{"id":52097,"date":"2020-01-12T15:00:11","date_gmt":"2020-01-12T07:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=52097"},"modified":"2022-06-01T13:42:29","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T05:42:29","slug":"uae-approves-multi-entry-5-year-tourist-visas-for-all-nationalities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2020\/01\/12\/uae-approves-multi-entry-5-year-tourist-visas-for-all-nationalities\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE Approves Multi-Entry 5-Year Tourist Visas for All Nationalities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The <strong>United Arab Emirates<\/strong> (UAE) announced on January 6 the approval of\u00a0the issuance of a <strong>five-year multi-entry tourist visa<\/strong>\u00a0for <strong>all nationalities<\/strong> visiting the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Foreign travelers from Africa, South America, Arab states outside the Gulf, and European states from outside the European Union and the former Soviet Union, who previously needed visas to enter the UAE, can now be granted a\u00a0multi-entry tourist visa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In a bid to\u00a0turn the Gulf state into a\u00a0global tourist destination,\u00a0 the\u00a0UAE Cabinet made the decision during its\u00a0first meeting\u00a0of the 2020 Year of Preparation headed by UAE&#8217;s leader, Vice President, and Prime Minister <strong>His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52099\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/01\/UAEVisa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/01\/UAEVisa.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/01\/UAEVisa-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/01\/UAEVisa-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>UAE&#8217;s leader\u00a0His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum during the\u00a02020 Year of Preparation meeting\/IMAGE\u00a0Dubai\u00a0Government Media Office<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Moreover, the state also approved\u00a0the\u00a0resolution of a <strong>visa waiver<\/strong> for Mexican citizens\u00a0entering\u00a0the\u00a0UAE, which will\u00a0improve the existing bilateral relations by opening new prospects in\u00a0tourism, investment, and commerce.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The visa waivers are set to facilitate the entry, exit, and passage for nationals of both countries without the need to apply for a visa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Both decisions will be implemented during the <strong>first quarter of 2020<\/strong> as a part of the state&#8217;s\u00a0efforts to strengthen\u00a0its position both regionally and internationally.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UAE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UAE<\/a> Cabinet chaired by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HHShkMohd?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HHShkMohd<\/a>, approves new amendment for tourist visas in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UAE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UAE<\/a>. The new tourist visa will be valid for 5 years and can be used for multiple entries and is open for all nationalities. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T2gZolAkjy\">pic.twitter.com\/T2gZolAkjy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DXBMediaOffice\/status\/1214178579514372096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;We want 2020 to be a year of development, growth and competition with leading countries in economy, competitiveness and wellbeing,&#8221; said Mohammed in a statement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Currently, UAE\u00a0attracts 21 million tourists a year and with the newly implemented tourist visa, the state is expecting more tourists to come in the following years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Dubai is set to host Expo 2020, a big-budget global trade fair, this upcoming October.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>For more information,\u00a0you may call the\u00a0Embassy of United Arab Emirates in Manila at 02-8856-7449.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/mediaoffice.ae\/en\/media-center\/news\/6\/1\/2020\/uaecabinet50meeting.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dubai\u00a0Government Media Office<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Agence France Presse<\/a><\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Arab Emirates has approved of the issuance of a five-year multi-entry tourist visa for all nationalities visiting the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":52106,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3154,12269,12270,12271,12268,12272,3070],"class_list":["post-52097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-current-events","tag-dubai","tag-five-year-multi-entry-tourist-visa","tag-multi-entry-tourist-visa-uae","tag-tourist-visa-uae","tag-uae","tag-uae-multi-entry-tourist-visa-2020","tag-visa"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/01\/Dubai_efat.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52097"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65353,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52097\/revisions\/65353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}