Tourist and visit visa files
Quick answer
Choose tourist, relative/friend visit or five-year tourism separately. Use the checklist and upload instructions for your selected filing provider.
Reviewed 8 Oct 2026 against GDRFA — single-entry tourist visa · GDRFA — five-year tourist visa · GDRFA — visit relatives or friends · UAE requirements
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Visual guide · reviewed 9 Oct 2026
Official screenshots and examples
These are three separate GDRFA Dubai services. Use the checklist for your visa type and confirm any nationality-specific evidence.
1. Single-entry tourist visa
Prepare the photo and passport copy. Check whether your nationality also needs a home-country ID copy.
Public guidance · 9 Oct 2026.
2. Five-year tourist visa
Use this service’s separate checklist for financial evidence, insurance and travel bookings.
Public guidance · 9 Oct 2026.
3. Visit a relative or friend
Check the relationship and employment evidence for this visit service. Do not substitute the tourist checklist.
Public guidance · 9 Oct 2026.
Dubai single-entry tourist service
GDRFA lists a personal photograph and passport copy, with a home-country identity card for specified nationalities. Its terms also require an onward/exit ticket and UAE-valid medical insurance.
Passport/travel document valid for at least six months.
Accredited tourism offices issue this service. Single-entry guidance is not automatically a multiple-entry or relative/friend visit checklist.
Five-year tourist service
Its financial, insurance and travel evidence differ from the ordinary tourist service. Read the current official conditions and confirm the live upload fields before preparing files.
Questions
Are these files guaranteed to be accepted?
We prepare files to the selected instructions. The authority or provider reviews the application, and unpublished upload fields still need confirmation.
Do I need every document before preparing my photo?
No. Choose only the files you need to prepare now. Missing official evidence remains a separate application step.
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