Visa guides for UAE residents
Your passport decides. Your residence changes the route.
Pick your passport and where you want to go. We show the guide written for your situation as a UAE resident, checked against official sources.
Not sure where to go? Type visa-free to see where your passport and UAE residence let you travel without a visa.
Why both questions? Your passport sets the basic rule. Your UAE residence can change it: some countries let UAE residents get a visa on arrival or an e-visa, and most embassies make you apply where you live.
- Rules split by passport and by residence
- Every page dated and rechecked
- Sources: governments, embassies, VFS
- Independent. We don’t sell visas
Browse by passport
Start with your passport
Guides written for your nationality while you live in the UAE: where you can go visa-free, Schengen rules and passport services.
India
Indian passport
Living in the UAE with an Indian passport.
Pakistan
Pakistani passport
Living in the UAE with a Pakistani passport.
Philippines
Filipino passport
Living in the UAE with a Philippine passport.
More passports
Other nationalities
Schengen rules by passport, and UK, US and Canada by nationality.
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Where are you travelling?
Each guide covers who needs a visa, where to apply in the UAE, documents, fees, processing times and refusals.
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Schengen countries
28 country guides with 2025 refusal rates for each consulate in the UAE.
- Germany
- France
- Italy
- Spain
- Netherlands
- Portugal
- Switzerland
- Greece
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Norway
- Poland
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Sweden
Outside Schengen
Rest of Europe & Balkans
Several let you in visa-free if you already hold a US, UK or Schengen visa.
Balkans with a US, UK or Schengen visa →Long-haul
Americas & Oceania
Visitor visas, appointments and what changes by nationality.
US B1/B2 by nationality →Short trips
GCC & Middle East
GCC resident visas, Umrah, e-visas and visa on arrival.
Hayya GCC resident visa →Close to home
Caucasus & Central Asia
Short flights, many visa-free options for UAE residents.
Armenia: visa-free to 2027 →Islands & safari
Africa & Indian Ocean
ETAs, travel forms and entry rules.
Morocco e-visa for UAE residents →No visa needed
Visa-free trips
Where your passport and UAE residence let you go with no visa, or a visa on arrival.
Mexico with a US, UK or Schengen visa →New: moving to Europe
Live, work or study in Europe from the UAE
Work
Job and work permit
Salary thresholds, sponsors and the visa you collect in the UAE.
Find a job from Dubai →Your own income
Remote work and savings
Visas for remote workers, freelancers and people living on savings.
Does a Golden Visa help? →Study & family
Students and spouses
Student visas, proof of funds and the EU spouse route.
Student funds by country →The move itself
Before and after you go
The order to do things in, and settling in Europe.
The full checklist →New guides
Latest guides
How to move to Europe from the UAE
Work, income, study and family routes compared.
The Schengen 90/180-day rule
Worked examples, EES tracking and overstay risks.
Schengen processing time from the UAE
How early to apply and the best months to book.
Multiple-entry Schengen visas
The cascade from 1 to 5 years, and how to ask for one.
Portugal D7 and D8 from the UAE
Income, NIF, lease and the VFS steps.
Poland Schengen visa from the UAE
Embassy booking on e-Konsulat, fee and funds.
Documents & templates
Get your file right the first time
What each document must show, who signs it and the order to hand it in.
Free tool
Schengen 90/180-day calculator
Count how many days you have left in the Schengen area across the rolling 180-day window. Nothing you enter is stored or sent anywhere.
Open the calculatorAlso useful: refusal rates by consulate, booking an appointment, applying from Abu Dhabi and the 90/180 rule explained.
Moving abroad
Work, study and residence abroad
Life in the UAE
Family visas, passports and residence
How we work
Information you can check yourself
- Dated on the pageEvery guide shows the day it was last checked. We recheck when rules or fees change.
- Official sourcesWe link the government, embassy or official visa centre that sets the rule, not another blog.
- IndependentSifqa does not sell visas, book appointments or promise approvals. You apply yourself, for free.
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