How to get a visa in the UAE yourself. UAE Visa Center in Russia: addresses, visa processing

Russian tourists, as well as citizens of other CIS countries, must visit the UAE visa center before visiting the United Arab Emirates in order to obtain permission to enter the country. Among the features of obtaining this document, it is worth noting the six-month reserve of the passport, which is counted from the end of the trip, as well as the possibility of obtaining documents electronically. Whatever one may say, scientific and technological progress to date is considered one of the key highlights of tourism in the UAE.

It is worth noting that people who travel through the UAE in transit can register for these purposes a transit visa for up to 96 hours at each airport in that country, regardless of the services of which companies they use.

Documentation

To get permission, first you need to visit the visa center of the UAE and bring the following documents:

• Color copy of the passport;
• Color photos of the size of 4.3x5.5 cm;
• A completely completed questionnaire.

If you are going to travel with children, then you will need to attach to the documents also a copy of their birth certificates. If unmarried women are going to travel alone, who at the same time booked for their rest a 2-3 star hotel, then in the agency you will be required to deposit $ 1500. This amount is returned to the owner in the event that he leaves the country in a timely manner.

Be sure to pay attention to the fact that when submitting documents it is not allowed to use copies from a photograph on the passport, as it, like a copy of this document, will need to be sent in separate files bearing the name of the tourist's name in English with the arrival date in Country. All this documentation can be transferred to your travel agent on electronic media or sent by e-mail.

Standard tourist visa for a period of one month in the majority of cases, any visa center in the UAE draws up for five working days. If the children are entered in the passport, in that case they will be able to issue the permit absolutely free of charge, and if the child has his own document, he will already have to issue a visa as an adult, respectively, paying separately. It is worth noting that if you issue a permit through the UAE visa center in Dubai or Abu Dhabi, you will be able to get even a multiple visa, which lasts from one to three months.

Registration of permits is carried out by the immigration service, and they are issued to tourists after their arrival at the destination in the form of an original or a copy. The cost of a visa in the UAE is $ 60. Before you fly out, tourists must first obtain a written confirmation in hands, which is issued by the hotel or the host tour operator.

Features to consider

Despite the fact that there are no official age or gender restrictions here, the UAE visa center may refuse to issue visas to unmarried women under the age of 30 years, as well as to women of this age if they come to the country with their husbands, but when This does not have the same surname with them. Both entry and exit from the country are carried out on a tourist visa only through a specific airport. Also worth noting is the fact that visas can not be issued to the holders of Israeli passports.

Types of visas

The visa to the United Arab Emirates is only one-time, and with each subsequent entry it is always necessary to issue a permit again.

Instead of the standard and for many customary stickers on the passport, each person is given a specialized file with the ID number, and all the information that is necessary for entry is stored only in electronic format. The number comes to your mail, after which you will have to print it on A4 size paper and take it with you to visit the country.

There are only a few visas:

• Guest - provides the possibility of staying in the country for up to 90 days. Such an authorization is made in two stages: first the applicant submits a full package of documents that could confirm the purpose of the trip for such a period. Documents for a visa in the UAE can be brought in person or simply sent to the official e-mail of the visa center. After that, explain your situation, attach copies of documents and leave contact information for communication. Next, you will need to wait for confirmation or refusal from the migration service. If the application was approved, then it will be necessary to bring the rest of the package of necessary documents.
• Tourist - provides for the possibility of staying in the country for 30 days without the possibility of further extension. Great for tourists who want to come to friends, visit tours to the Emirates, and also meet with relatives or partners. To issue such a permit, you must first pay a consular fee, as well as pay a commission to the visa center, which is what the cost of a visa in the UAE is. In this case, the amount of the commission will depend directly on the company chosen by you, as well as the urgency and specific requirements for documents. As a sponsor for the trip, you can choose a hotel, airline or travel agency.
• Service - is issued for 14 days. The most optimal option for carrying out any business trips or for people engaged in commercial activities. Most often it is issued for sales managers, company representatives and other specialists.
• By invitation - up to 30 days in the UAE with the possibility of further renewal. Often such permits are issued for visits to relatives, however, in order to receive it, it is necessary to have a sponsor in the form of a close relative.
• Transit - is issued for 4 days stay. In addition to the need for transplantation at UAE airports, it is possible to arrange this type of visa for holding short business meetings. To obtain such a visa it is quite enough simply to pay for service and consular fees, but it operates exclusively at the airport.
• Cruise - is made out for people who visit tours to the Emirates on a liner. Registration of such a visa is carried out during the journey in any cruises, when it will be necessary to land in several ports. Can be single or multiple and processed within 10-15 days.
• Resident - is made out for the possibility of staying in the country for three years. To obtain such permission, a person must have a certain real estate or an official place of work in some local company. The application for issuing such a document must be submitted solely by the employer, and if a person leaves the UAE for more than six months, the visa is completely canceled.

Any types of visas are issued for a period of 59 days from the moment you received it from the UAE visa center. SPb, Moscow and other large cities have several centers in which it is possible to issue such permission, and then activate for a while (depending on the type). It is for this reason that the visa must be drawn up not earlier than two months before the date of your departure.

Confirmation of financial solvency

To issue a permit you will need to confirm your financial status, be an active traveler or get an invitation.

Active people are people who have visited the countries of Schengen, England, Australia, the USA and several others over the past five years. To confirm this, it is enough to submit a copy of your passport, as well as one page, which indicates the visa of one of these countries. If you have traveled to some other countries, but have visited them at least twice in the past five years, this should also be the reason for your authorization, but you still have to confirm your income in the last two years.

