UAE To Allow Entry of Tourists From India and 5 Other Countries: Details Here

• Manish Khandelwal
• 22/08/2021
• International / International

As the Coronavirus cases continue to decrease the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has decided to allow Indian passport holders, who have not been to the country in the last 14 days, to obtain tourist visas.

Apart from India, a similar facility will also be extended to citizens of Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Uganda.

The decision comes as the United Arab Emirates is looking to eases the travel restrictions gradually.

Dubai-based low-cost carrier Flydubai has also announced this on its official website, “Passengers carrying passports of India, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka or Uganda with tourist visas can be accepted if they have not entered or been in those countries in the last 14 days.”

“If you are a UAE resident, GCC citizen, or visitor arriving in Dubai, regardless of where your journey originated, you must be able to present a negative COVID-19 PCR test result (from a test taken in the country of departure no more than 72 hours prior to the departure of your inbound flight to Dubai),” said flydubai on its website.

However, all travelers would have to undergo a Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test on the day of arrival and on the 9th day after arrival in the country.

It is important to note that currently, only resident visa holders of the UAE and transit passengers are allowed to fly to the UAE.

UAE has imposed restrictions on flyers from India, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Uganda earlier this year to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.