UAE Visa for other Nationalities:

• Exemption of other nationalities from entry visa to the UAE according to the type of passport:
  

The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MOFAIC) has embraced values of excellence and continuous improvement while providing consular and customer service abroad. In line with its commitment to contribute towards the country's efforts to become a prosperous and sustainable country fully integrated in a globalised and equitable world, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has implemented a simpler, faster and more efficient visa issuing procedures that aims at facilitating the process for foreign applicants. The new process was embedded with a pioneering practice known as "Exporting the Border", in which the applicants can complete the whole visa issuance process in their home country. It enables them to use the smart e-borders system to access the UAE freely. Consequently, the UAE has inaugurated several visa service centers around the globe. This page has been set to provide all the information required for the visa application, offer any visa electronic services, and answer all your inquiries.

Visa Centers' Appointment System

Prior to visiting the center, kindly book an appointment on the following website: 

Visa Centers Addresses:

Visa center in Colombo - Sri Lanka:

112, Kumarathunga Munidasa Mawatha, Colombo

Phone: 0094112554777

Fax: 0094112554774

Email: conscolombo@mofa.gov.ae

Opening hours Monday to Friday from 9 am – 4 pm

Visa Center in Jakarta - Indonesia:

Gedung Menara Sunlife, Podium Arcade Floor, Blok 6.3, Mega Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan

Phone : +6221-25985500

Fax : +6221-57940086/7

Email: consoffice.jakarta@mofa.gov.ae

Opening hours Monday to Friday from 9 am – 4 pm

Visa Center in Nairobi - Kenya:

Nyerere Road – P.O. Box 42222 – Nairobi – Kenya

Phone : +254709991777 / +254709991888 / +254709991999

Email: Nairobi@mofa.gov.ae

Opening hours Monday to Friday  from 9 am – 4 pm

Visa Center in Dhaka - Bangladesh 

EMPORI FINANCIAL -Road #93 plot # 6 Ground floor Gulshan North Avenue, Dhaka

Phone: +8809609111000

Email: consdhaka@mofa.gov.ae

Opening hours Sunday to Thursday, from 9 am – 4 pm

Visa Center in Cairo  -  Egypt

Block 77, Street 90, Fifth Settlement, New Cairo, near Al-Ahly Bank

Phone : +2 0226730000 / +2 0226730004

Email: conscairo@mofa.gov.ae

Opening hours Sunday to Thursday, from 8 am – 3 pm

Visa Center in New Delhi – India

Ground Floor, Ambience Commercial Complex (Ambience Tower), VASANT KUNJ

Phone : +91 11 3921 7555

Email: consular.newdelhi@mofa.gov.ae

Opening hours from Monday to Friday 9 am – 4 pm

TC-Number - 72/1227 (1-4), Survey No. 16/1, 17, Muttathara Village, Manacaud, Near Fort Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

Phone : +91 471 3388 888

Email: keralacon@mofa.gov.ae  

Opening hours from Monday to Friday 9 am – 4 pm

Visa Center in Tunis – Tunisia

Panorama Building, Bourse Street, Lake 2, Tunis

Phone : +216 71100700

Email: TunisEMB.Visa@mofa.gov.ae

Opening hours from Monday to Friday 8 am – 3 pm

Visa Center in Beirut – Lebanon (planned inauguration in 2017)

Central Beirut, Alnejmeh Square, Near Parliament, Beirut

Phone : +961 1981111

Email: consbeirut@mofa.gov.ae

Opening hours from Monday to Friday 8 am – 3 pm

Visa Center in Abuja – Nigeria (planned inauguration in 2017)

Tsukunda Plaza, second floor, Constitution Avenue, Central Business District, besides Church Gate, Abuja

Phone : +234-81 84477777  / +234-81 73377777

Email: consabuja@mofaic.gov.ae

Opening hours from Monday to Friday 9 am – 5 pm

Visa Center in Dakar – Senegal (planned inauguration in 2017)

Immeuble "Serigne Bassirou Mbacke", Route de ouakam , étage 5 (Droite et Gauche)

Phone : +221338699898

Email: DakarEmb.Visa@mofaic.gov.ae

Opening hours from Monday to Friday 9 am – 4 pm

Application Requirements

In order to ensure a fast and efficient process, please make sure you have fulfilled and met all the requirements needed to complete the visa application prior to booking any appointments. For any inquiries, please call, e-mail or fax the center with your questions.

