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Five-Year Multiple-Entry Tourist Visa

United Arab EmiratesShort stays and visits

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For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?

This is the multiple-entry 5-year tourist visa: it enables tourists to enter the UAE multiple times on self-sponsorship, and can be issued for all nationalities.

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  • u.ae Tourist visa page
    The multiple entry 5-year tourist visa enables tourists to enter the UAE multiple times on self-sponsorship and remain in the country for 90 days on each visit, and can be extended for further 90 days. This type of tourist visa can be issued for all nationalities.

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

The visa covers tourism: ICP lists the service as multiple-entry long-term tourism (5 years) for all nationalities, with a family/group variant of the multiple-entry long-term tourist visa. The official source does not state whether other visit purposes are allowed.

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Limits of the record
  • Whether other short-visit purposes (e.g. business meetings or family visits) are allowed on this visa is not stated.

What maximum stay, rolling-period rule, validity and entry rules apply?

Each visit allows a stay of 90 days, which can be extended for a further 90 days.

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  • u.ae Tourist visa page
    remain in the country for 90 days on each visit, and can be extended for further 90 days.

What important funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence may be required?

To obtain the visa, the applicant must show a bank balance of USD 4,000 (or equivalent) held during the last six months, hold valid UAE health insurance valid for 180 days, and hold a ticket showing a continuing or return journey from the UAE.

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Where/how is permission obtained when required, and under what important circumstances can a stay be extended or changed?

Applications can be made online through the Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Port Security or the General Directorate of Identity and Foreigners Affairs - Dubai, or through airlines, licensed travel agents, or hotels. Each 90-day stay can be extended for a further 90 days; the official source does not state the extension procedure.

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Limits of the record
  • The page states the 90-day stay can be extended for a further 90 days but does not describe the extension application procedure or fees.
  • u.ae Tourist visa page
    You can apply for a tourist visa online through the Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Port Security or the General Directorate of Identity and Foreigners Affairs – Dubai. You can also apply through airlines, licensed travel agents, or hotels.
  • u.ae Tourist visa page
    remain in the country for 90 days on each visit, and can be extended for further 90 days.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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