Where can you go with a United Arab Emirates passport?
A United Arab Emirates passport gets you into 161 of 198 destinations with no paperwork before you fly โ visa-free or a visa issued on arrival. Everything else is below, grouped by what it actually asks of you.
- Visa free127
- Visa on arrival34
- Electronic travel authorisation8
- e-Visa18
- Visa required11
Visa free (127)
Turn up with your passport. Some of these still ask for an arrival card or a tourist registration, but nothing you apply for in advance.
- Albania90 days
- Andorra90 days
- Angola30 days
- Antigua & Barbuda90 days
- Argentina90 days
- Armenia180 days
- Austria90 days
- Azerbaijan90 days
- Bahamas90 days
- Bahrain
- Barbados90 days
- Belarus90 days
- Belgium90 days
- Bolivia90 days
- Bosnia & Herzegovina90 days
- Botswana90 days
- Brazil90 days
- Brunei30 days
- Bulgaria90 days
- Burkina Faso
- Chad90 days
- Chile90 days
- China30 days
- Colombia90 days
- Costa Rica180 days
- Croatia90 days
- Cuba90 days
- Cyprus90 days
- Czechia90 days
- Denmark90 days
- Dominica180 days
- Dominican Republic30 days
- Ecuador90 days
- Egypt180 days
- El Salvador180 days
- Equatorial Guinea90 days
- Estonia90 days
- Eswatini30 days
- Fiji120 days
- Finland90 days
- France90 days
- Gambia90 days
- Georgia90 days
- Germany90 days
- Greece90 days
- Grenada90 days
- Guatemala90 days
- Guyana90 days
- Haiti90 days
- Honduras90 days
- Hong Kong SAR China30 days
- Hungary90 days
- Iceland90 days
- Iran15 days
- Ireland90 days
- Italy90 days
- Japan90 days
- Jordan90 days
- Kazakhstan30 days
- Kiribati90 days
- Kosovo90 days
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan60 days
- Latvia90 days
- Lebanon180 days
- Liechtenstein90 days
- Lithuania90 days
- Luxembourg90 days
- Macao SAR China30 days
- Malaysia90 days
- Mali90 days
- Malta90 days
- Mauritius90 days
- Mexico180 days
- Micronesia30 days
- Moldova90 days
- Monaco90 days
- Mongolia30 days
- Montenegro90 days
- Morocco90 days
- Mozambique30 days
- Nauru
- Netherlands90 days
- Nicaragua90 days
- North Macedonia90 days
- Norway90 days
- Oman
- Pakistan90 days
- Palestinian Territories
- Panama90 days
- Paraguay90 days
- Peru90 days
- Philippines30 days
- Poland90 days
- Portugal90 days
- Qatar
- Romania90 days
- Russia90 days
- San Marino90 days
- Sรฃo Tomรฉ & Prรญncipe15 days
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal90 days
- Serbia90 days
- Seychelles90 days
- Singapore30 days
- Slovakia90 days
- Slovenia90 days
- Solomon Islands90 days
- South Africa90 days
- South Korea90 days
- Spain90 days
- St. Lucia60 days
- St. Vincent & Grenadines90 days
- Sudan
- Sweden90 days
- Switzerland90 days
- Tajikistan30 days
- Thailand60 days
- Tonga60 days
- Tunisia90 days
- Tรผrkiye90 days
- Ukraine90 days
- Uruguay90 days
- Uzbekistan30 days
- Vanuatu120 days
- Vatican City90 days
- Zambia90 days
Visa on arrival (34)
Issued at the border when you land. Usually a fee and a queue, occasionally a photo โ but no application before you travel.
- Bangladesh30 days
- Burundi30 days
- Cambodia30 days
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic90 days
- Comoros45 days
- Congo - Brazzaville30 days
- Djibouti90 days
- Ethiopia90 days
- Ghana30 days
- Guinea90 days
- Guinea-Bissau90 days
- India30 days
- Indonesia30 days
- Iraq30 days
- Jamaica30 days
- Laos30 days
- Madagascar90 days
- Maldives30 days
- Marshall Islands90 days
- Namibia90 days
- Nepal150 days
- Palau30 days
- Rwanda30 days
- Samoa90 days
- Sierra Leone30 days
- Sri Lanka30 days
- Syria
- Tanzania
- Timor-Leste30 days
- Trinidad & Tobago
- Tuvalu30 days
- Yemen90 days
- Zimbabwe90 days
Electronic travel authorisation (8)
An eTA is not a visa, but you do have to apply and be approved BEFORE you board. This is the category people most often get caught out by.
- Canada180 days
- Cรดte dโIvoire90 days
- Israel90 days
- Kenya90 days
- New Zealand90 days
- St. Kitts & Nevis90 days
- Suriname90 days
- United Kingdom180 days
e-Visa (18)
Applied for online ahead of the trip. Faster than a consulate visa, but still an application with a processing time โ leave room for it.
- Australia
- Benin30 days
- Bhutan
- Cameroon
- Congo - Kinshasa7 days
- Gabon90 days
- Liberia
- Libya
- Malawi
- Mauritania90 days
- Nigeria90 days
- Papua New Guinea
- Somalia
- South Sudan90 days
- Taiwan30 days
- Togo15 days
- Uganda
- Vietnam90 days
Visa required (11)
A full visa, usually through a consulate or visa centre. Plan weeks, not days.
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- Belize
- Eritrea
- Lesotho
- Myanmar (Burma)
- Niger
- North Korea
- Turkmenistan
- United States
- Venezuela
Now pick one and plan it
You know where you can go. The next question is what to do when you get there โ a full day-by-day plan, free, no account.
Plan a trip freeWhere this comes from, and what it is not
Built from the open passport-index dataset, refreshed nightly. This is a planning aid, not legal advice: visa rules change without notice, and the requirement that applies to you can depend on your route, your purpose of travel and how long you stay. Confirm with the destination's own authority before you book.