United Arab Emirates - a very popular tourist destination recently. Amazing beach vacations, architectural wonders in the form of reclaimed islands, dizzying shopping and lots of new impressions of this “eastern country”. But in order to visit this state, citizens of Russia (as, indeed, Ukraine and Belarus) will need a visa to the UAE. It is easier to get it than, for example, in the countries of the Schengen zone, but you still have to work hard and collect a package of documents. Let's try to consider what information the embassy is interested in and in what form it needs to be provided.
First about the form of filing. Russia is a huge country, and in most cases, citizens of other cities are deprived of their rights in comparison with Muscovites, because they need to shell out a trip to the capital to visit the consular departments. We can say that the Emirates is a positive exception to the rule. A visa in the UAE is fully issued in e-mail mode. You need to scan and send the necessary documents, fill out a virtual application form, list the consular fee, and you're done. A maximum of five days (working) - and the right document will come to your email inbox. You print it out and fly on vacation to the country.
Now about the permission to enter. A visa to the UAE can be of three types: transit, tourist and business. Transit is predominantly opened by citizens flying to Australia, New Zealand or the islands of Oceania. Airlines in this direction usually fly through Dubai. If the circumstances are such that you have to spend more than a day at the airport, and you want to leave the international zone and take a short tour of the city, you can get this type of transit. Moreover, it is inexpensive, issued in a short time and lasts 96 hours. Passengers who prefer to wait for their flight in the international zone of the airport are not required to apply for an entry permit.
A tourist visa in the UAE is the most popular type of document among Russians. It opens for a period of 59 days, but you can continuously stay in the country continuously for a maximum of 29 days. There are several ways to design it. The first (and easiest) is to buy a tour at the agency. It should be remembered that the document on which you went abroad should be valid six months after the end of the trip. If a child is traveling with you, care should be taken to ensure that the permission of the second parent's remaining home is notarized, as well as provide a scan of his internal passport. If the children and parents have different surnames, it is necessary to translate and notarize the birth certificate.
A visa in the UAE can be issued independently, without buying a tour. But in this case, it will cost more. You will need to provide proof of your solvency and your hotel reservation. If the hotel you are going to stay in will have more than four stars, a deposit is not required. If you have booked a 1-, 2 or 3-star hotel, you will need to leave $ 1,500 as security. This amount will be returned to you upon presentation of a passport after returning from a trip. Permission to enter the country is also issued by agencies at Etihad and Emirates airlines in Moscow.
The fact that a visa to the UAE for girls under 30 is not available is a myth. This category of citizens has no restriction either by gender or by age. Another thing is newlyweds who decided to spend a honeymoon in the country . They need to provide a scan of the marriage certificate, as well as a scan of its translation into English, which the notary certified. The only requirement for women under 30 is that if they are married and leave without a spouse, provide a scan of a notarized marriage certificate. The UAE Embassy has special requirements for photographs of all applicants: they must be taken on a white background, measuring 4.3 by 5.5 cm, sent in JPG format, and the photographs need to be compressed, because the permissible file size can be no more than 40 kilobytes .