General
- What is a UAE visit visa?
The UAE visit visa permits a traveller to stay in UAE for 90 days from the time of arrival. The traveller needs to get an invitation letter from his relative in UAE along with their proof of residence to apply for a visit visa. The visa processing time is between 4 - 5 working days (excluding Friday and Saturday). The visa will be valid for 60 days from the date of issue.
- What are the documents required to apply for a UAE Visa?
The traveller requires to submit the below listed documents for UAE Visa:
1) Copy of return air ticket
2) A scanned copy of traveller’s first and last page of the passport.
3) Traveller’s passport-size photograph, taken against a white background.
- What is ‘OK To Board’?
Most International airlines flying to UAE or Sharjah airport requires an “OK to Board” confirmation from the visa agency before they allow a passenger to board the aircraft. Musafir.com team updates the airline with an “OK to Board” note post confirmation of the Visa by UAE Embassy.
- Does Musafir.com provide “OK To Board”?
The “OK To Board” message for the airline ticket is updated by Musafir.com for all UAE Visa’s applied through us.
Visa application
- How do I apply for UAE visa for more than 5 travellers?
All UAE group visa requests can be mailed to us at help@musafir.com and we will revert to you within 24 hours. Alternately, you can also call us at +971 8005050 with all the passenger details. While sending us the UAE group visa query, kindly include maximum information about your travel.
Example: Number of adults and children travelling, date of travel (arrival and departure) and similar information.
After your UAE visa application
Cancellation / Refund / Amendment of Online Visa Application
Reasons of UAE Visa rejection
Here are some of the most common reasons why UAE visit visas are rejected or disapproved.
- Female applicants below 22 years who are not accompanied by their parents or relatives might receive rejection or delay of approval in the UAE visa application.
- Applying for visa in UAE with unskilled profession stated in the passport such as labourer, farmer or service might get rejected.
- Applicants with previous criminal offense, fraud or miss conduct committed are blacklisted in the UAE Immigration and hence will be rejected automatically.
- Applicant who has previously received a UAE visa but did not enter UAE. In such cases, the new UAE visa application might get rejected as the previous UAE visa needs to be cancelled first. In order to get an approval for the new UAE visa application, the PRO of the applied travel agency or sponsor must go to the UAE Immigration to clear the previous UAE visa application. The UAE tourist visa gets expired within 60 days.