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Tourist Visa Abu Dhabi Dubai Sharjah UAE

Air Arabia tourist visa special offer summer 2009: Air Arabia are offering a flight + 30 day UAE tourist visa package for AED 975 (plus airport taxes) return to any Air Arabia destination. Depart from 15 June to 31 July 2009, return from 16 July to 10 September 2009.

Tourist Visas are available to all nationalities, except Israeli passport holders, and must be prearranged, usually through a hotel but possibly also through an airline or other travel related company (new visa rules after July 2008). Hotels, travel agents, airlines and other companies will usually only arrange a Tourist Visa for a customer. Citizens of one of the free visa on arrival countries can obtain a UAE Visit Visa (different from a Tourist Visa) on arrival at any border entry point to the UAE simply by presenting their passport at passport control. To obtain a tourist visa for Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, our best understanding is you should do one of the following:

• If you're from one of the countries that can get a visit visa on arrival, do that.
• Otherwise contact the airline, hotel, or travel agent that you arranged your trip with and ask them to arrange a Tourist Visa. Fees will vary from one company to the next so check with more than one if you have a choice of options. Only travel agents and hotels based in the UAE can arrange a tourist visa.
• If you have a close relative in the UAE, they may be able to sponsor you for a Visit Visa (not a Tourist Visa).

Information about the 14 day tourist visa (appears to be no longer available anyway) is included on the transit visa page since it is more often referred to as a transit visa.

Table below lists some official or government UAE sources of visa information and date of information. If no date given, assume it was last checked 04 May 2009 (but that doesn't mean it was still valid). Obviously there are some conflicts. Any other UAE visa information sources will usually be based on one of the sources below. Many sources rarely update old visa information so it still ends up appearing in search results even when it's out of date (and yes, we're guilty of that too sometimes).

• NR - Non-Renewable, R - Renewable once at DNRD office with renewal fees of AED 620 (AED 870 if renewed with Air Arabia, or AED 750 with Etihad Airways)
• Tourist Visa applications take 1-2 weeks for normal processing once all the correct forms have been submitted, and 2-3 days for urgent applications.
• Tourist Visa serial number is 12, entry code is 43 according to DNRD fees table
• Tourist Visa is renewable once for 30 days, fees are AED 620 for eform, and AED 610 for ednrd, serial number is 13, entry code is 43
• * Etihad Airways website says validity period is 2 months, but the same page also says 59 days (when checked 04 May 2009)
• Sources that offer or have information that say Tourist Visas are not renewable, are probably out of date since the UAE visa rules changed after July 2008 to allow almost all nationalities the possibility of obtaining a 30 day Tourist Visa that is renewable once.
• Not clear from Air Arabia website if AA sponsor Sharjah Tourist Visa, or assist with visitors obtaining a Sharjah Visit Visa (if the latter then visitor needs a relative in the UAE to sponsor them as per usual Visit Visa sponsorship requirements).

1. Documents needed if visa is sponsored by a UAE resident (this information might not apply to tourist visas or visit visas after July 2008)

• Visa application form
• Copy of sponsors passport with copy of residence visa
• Copy of sponsors labour contract in Arabic with monthly salary figure
• Copy of trade licence if sponsor is self-employed
• Copy of traveler's ticket
• Refundable deposit of AED 1000 for each person being sponsored

Old Tourist Visa Dubai - no longer valid, information here for reference only

• Citizens of countries eligible for a Tourist Visa (from dubaitourism.ae and uaeinteract.com): Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Bermuda, Bulgaria, China, Cuba, Cyprus, French Guiana, Guyana, Europe (East and West), Hellenic Republic (Greece), Kingston (Jamaica), Malta, Martinique (France), Mexico, Poland, Russia, Singapore, St Kitts-Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, Palao (Palau?) other non-defined American nationalities. According to government.ae, nationalities are limited to China, East and West Europe, South Africa, Thailand.
• Tourist visas can be obtained through airlines, UAE hotels, travel agents and tour operators in the UAE. Visa fees are AED 100 + AED 10 delivery fee, and companies may not charge more than AED 50 dhs additional processing fees or surcharges.
• Cost is AED 120 + AED 100 if urgent processing wanted.
• Validity is 30 days (non-renewable) before new rules 01 August 2008, may be renewable after new rules come into effect.
• Takes a couple of days to process, sometimes just hours.

Last update Sunday 05-Jul-2009

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