United Arab Emirates visa requirements for Indian passport holders

Check your circumstances

Read these conditions alongside the entry rule. Where official guidance does not state a condition, that is not confirmation that no condition applies.

Passport type Confirmed for this scope

The 14-day and 60-day visas are limited to holders of ordinary Indian passports and their family members. Diplomatic and other passports are outside this service.

Official sources: Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Port Security (ICP).

Trip purpose Conditions to check

Dubai residency authority describes the visa as an entry visa to the UAE as a visitor. Work or residence needs a different visa.

Official sources: General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs, Dubai (GDRFA Dubai).

Age Not stated in the cited guidance

ICP's service page sets no age rule; it extends the visa to family members of eligible holders but does not say how children apply or what they must show.

Official sources: Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Port Security (ICP).

Residence Conditions to check

You must hold a valid visa, residence permit or US Green Card issued by the United States, an EU country or the UK, or a valid residence permit issued by Japan, South Korea, Australia, Canada, Singapore or New Zealand.

Official sources: Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Port Security (ICP).

Other visas or residence permits Conditions to check

Dubai's residency authority asks for a US visa or Green Card, or a UK or EU residence visa, valid for at least 6 months, and a passport valid for at least 6 months.

Official sources: General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs, Dubai (GDRFA Dubai).

Carrier and arrival route Not stated in the cited guidance

The foreign ministry calls the scheme a visa on arrival, while ICP issues the visa online with 30 days to enter. No airline, airport or arrival-route limits are stated.

Official sources: UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Stay and visa validity Confirmed for this scope

You must enter within 30 days of issue. The 14-day visa allows 14 days from entry and can be extended once for 14 days; the 60-day visa allows 60 days, single entry, with no extension.

Official sources: Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Port Security (ICP).

Who qualifies

You need an ordinary Indian passport valid for at least 6 months, plus one of these: a valid visa, residence permit or Green Card issued by the United States; a valid visa or residence permit issued by an EU country or the UK; or a valid residence permit issued by Japan, South Korea, Australia, Canada, Singapore or New Zealand. Family members of an eligible holder are included.

Dubai's residency authority, which runs its own version of the service for US, UK and EU documents, also asks that your US visa or Green Card, or your UK or EU residence visa, be valid for at least 6 months.

Official sources: Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Port Security (ICP); Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Port Security (ICP); General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs, Dubai (GDRFA Dubai); Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Port Security (ICP).

How to apply

Apply online through the ICP smart services website or app, which needs a UAE Pass login, or through the GDRFA Dubai smart services website, where you register as a user. Fill in the form, upload your documents if the data is not retrieved automatically, and pay. ICP lists a completion time of 2 days; GDRFA Dubai lists 48 hours and emails the visa after approval.

The UAE foreign ministry describes the scheme as a visa on arrival, but both service pages describe an application made before you enter, so apply before you fly.

Official sources: Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Port Security (ICP); General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs, Dubai (GDRFA Dubai); UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Documents and fees

Have your passport, a personal photo with a white background and a copy of your qualifying visa, residence permit or Green Card ready. ICP lists AED 100 to issue the 14-day visa or AED 250 for the 60-day visa, plus AED 100 for smart services.

Official sources: Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Port Security (ICP); Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Port Security (ICP); General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs, Dubai (GDRFA Dubai).

Stay, extensions and overstays

Each visa must be used within 30 days of issue. The 14-day visa counts 14 days from your date of entry and can be extended once, for the same length, while you are in the UAE. The 60-day visa is single entry and cannot be extended. Leave before your permitted stay ends: overstays are fined AED 50 a day.

Official sources: Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Port Security (ICP); Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Port Security (ICP); Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Port Security (ICP).

Without a qualifying permit

If you do not hold one of the qualifying visas, permits or Green Cards, you need an entry visa before you travel. Abu Dhabi's residents office says a sponsor applies for it: an airline, a hotel, a tourism company, a company based in Abu Dhabi, or a UAE national or resident. Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months, and you must not have been deported from or banned from entering the UAE.

Official sources: Abu Dhabi Residents Office (Abu Dhabi Government); UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs.