Sifqa publishes information people use to make expensive, time-sensitive decisions. This page explains where that information comes from and how it is kept accurate.

Where information comes from

Primary sources only

Requirements, fees, and processing times are taken from the government that issues the visa: immigration departments, ministries of foreign affairs, and the embassy or consulate serving the UAE. Where a country’s UAE embassy publishes different details from its central ministry, the guide says so rather than silently choosing one.

Application centres are cited narrowly

Companies such as VFS Global and BLS handle appointments and document collection for many embassies. They are cited only for their own services: appointment booking, service fees, centre locations, opening hours. They are never used as a source for whether you qualify or which documents an embassy requires.

What is never used as a source

Forums, Facebook groups, Reddit threads, agency marketing pages, YouTube videos, and other guide sites. These are useful for knowing what questions people have. They are not evidence of what the rules are.

Every guide lists its sources, with links, at the end of the page.

Dates and rechecking

Every guide carries a date showing when it was last checked. That date means the official sources listed on that guide were opened and confirmed to still match. It does not mean the page was edited.

• Fees and processing times are rechecked every three months.
• A guide is rechecked immediately when a rule change is announced or a reader reports a problem.
• If a guide has not been checked in six months, it carries a visible notice telling you to verify with the official source before relying on it.

When sources conflict or go quiet

Immigration information is often incomplete or contradictory. Where that happens, the guide says so directly. It will tell you that a fee is not published, that an embassy and a ministry disagree, or that processing times are given as a range with no guarantee.

Sifqa does not fill gaps with estimates, figures copied from other websites, or guesses presented as fact. An honest “this is not published, call the consulate” is more useful than a confident number that is wrong.

Corrections

Mistakes are corrected openly rather than quietly deleted.

• Substantive corrections — a wrong fee, an outdated requirement, an eligibility error — get a dated note on the guide itself.
• Minor fixes — typos, broken links, clearer wording — are made without a note.

Independence

No government, embassy, agency, or advertiser has any influence over what is published here or how it is written. No one can pay to appear in a guide, to be recommended, or to have criticism removed.

Sifqa carries third-party advertising, which is sold and placed automatically and is never seen before publication. Ads are not endorsements, and the presence of an advertiser has no bearing on editorial coverage. How the site is funded is set out on the about page.

What this site is not

Sifqa is general information, not legal advice, and does not create any professional relationship between you and this site. Immigration rules change, are applied differently by different officers, and turn on facts specific to your case. Always confirm current requirements with the embassy, consulate, or immigration department before you apply. The full terms are set out in the disclaimer.

Last updated: 13 September 2026