UAE Visit Visa and Tourist Visa Extension or Renewal Procedure
UAE Visit Visa and Tourist Visa Extension or Renewal Procedure
Visitors to the UAE have the option to get a tourist visa or a visit visa. The tourist visa is valid for a maximum of 14 days. A visit visa is different from a tourist visa, since it is valid for a longer period of time and can be renewed at a DNRD office. There are short-term visit visas which are valid for 30 days and long-term visit visas which are valid for 90 days. To get a UAE visit visa, one must have a sponsor in UAE who is either a UAE resident, a company in the country, or a hotel which has operations in UAE.
Extend UAE Visit Visa
The UAE visit visa is renewable for a maximum of two times, which will be a maximum period of 60 days extension. The visa extension can be done for a small fee, depending on the way you choose to do it. Keep in mind that there is a fine of AED 100 for extending the visa on the last day, so plan the extension try to get it done a few days before your visa expires.
Citizens of the following countries can get a free UAE visit visa on arrival, with a 30-day validity, which can be renewed once: Australia, Austria, Andorra, Belgium, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Romania, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, United States of America, United Kingdom, and the Vatican.
Renew Visit Visa at Immigration Office
The best way to renew a UAE visit visa is through an immigration office. Renewing the UAE visit visa without leaving the country is possible through the Immigration offices. Go to an Immigration office and pay a fee of AED 500 to get the visa extended.
In case the maximum period of the Visit visa is exhausted, one can opt in for the below methods. For any assistance, you can call +971 444 74 285 for questions or fill in the form below.
Extend UAE Tourist Visa
There are three major ways to extend a tourist visa in UAE – by organizing a Visa Run by Bus, by taking a Visa Flight or by crossing the UAE border by road by car. Find out more details about these three methods as follows. For any assistance, you can call +971 444 74 285 for questions or fill in the form below.
Visa Run by Bus
A visa run is a trip that a visitor to UAE can take to a nearby country and then apply for the UAE visit visa to get extended. A visa run can be done from three of UAE’s emirates – Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah. The recommended places to go to for a visa run from UAE are Oman, Bahrain and Kish Island. This is only available for select nationalities. This needs you to stay in Oman for 2 to 3 working days. Prefer Airport to Airport method for convenient and faster process for same day visa extension.
Airport to Airport Visa Change
The best options to do the visa extension is by a visa flight. In this option, you can do the visa extension by flying to a nearby country from UAE. You just need to enter the departure terminal of the other country, without exiting the airport, and fly back to UAE from there. Once you return to UAE, you can get another visit visa issued for 30 days or 90 days. This is applicable to most nationalities.
Previously Airport-To-Airport visa extension was available only with Sharjah Airport but now this Airport to Airport Visa Extension is available from Dubai as well. For assistance, you can call +971 444 74 285 .
Crossing the Border by Road
To cross the border from UAE by drive, you will need to get an exit stamp on your passport at the border check post. The most common country to go to for crossing the UAE border is Oman. Once you reach the Oman border control, you will get a ticket to attest your entry, which you will need to present when driving back to UAE. When exiting Oman, you will need to get an exit stamp again, which will cost AED 60. After entering UAE, you can go to the nearest immigration office to get a new visit visa on your passport, along with the entry stamp. This is only applicable for select nationalities.
Tips:
- Try to avoid getting a visa extension done during the weekends because there might be too many people travelling to and from UAE to nearby countries then
- The time taken for crossing the border to get to Oman and return to UAE should take only 3-4 hours, so it’s a relatively fast process
- All the methods of visa extension except for getting it done at the DNRD office involve travelling outside the UAE, so there might be additional travel expenses.
Hi, Iam from India, currently I have a 90 days visit visa and going to expire on may 17th 2018. Is it possiable to extend with 90 days, how much its cost and formalities. thank you..
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I am from Kazakhstan. My wife came by tourist visa for 30 days. We want to renew visa and for this purpose we booked flight to oman on the ladt day of her tourist visa, but in airport at registration, manager of air company said that tourists from Kazakhstan can stay 30 days and 10 days as grace period, so if she will fly to oman and return to uae, her visa will not be renewed because current visa still not expired. Her last day is 27 of may, and we bought new tickets to oman to 27 of may and return ticket at the same day. Later we knew that she should be at least 2 days out of country to get new visa at arrival. Its not possible to get new visa at the same day when she arrives on 27 of may??? Thank you for any suggestions!