NEW DELHI: Extra Indians will now be eligible for visa on arrival (VoA) within the UAE — already the most important worldwide vacation spot for desi globetrotters. Now Indians having legitimate visas of the UK and EU international locations will even be eligible for this. Earlier, solely Indians having residence or vacationer visas to the US; and residencies within the UK and the EU had been eligible for VoA within the UAE.Other than this, passports of Indians searching for this should have a validity of over six months.
The Indian embassy in UAE tweeted Thursday issued an replace relating to VoA for Indian residents travelling to the UAE. “Indian residents and their relations who maintain bizarre passports will likely be granted visa on arrival in any respect ports of entry in UAE. This is applicable to the holders of:
* A sound visa, residence, or inexperienced card issued by the US of America.
* A sound visa or residence issued by the European Union international locations and the UK.
* The passport’s validity interval shall not be lower than six months,” the embassy stated on X (former Twitter).
“The above-mentioned individuals have the choice of acquiring a visa on arrival for a interval of 14 days, extendable for the same interval, or acquiring a visa on arrival for a interval of 60 days, non-extendable, after paying the prescribed charges in accordance with the relevant norms within the UAE,” it added.
UAE is the most important worldwide vacation spot for Indians travelling overseas. With its two large airline teams – Emirates and Etihad – Dubai and Abu Dhabi additionally see a number of transit site visitors between India and remainder of the world. By enhancing the eligibility for VoA, the UAE has made it simpler for extra Indians to go there in addition to entice the transit travellers to take a stopover there.
