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The requirements
The photo must be recent and show your face from the front, with a neutral expression and your eyes open. The background must be white. Please take off your glasses. A head covering is only allowed for religious reasons, and your face must remain fully visible.
Check your passport photo right here
Take a photo, have the face checked, white background. The photo stays on your device.
Check passport photoHow to do it with your phone
Stand about one metre in front of a light-coloured wall, ideally with daylight coming from the front. Ask a second person to take the photo at eye level, without zoom and without filters.
You do not need to create the white background yourself. When you upload the photo, our website automatically cuts out your face and adds a white background. We also check every photo by hand.
Common mistakes
Shadows on the face or behind the head, a phone held at an angle, selfies with a distorted face and photos older than six months. For babies, a photo on which the face is clearly visible is enough.
Last updated: 21 October 2026. Private visa agency, not a government authority. The UAE immigration authority decides on every visa.
Sources for the entry rules
Only the UAE authorities set the entry rules, and they can change them at any time. Here you will find the bodies we rely on.
- ICP – Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs & Port Security (opens in a new tab)icp.gov.ae · UAE Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Port Security (ICP)
- GDRFA Dubai – Issuance of a single-entry tourist visa (opens in a new tab)gdrfad.gov.ae · General Directorate of Identity and Foreigners Affairs Dubai (GDRFA)
- u.ae – Visa on arrival (opens in a new tab)u.ae · UAE government portal
- u.ae – Tourist visa (opens in a new tab)u.ae · UAE government portal
- Auswärtiges Amt – Vereinigte Arabische Emirate: Reise- und Sicherheitshinweise (opens in a new tab)auswaertiges-amt.de · German Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt)
Dubaivisum.de is a private visa agency, not an authority.