Covid Entry Check: United Arab Emirates Travel Restrictions

This United Arab Emirates dashboard provides you with information on travel restrictions, quarantine on entry, Covid-19 cases, entry requirements and green lane updates.

Overview

Partially Open
Up to 14 Days

Last reviewed on 22 Feb 2021, 15:18PM UTC

Covid-19 Statistics

NEW CASES

20,543

-11.77% (last 7 days)

ACTIVE CASES

13,641

151.63% (last 7 days)

Can you enter?

Entry is restricted to Citizens and PRs, Spouse & Children of Citizens/PRs, Other Residents (pass holders), Business Travellers, Transit, Residents of United Arab Emirates must check their status on https://uaeentry.ica.gov.ae before departure. Travellers entering or transiting Abu Dhabi or Dubai must have a medical certificate with a negative COVID-19 PCR test result, taken at most 96 hours before departure. The certificate must be issued by an approved lab listed on https://screening.purehealth.ae or a lab accredited by the departure country. Travellers arriving at Dubai (DXB) or Al Maktoum (DWC) could be subject to a Coronavirus (COVID-19) PCR test.

Tourists travelling to Dubai (DXB) or Sharjah (SHJ) must have a return/onward ticket and health insurance, a medical certificate and downloading of ALHOSN App is required for travellers entering/transiting Sharjah (SHJ).
Visa on arrival facilities at Abu Dhabi has restarted.

What to expect in United Arab Emirates?

📝 Before your trip

You must obtain advance arrival permission to board your plane.
You are required to complete a pre-arrival form.
For more information: https://www.emirates.com/nl/english/help/flying-to-and-from-dubai/tourists-travelling-to-dubai/
You will need a formal Medical Certificate presenting a negative PCR test from an accepted establishment.
Your Certificate must be within 4 days of your arrival.

🛬 On Arrival

On Arrival you will be required to complete a test for Covid, with the cost borne by the traveller.

😷 Quarantine details

General arrivals will be required to quarantine for up to 14days; Quarantine served at your home / hotel (special arrangement may apply due to GreenLanes). For more information: https://www.ncema.gov.ae/content/covid/hagr-en.pdf

🛂 Travel restrictions

There are routes that have Green Lanes with fewer restrictions, see below.
The route is closed for travellers from South Africa.

✅ Greenlane Agreement

South Korea

Travellers must have an 'Isolation Exemption Certificate' and a medical certificate with a negative COVID-19 PCR test result, must be taken at most 72 hours before departure

United States

Travellers must have a medical certificate with a negative COVID-19 PCR test result, must be taken at most 96 hours before departure

Indonesia

This route is currently closed

United Kingdom

Pre-arranged tourist visa, medical certificate with negative test results. Travellers entering Dubai (DBX) from United Kingdom as tourists are subject to a Coronavirus (COVID-19) PCR test on arrival

Germany

Pre-arranged tourist visa, medical certificate with negative test results. Travellers entering Dubai (DBX) from Germany as tourists are subject to a Coronavirus (COVID-19) PCR test on arrival

Other GreenLanes are available from

Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China (People's Rep.), Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland (Rep.), Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea (Rep.), Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Fed., Saudi Arabia, San Marino, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Isl., Spain, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sweden, Switzerland, USA, Ukraine, Uruguay and Vatican City (Holy See), passengers with a British passport with nationality "British Citizen" and passengers with a Hong Kong (SAR China) passport, travelling to Abu Dhabi

Afghanistan, Angola, Argentina, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Colombia, Chile, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Malta, Moldova (Rep.), Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Russian Fed., Rwanda, Senegal, Slovakia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Zambia or Zimbabwe - travellers from these countries entering Dubai or Al Maktoum must have a medical certificate

For further information visit:

https://www.mofaic.gov.ae/en/corona-virus-latest-updates