Location: Building 7, Embassies Complex, Al Daeya - Area 5. Email info@uaeembassy-kw.org or kuwait@mofa.gov.ae.
• Opening times 0800-1400.

UAE Embassy in Libya

• 10 Apr 2012 - new ambassador reported as Obaid Mohammed Al-Ka'abi (WAM news). Name also reported as Saeed Obaid Al Kaabi, or Saeed Obeid Al Kaabi.
• 11 Mar 2012 - Ambassador Sultan Rashid Al Kitoub (Sultan Rashid Al Kaytoub) reported as leaving. New ambassador name not supplied (WAM news).
• 04 Dec 2008 - Ambassador is Abdullah Sulaiman Al Hamadi?

UAE Embassy in Montenegro (last update 01 November 2011)

• Location and address: Bulevar Svetog Petra Cetinjskog 147, 81000, Podgorica, Montenegro.
• Fax: +382-20-411402, email: montenegro@mofa.gov.ae
• Opening hours: 0900-1500, Monday-Friday.
• 06 October 2010 - UAE Ambassador to Montenegro, Her Excellency Hafsa Abdulla Mohamed Sharif Al Ulama, presented her credentials to the President of Montenegro, His Excellency Mr Filip Vujanović.

UAE Embassy in Morocco

• 25 March 2011 - new ambassador reported as Al Asri Saeed Al Dhaheri. Previous ambassador was Saeed Humaid Al Katbi (Al Ketbi).

New Zealand

• Non-resident Ambassador to NZ is Ali Nasser Al Nuaimi (UAE Ambassador to Australia).

UAE Consulate in Pakistan - Karachi

• 07 March 2012 - Website appears to be at www.uaeconsulate-karachi.com. Unknown if official website or not. Contact details from website are (confirmation not supplied but same information seen in other sources including Pakistan Yellow Pages):
  • Location: 17/A Khayaban-e-Shamsheer, Phase 5 (V) D.H.A., Karachi, Pakistan. Is new location? Other sources (including official UAE government websites give address and location as P.O. Box 8523, 84 Clifton, Shahrahe-Iran, Karachi, Pakistan).
  • Tel 35810000-04, fax: 35868181. Karachi area code is supposed to be 021, so presumably add +92-21 for country code and area code? Numbers would then be +92-21-35810000, +92-21-35810001, +92-21-35810002, +92-21-35810003, +92-21-35810004?). Same details also seen in ADCC (ADCCI) information dated October 2011.
  • Other sources (including official UAE government websites) give telephone number as +92-21-5824016 and fax number as +92-21-5824015 (presumably out of date?).
  • New dialing code for Karachi announced July or August 2009, starting October 2009 add a '3' to the area code? Perhaps misunderstood or misreported, should be add a '3' to the local area number (e.g. 5810000 becomes 35810000), with area code for Karachi remaining as 021? Not confirmed.
  • Pakistan Yellow Pages list contact telephone numbers as +92-21-35824016 and +91-21-35824020 (might be out of date).
  • Email address info@uaeconsulate-karachi.com (if website is correct, but not confirmed)? Email also seen as emaratkarachi@hotmail.com or karachi@hotmail.com (not confirmed - hotmail address looks suspicious)?

UAE Embassy in Pakistan - Islamabad

• New ambassador Essa Abdulla Al Basha Al Noaimi (also seen written as Isa Abdullah Al Basha Al Nuaimi). Previous ambassador was Ali Saif Sultan Al Awani (from 2008-2011) (The National 26 September 2011).
• Location and address: PO Box 1111, Plot No. 1-22, University Road, Diplomatic Enclave, Islamabad, Pakistan. Telephone: +92-51-2279052, fax: +93-51-2279063. Undated, unconfirmed.

UAE Embassy in The Philippines

• 20 October 2011 (WAM) - new UAE Embassy building in Manila inaugurated by the UAE Ambassador, Musa Abdul Wahid Al Khaja. Located in the McKinley Hills suburb. Contact details not supplied.
• MOFA contact details (not clear if up-to-date): email manila@mofa.gov.ae, tel +632-8567449, fax +632-5551843.
• Previous location and contact details:
  • UAE Embassy, 2nd Floor, Renaissance Building, 215 Salcedo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City, Manila, Philippines
  • Telephone: +632-817-3906, fax: +632-818-3577, email: uaembmla@info.com.ph

UAE Embassy in Qatar

• 06 May 2012 - new electronic visa (e-visa) service for UAE entry visas launched. Ambassador name also written as Juma Rashid Saif Al Dhaheri.

San Marino

• 02 March 2012 - new non-resident ambassador is Abdul Aziz bin Nasser Al Shamsi (UAE Ambassador to Italy) (WAM news report).

UAE Embassy in Seychelles

• 02 February 2012 - Ambassador Director of Africa reported as Abdul Hamid Kazem (WAM news). Not clear if non-resident ambassador is still, or also, Malallah Mubarak Suwaid Al Amiri (ambassador for Tanzania).

UAE Embassy in South Africa

• 02 February 2012 - new ambassador reported as Hamad Hareb Al-Habsi (WAM news).

