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Who gets a refugee travel document
You can apply for a travel document for refugees (Reiseausweis für Flüchtlinge) at your local immigration office (Ausländerbehörde) if you have been recognised as entitled to asylum or if the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) has granted you refugee status. Subsidiary protection is not enough. This is how the immigration office of the city of Münster explains it, for example.
This is different from the travel document for foreigners (Reiseausweis für Ausländer). One of its requirements is proof that you cannot reasonably obtain a national passport, for example a written confirmation from the authorities or embassy of your home country. A passport substitute (Ausweisersatz), on the other hand, does not allow you to cross borders, so it is not enough for a trip to Dubai.
Does the UAE recognise the travel document?
For a Dubai visa, what counts is your nationality and the type of your travel document. According to the German Federal Foreign Office, visa-free entry applies to German nationals with a valid biometric passport, not to a travel document. Emirates points out that different entry conditions may apply to holders of travel documents that are not an ordinary passport.
Whether a visa is possible with your travel document is decided by the UAE immigration authority. Please contact us before booking and we will discuss your case with you.
Validity of travel document and residence permit
For passports, the UAE requires a validity of at least 6 months from the day of entry. Expect the same for a travel document and apply for a new one in good time if yours expires soon. According to the city of Münster, issuing it can take up to six weeks.
Your residence permit should be valid for the whole trip so that you can return to Germany without any problems.
How to proceed
Call us on +49 521 12 11 05 or write to us via our contact page before you book your flight and hotel. Tell us your nationality and the type of your travel document.
You submit the application online with us as usual. Every visa is decided solely by the UAE immigration authority.
Last updated: 24 October 2026. Private visa agency, not a government authority. The UAE immigration authority decides on every visa.
Sources for this guide
The information above is based on these pages. Only the UAE authorities decide on your visa.
- Reiseausweise (Stadt Münster, Amt für Migration und Integration) (opens in a new tab)stadt-muenster.de
- Vereinigte Arabische Emirate: Reise- und Sicherheitshinweise (Auswärtiges Amt) (opens in a new tab)auswaertiges-amt.de · German Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt)
- UAE visa information (Emirates) (opens in a new tab)emirates.com · Airline, not an authority
- Do you need an entry permit or a visa to enter the UAE? (opens in a new tab)u.ae · UAE government portal
Sources checked on 24 October 2026
Dubaivisum.de is a private visa agency, not an authority.