After initiating the application, the sponsor will be sent a notification that his/her application is currently under process in the visa services center, where it will be necessary that the applicant presents the following documents in order to complete the application successfully:

1. A valid passport for 6 months or more from the intended date of travel.
2. An invitation letter from the sponsor
3. Approved medical certificate with 3 months validity (please see below for further details)
4. Biometric data fees to be paid at the center.

Not providing any of the above requirements upon visiting the centers might cause delays in your application or possible refusal. For further information on visa requirements, please visit the website for the Naturalisation, Residency, and Ports (NRP) department: www.adnrd.ae/home.action

Visa types:

This section illustrates the visa types which are provided by the consular services center only. Kindly be noted the list below does not cover all visa types provided by the UAE. For further information regarding visa types not covered by the center, please visit the NRP department's website (www.adnrd.ae/home.action)

The following table demonstrates the types of visas processed by the center:

*The application fees relates to the remuneration of the center service provision and does not cover all associated costs of any visa

Medical Centres

Medical centers have been approved in the centers' countries for your convenience so that you could carry out medical tests and thus provide medical certificates. These represent an essential requirement in your visa application and should be obtained before booking an appointment and/or visiting the center. To view the approved health centers, please download the attached file or contact the center.

 To discover the approved health centres, please download the attached file (Click here) , or contact the center

"The Consular Services Department in the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC) provides Attestation Service for all types of documents (commercial documents/ Study Certificates/ and other documents) as a measure to ratify the validity of stamp and signature on documents issued within or out of the UAE."

Places of Service Delivery:

Customers Happiness Centers Centers within the UAE as well as diplomatic and consular missions abroad. You can also start applying for service via website and then proceed with service through:

• Customers Happiness Centers in the UAE with Working Hours

• UAE Diplomatic and Consular Missions and Attestation Centers

Documents issued within or outside of the UAE

(Prescribed fees AED 150 + Issue fees). Attestation procedures are as follows:

1. Start service through website.
2. Fill out form on website.
3. Enter payment card details and complete payment process.
4. Go to nearest "Attestation Center" or "Mission" with original document.
5. Attestation center employee will then:

• Check document
• Verify validity of Issuance Authority stamp and signature for documents issued inside the UAE. Such documents, however, have to be ratified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country where documents are issued, and attested by the UAE Embassy in the same country.
• E-label to be printed out and pasted on document for signature by customer service employee.
• Document to be handed over to customer after attestation.

Commercial Contracts and Agreements issued inside or out of the UAE

(Prescribed fees AED 2000 + Issue fees). Attestation procedures are as follows:

1. Start service through website.
2. Fill out form on website.
3. Enter payment card details and complete payment process.
4. Go to nearest "Attestation Center" or "Mission" with original contract or original commercial agreement.
5. Attestation center employee will then:

• Check document
• Verify validity of Issuance Authority stamp and signature for contracts and commercial agreements issued within the UAE. Such contracts and agreements have to be ratified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country where they are issued and then attested by the UAE Embassy in the same country.
• E-label to be printed out and pasted on document for signature by customer service employee.
• Contract or commercial agreement to be handed over to customer after attestation.

Note:

• In case the UAE has no embassy in the concerned Country, documents are to be approved by the concerned Country's Embassy in the UAE.
• If the concerned Country has no Embassy in the UAE, documents are to be notarized by the Country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs accredited to the UAE such as (Mauritius-Jamaica-Moldova, etc.)