Financial solvency in visa centers is determined by annual earnings of more than 400,000 rubles, but to confirm such income it is necessary to submit a certificate in the form of 2-NDFL, which must be formalized for the next six months. It is also possible to submit a certificate from the bank or a certificate from the work.

Registration of visa for children

In order to issue a permit for the child, in addition you will need to submit the following documents:

• birth certificate;
• Permission to leave the parents if they do not accompany him.

If a child is registered in his parents' passport and his photo is pasted, then when traveling together they not only do not need to issue and submit a separate passport, but they are also completely exempt from the need to pay fees.

Registration through the center of Dubai

Many prefer to use the services of a national company, Emirates, to apply for a visa to the United Arab Emirates. Dubai has its own center in Moscow, which serves exclusively clients of this company and at the same time provides a lot of privileges for tourists.

Before submitting documents to the visa center, it is recommended that you verify that the applicant's data fully meets one of the following criteria:

• The applicant for the past five years has visited or has visas of the following countries: England, USA, Schengen countries, Canada, Japan, New Zealand;
• The applicant can submit a certificate stating that over the past year his income was 400,000 rubles or his monthly salary for the past six months was more than 33,000 rubles.

As well as adult applicants, children must meet certain visa criteria. If the persons do not meet at least one of the above criteria, the processing of documents through the visa center for them becomes unavailable and, therefore, they can not already enter the Emirates. Dubai, like other cities with visa centers in Russia, sets the same rules for all.

After issuing the permit, the visa is issued for 30 days, with the so-called entry corridor, which has a period of 58 days from the date of issue of this document. Also, an urgent visa can be issued here in the UAE if there are relevant reasons.

Addresses of the center: Moscow, Tsvetnoy Boulevard, 2, first floor; St. Petersburg, Nevsky Prospekt, 55, second floor.

Decoration through the center of Abu Dhabi

If you decided to use the services of Etihad Airways for travel, then in that case you can visit the visa center, which is located in Moscow. In addition to the standard package of documents, students, students under the age of 21, as well as pensioners over 60 years of age, will necessarily have to submit a sponsorship letter from sponsoring relatives, as well as various papers that confirm your relationship (all documents must be fully translated into English ).

Here, a visa is issued to the UAE for tourists, and this permit allows you to stay in the country for 30 days, it is possible to extend this permit to 40 days through the Department of Immigration.

The address of the center: Moscow, st. The Great Molchanovka, 30/7.

Registration through the center of the countries of Asia

It also provides for the possibility of submitting all necessary documents for visa processing through the visa center of Asian countries, which is also located on the territory of Moscow. It should be noted right away that this center is a fully authorized partner of the Office for Migration and Citizenship of the United Arab Emirates.

Tourist visa in this case can be issued only once, with a period of 29 days. For those who want to go to the Arab Emirates, you need a tourist type visa, and the corridor for entering it is 60 days without the possibility of further extension.

The address of the center: Moscow, st. Pyatnitskaya, 43, building 3, office 5.

Registration through the center of Sharjah

This center is an official partner of the transport company Air Arabia, but at the same time issuing permits to enter the UAE is provided to them not only by those who are clients of this organization. A visa to the United Arab Emirates with the help of the representative office of Sharjah is issued when submitting a minimum package of documents, which includes:

• A color copy of the passport, in which all the necessary data and the client's signature will be visible;
• A fully completed electronic questionnaire located on the official website of the organization;
• Color photo of the client, executed on a light background;
• Ticket or ticket booking in both directions.

It is also worth noting that the UAE visa center in Moscow from the Sharjah office allows tourists to make out tourist and three-month permits, as well as multivisa for 30 and 90 days. If you want to issue an urgent visa and if there are good reasons for this, the procedure can be carried out for one or two days.

The address of the center: Moscow, st. Maroseyka, d. 7/8, of. 206.

Check-in through the airports

Tourists who are forced to travel through the Emirates in transit, if they wish, can always fly to the UAE from Moscow or any other city, and then directly at the destination to issue a transit visa for up to 96 hours at any airport, with no difference what specific services Transport company you decided to take advantage of. It is worth noting that the waiting time for a connecting flight should be at least eight hours, and the direction of departure should be different from your departure point. In addition, you must have booked a room in the hotel of the Emirates, but this is also allowed to do already upon arrival.

Self-service

Citizens of the CIS can receive visas online without the need to purchase a tour or tickets for a particular company, so it is permissible to use the services of any migratory organization. Also, if you wish, you can file documents in paper form, but you need to do it directly in the official office of one of the major cities.

After registration, it will be enough to fill in the questionnaire in detail, and then bring the full package of necessary documentation to the Embassy of the UAE, namely:

• A photo or a color scan made in good quality (without flash and any light) from your passport, as well as a page with your photo and personal information. The maximum permissible file resolution is 900x1200, and there must be at least one free page for the stamp.
• A color photograph taken on a light background and saved in jpg format. Permission is granted for a file from 200x257 to 400x514, but its size should be no more than 60 Kb. If the documents are submitted by you completely in paper form, the photos can be in the format 3x4 or 4x5 cm.
• A copy or file confirming the purchase of tickets.
• Financial guarantees (bank reference, certificate from work or visas to other countries).
• Fully completed questionnaire or questionnaire.

Next, you will only need to pay for service and consular fees. Registration of a tourist visa is carried out within 4-5 working days, and transit is done in just 2-3 days. The status of document readiness can always be viewed through a personal document.

Thus, if the applicant is fully suited to the criteria for issuing visas, it is not difficult to pass the entire procedure for obtaining it. It is quite enough simply to bring all the necessary package of documents to the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates or your tour operator, and then wait for a certain time, while specialists will be engaged in checking all the papers and making a decision regarding the issue of your permit.