GCC expats need to get e visa before UAE visit


(MENAFN- Khaleej Times)The Ministry of Interior (MoI) has launched an online service to allow GCC residents and their escorts to get their UAE entry permits (visas) via the various ports across the country.

Residents can apply for permits through the Fawri portal on the ministrys website www.moi.gov.ae.

Major-General Khalifa Hareb Al Khaili Assistant Undersecretary of MoI for Naturalisation Residency and Ports said the new service will expedite passenger movement and streamline the visa issuance procedure for passengers before arriving in the country.

He said other smart solutions will be rolled out in the future.

The move is in line with Ministerial Decree No. 377 of 2014 the MoI said in a Press statement.

You can get visa on arrival if you are ...

Businessmen investors partners and company managers and representatives

Accountants auditors doctors engineers lawyers and legal advisers

Public sector workers other than labourers

Family members of the above-mentioned individuals or entities

Foreign family members of GCC nationals their sponsored helpers and escorts

GCC truck drivers transporting goods from any of the GCC countries


Khaleej Times

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