Dubai as a tourist destination is on my radar since a long
time. I am scouting for an affordable deal and as soon as I spot one, I will go
ahead with the booking. Flydubai is a new budget carrier that is offering
economic tickets to Dubai, but the budget fare includes only 7kg baggage -
everything else is chargeable.
Dubai doesn’t provide visa on arrival. It is required that
everyone visiting this place must arrange their Dubai Visa well in advance. It
is a fairly simple process. Below are the documents required:
Dubai Visa
requirements
• Passport should have minimum validity of 6 months from the
date of entry
• Passport should have minimum one empty page
• For minors, birth certificate/age proof is required
• UAE Embassy works from Sunday till Thursday. Friday and
Saturday are off.
• Dubai tourist visa typically takes 4-5 working days under
normal mode, 48 hours in case of emergency
One good thing about Dubai visa is that there is no need to
visit Embassy or any office in person. One can apply online by uploading
scanned copies of the passports and a photo.
For 90 days visa additional documents are required - such as
invite from friend/relative, local residence proof etc.
Also note that females below 30 years and males under 22
years are recommended to apply along with their father or husband to minimize
chances of rejection. Some Middle East countries have this suspicion that
visitors may stay back permanently or try to marry someone locally, so they
take extra caution in case of single women, young adults etc. One of the fellow
female blogger recently told me that she was asked to provide NOC from their
parents for a tourist visa to Turkey and a range of other proofs.
Another luck based way to visit Dubai is to book your
international flight that transits through Dubai, hope that you miss your
connecting flight and the airline gives you a night's stay and a temporary
visa. But that approach can't be planned. Let me see when I will be able to
visit Dubai.
While there’re many agencies that provide visa assistance. Agencies
processes over 25,000 visa applications every month and its Dubai Visa
fee includes ‘Ok to Board’ clearance service. (Ok to Board is a status
tagged to your flight ticket PNR after the airline checks the accuracy of your
Visa, this is a security measure incorporated due to high rate of fake Visa in
operation and Indians migrating to Gulf without proper work permits). Once visa
is granted by UAE authorities, Agencies team will send a copy of your visa to
the airline that issued the tickets, so that your status can be updated to ‘Ok
to Board’. Some Indian airlines charge extra for this service - with Agencies,
you get Ok to Board without extra cost irrespective of the airline you’re
flying. I've recently booked economic tickets to Indonesia and Australia. As
and when I spot a tempting ticket fare to Dubai, I am going to grab it and approach Agencies for Visa service.
I was in a dilemma regarding obtaining a transit Dubai Visa. Your apt answers for a varied range of transit visa queries helped me in understanding a need for such a visa. Keep sharing such useful blogs.
ReplyDeleteI am very happy after reading this blog, because I am a Muslim citizen and wanted to visit Dubai during Ramadan which is the holy month of Muslims. After reading this blog I know all the process and steps of applying for a Dubai visa and I am sure I will be able to get it on time for my trip to Dubai.
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