Visa Information for Non-US Diplomats and Officials

Visa requirements for Non-American Diplomatic and Official passports

If your country and the type of passport is listed below, visa is available upon arrival only.

Please make sure to have the following before departure: -

  1. An original passport (should not expire within six (6) months from the expected date of arrival in the UAE).
  2. A confirm round-trip airline ticket or airline ticket to other destination.

Diplomatic and Official Passports

Albania Algeria

Argentina

Austria

Azerbaijan

Bahamas

Bahrain

Barbados

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia

Brazil

Brunei

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chile China

Colombia

Congo, Rep

Costa Rica

Croatia

Cuba

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Dominica

Egypt

El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea

Estonia

Finland

France

Gabon

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Grenada

Herzegovina

Honduras

Hong Kong

Hungary

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Jamaica

Japan

Kazakhstan

Kiribati

Korea, (South)

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malaysia

Maldives

Mali

Malta

Mauritania

Mexico

Montenegro

Morocco

Nauru

Netherlands

New Zealand

Norway

Oman

Paraguay

Peru

Poland

Portugal

Qatar

Romania

Russian Federation

Rwanda

St. Lucia

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

San Marino

Saudi Arabia

Serbia

Seychelles

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

Spain

Suriname

Sweden

Switzerland

Tajikistan

Thailand

Tonga

Tunisia

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Uruguay Vanuatu Vietnam Vatican City  

 

Diplomatic passport only

Armenia

Burundi

Chad

Congo, Dem. Rep

Ethiopia

Guinea

Jordan

Liberia

Mauritius

Niger

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Uzbekistan

Zambia

 

If your country and the type of passport is not listed above, please submit the following: -

  1. A complete application form with a photo attached. 
  2. An original passport (should not expire within six (6) months from the expected time of arrival to UAE).
  3. A colored photo size (2×2 inches) with white background.
  4. An original cover letter from your embassy that includes information about the trip, the traveler, and the expected departure date.
  5. A colored copy of the passport and the application with photo attached.
  6. A copy of the cover page of the passport from outside.

Note:

  1. All application forms must be typed. 
  2. The applicant must be inside the U.S. during the visa process.
  3. All visas require prior approval from the UAE authorities, so the visa process will take around 3 working days.

If you have any questions, please call  (202) 243 2465 or (202) 243 2485 

 

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