Are you planning to travel to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and you want to know if you are eligible for a visa on arrival? Then you are on the right page. This article contains the list of approved countries that her citizens are eligible for the UAE visa on arrival. Check out the full list and see if your country is listed in it.
The United Arab Emirates, recently approved visa on arrival for passport holders from 70 countries in the world. The information was released in an update on the official websites of Etihad and Emirates.
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Among the countries whose citizens are eligible for the UAE visa on arrival are: Argentina, United States of America, Canada, Maldives, China, France, and Russia. The sad news is that Nigeria, and many African countries were not included in this list. Surprisingly, Seychelles was included among the UAE visa on arrival countries.
Check out the full list which is made up of seventy countries below.
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List of Approved UAE Visa on Arrival Countries
If you are from any of the countries or regions listed below, you do not need to apply for a visa before you travel to the United Arab Emirates. When you arrive in Abu Dhabi, all you need to do is to visit the immigration, then they will issue you a visa.
The full lists of approved countries for the UAE visa on arrival are as follows.
- Andorra
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Chile
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Honduras
- Hong Kong (SAR of China)
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Malta
- Mexico
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Nauru
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Norway
- People’s Republic of China
- Peru
- Poland
- Republic of Mauritius
- Republic of El Salvador
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russian
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- San Marino
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- The Vatican
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- Uruguay
That is all you need to know about the UAE visa on arrival and the approved countries or regions were eligible citizens should come from. Please share this information by using the social share icons found on this page.
