Visas in and from the UAE

A residence visa ties you to the UAE — through your own company (investor visa) or an employer (employment visa). A travel visa is the entry document another country issues to a UAE resident. The platform covers both: the first under Residence visas, the second under Travel visas from the UAE.

The section covers the full Schengen area plus Europe beyond it, the GCC, Asia, Africa, the Americas and Oceania — every destination with proven demand from UAE residents, including all 29 Schengen members. Schengen rules are one base — each page adds the country's missions, seasonality and local practice.

Visa fees are government-set and shown in the issuing currency with an AED reference; processing windows follow the published rules of the missions and application centres. Everything is checked against the September 2026 snapshot and dated — confirm the live number before you book.

A working heuristic: if you make the same trip four or more times a year, or you want banking, family sponsorship and tax residency in the UAE, the residence route beats repeated tourist filings. The investor visa page breaks down the cost against a license package.

Mostly no — UAE passport holders are visa-waived across Schengen, Turkey and Serbia, and cross to Oman on the Emirates ID alone. The travel-visa guides are written for residents on other passports, and each page says who falls where.