UAE Embassy in Sudan

• 21 February 2012 - UAE Ambassador to Sudan reported as Hassan Ahmed Sulayman El Shihi (WAM). Date of appointment unknown. Name also seen written as Hasan Ahmed Sulaiman Al Shehhi
• 04 December 2008 - UAE Ambassador to Sudan is Eisa Abdullah Al Nuaimi (appointment date unknown).

UAE Embassy in Switzerland

• 12 October 2011 (WAM news) - UAE Ambassador to the Swiss Confederation, Mohammad Atiq Al Rumaithi, presented his credentials to at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland as the first resident Ambassador of the State in the Swiss Confederation.

UAE Embassy in Syria

• 07 February 2012 - Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are withdrawing their ambassadors from Damascus in Syria (and maybe Consuls-General also) in response to the growing violence from the Syrian ruling regime towards its citizens. A statement from the GCC said "The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, current head of the council, announces that the GCC states have decided to withdraw all their ambassadors from Syria and also demand that all ambassadors of the Syrian regime in its lands leave immediately"

UAE Embassy in Tanzania

• 27 Feb 2011 (WAM) - new UAE Embassy building opened in Dar Es Salam, Tanzania. Updated contact details (from MOFA information):
  • Postal address and location: Tour Drive, Plot Number 375, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
  • Telephone +255-22-26006628 or +255-22-2601774, Fax +255-22-2600919 or +255-22-2601755
  • Email daressalam@mofa.gov.ae
• Previous contact details: telephone number +255-22-2669999, fax +255-22-2669996, email uaeembassy@bol.co.tz. Previous location was Kaunda Drive House, Number 2415, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.

UAE Embassy in Uganda

• 02 November 2011 - WAM news reported that "General Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda has received credentials of Hassan Mohammed Obaid Al-Suwaidi, UAE ambassador to Uganda." Contact details, location, opening date of new embassy not supplied or found.
• 17 August 2010 (WAM) - new UAE embassy planned for Uganda according to UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Dr. Anwar Mohammed Gargash.
• 14 June 2010 - UAE plans to open an embassy in Uganda?

UAE Embassy in Vietnam

• Location is No.44/3 Van Bao, Van Phuc Diplomatic Quarter, Ba Dinh, Ha Noi.
• Tel: +84.4.3726 4545, Fax: +84.4.3726 2020 (checked from website 29 January 2011). Previous tel no +844-393-30607.
• Ambassador's name might also be written as HE Mr. Ahmed Ali Almualla or Ahmad Ali Almualla.

Websites with a list of UAE embassies and consulates abroad, worldwide

Some official UAE websites with lists of UAE embassies (but none seem to be complete):

• www.mofa.gov.ae/mofa_english/portal/2c7ff8a6-c6fa-4418-95a8-db64287fab26.aspx
• www.mofa.gov.ae/Mofa/pages/Map/index.html - seems to be the most complete list but with limited information about each embassy.
• www.uae-embassy.ae - forwards to the UAE Embassy in the UK information but other embassy information can be found with a bit of searching. Not all UAE embassies though.
• www.uaeinteract.com/travel/consulates.asp - list of UAE embassies and consulates overseas but doesn't appear to be very up-to-date.

UAE electronic visa (e-visa) system for entry visas to the UAE

• Qatar - announced 06 May 2012 (WAM).

Last update Monday 14-May-2012. Page development 1H 2T 3D 4L 5C.

Related pages

• Consulates in UAE
• Embassies in UAE
• Embassies and consulates in UAE
• UAE visa requirements

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• www.embassyofuae.com - doesn't appear to be an official UAE embassy website, almost no content found when last checked September 2010. Be careful out there.
• www.mofa.gov.ae - UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs website. Has details of some UAE embassies - Algeria, Amman, Berlin, Canberra, Damascus, Geneva, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Ottowa, Paris, Podgorica - (link on top right corner of page) but a complete list not found (last checked 01 November 2011).
• www.uaeembassy.co.uk - spam, NOT the UAE Embassy in UK website. The official one is www.uaeembassyuk.net (last checked 29 January 2011).
• www.uaeembassy.com - forwards to www.uae-embassy.org, the official website of the UAE Embassy in Washington DC, USA (last checked 29 January 2011).
• www.uaeembassy.net - also not a UAE embassy website as far as we can tell. Not clear what it supposed to be. Confirm independently with an official UAE government source before entering any information at this website (last checked 29 January 2011).
• www.uaeembassy.org - NOT a UAE Embassy related domain (last checked 29 January 2011).
• www.uae-embassy.ae - forwards to ww.uae-embassy.ae/Embassies/uk which appears to be the same as the official site for the UAE Embassy in the UK at www.uaeembassyuk.net. Similar pages also for au (Australia), ca (Canada), ch (Switzerland - Permanent Mission), de (in German), dz (Algeria), es (Spain), fr, jo, lb, me (Montenegro), pt (Portugal), ro, sy, vn, us at the same website (last checked 29 January 2011). Might be intended as a centralised website for all overseas UAE embassies and consulates eventually?
• www.uae-embassy.com - official website of the UAE Embassy in Ottawa, Canada.
• www.uae-embassy.net - official website of the UAE Embassy in Berlin, Germany.
• www.uae-embassy.org - official website of the UAE Embassy in Washington DC, USA..
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