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Changing planes at the airport
If you only change planes in Dubai and do not leave the transit area, you do not need a visa. This also applies to longer connection times, as long as you stay in the airport and your luggage is checked through.
Stopover in the city
If you want to leave the airport to see the city or stay overnight in a hotel, the same rules apply as for a normal entry. If your nationality needs a visa, it must be issued before you fly.
Also check whether your luggage is checked through or whether you have to collect it in Dubai. In that case you will have to enter the country.
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.