While most of the tourists fly hours at a stretch fighting
jetlags to reach Dubai, Indians hardly have to fly for 3 hours to reach the
city of world records. The stone’s throw away distance between Dubai and India
makes it one of the most frequently visited places by the Indians. The visa can
be for leisure, business or work related. Indians also form a major portion of
the expat community residing in Dubai. But sadly India is not amongst the 33
countries who do not require a visa to enter UAE and therefore, Dubai visa for
Indians is a must to enter the city of Dubai.
Eligibility criteria for Indian Nationals to obtain Dubai
Visa:
Indian citizens with a previous travel record of UAE or other
countries like USA, UK, Schengen countries, European Union, Australia, New
Zealand, Russia, Canada, Switzerland and Japan, at least once in the last 5
years are eligible.
For Indian applicants who do not meet the criteria of
previous travel record will be required to present proper financial records,
i.e. the income tax return of previous 2 Years having a gross income of over
INR 2 lakh per annum. The source of this income should come from business,
employment or profession.
Mandatory documents required for an Indian National to get
Dubai Visa:
Copies of 1st, last and observation page of passenger
Recent passport sized photograph (as per specification)
Visa Application Form (signed by the person filing the
application form).
Confirmed airline ticket of the passenger
Different types of Visa that can be applied for Dubai by
Indian citizens:
1.Visitor Visa
It is one of the most applied and approved Dubai visa for
Indian citizens. It is issued to Indians willing to stay in Dubai for a term of
more than 14 days, or Indians visiting Dubai for any family or business visit.
This type of Visa is valid for a term of 30 days in case of short term visa and
valid for 90 days for long term visa with paying Dubai Visa Fees.
2. Transit Visa
A transit visa is issued for travelers looking to stay in
Dubai during a break journey. In such a case visa requirement for Indian
citizens vary. A traveler must stop at the Dubai airport for at least 8 hours
to be issued a transit visa for duration of 96 hours. To get a transit visa
issued, the application must come either through the respective airline, the
Dubai hotel authority or via an authorized travel agent.
3. Tourist Visa
A tourist visa applied by an Indian citizen is considered as
a special category visa. This nonrenewable visa is issued for a period of 30
days. Since it’s non-renewable, a heavy fine is levied if the citizen is found
staying past the expiry of his/ her visa.
4. Employment Visa
For Indians looking to stay in Dubai for work must apply for
an employment visa. In such cases even the employer (regardless of the fact
that it is a local company) also has to get a work visa from the Immigration
Department of Dubai. The visa of the employee has to be sponsored by the
employer.
5. Multi Entry Visa
While travelling through the sea route, travelers who need to
enter and exit Dubai more than once during their travel are issued the Multi
entry visa. Indian tourists or business class people on their work related
trips to Dubai are mostly granted this type of visa.
The validity of such type of visa is 6 months from the date
of issue with each stay in the city not exceeding a span of 30 days. This is a
non- renewable visa and can be obtained once the traveler enters Dubai.
Specification of the designation of the applicant should be
in detail e.g. “General Manager – Sales, Vice President and Lecturer, etc.” In
the application form.
Specification in detail of the occupation been served,
whether “Business or Self Employed” in the application form should be clearly
mentioned.
The photo of size 4.3 x 5.5 cm should be colored and clear
with minimum 80% of the face clearly visible.
Pages exhibiting the evidence of travel and visa in current
and old passport photocopies.
In case of online Dubai visa application, a clear scanned
copy of a photograph, first and last page of the passport should be submitted
in JPEG format with the total size less than.
[Source: http://www.onlydubaivisa.com/blog/apply-dubai-visa-india/]
