Indian citizens will now be allowed to visit the UAE on tourist visas if they have not been in India in the last 14 days, according to Dubai-based low-cost carrier flydubai. The visitors will need to follow all other pandemic-time requirements.
“Passengers carrying passports of India, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka or Uganda with tourist visas can be accepted if they have NOT entered or been in India, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka or Uganda in the previous 14 days. PCR requirements will be based on the country of departure,” the flydubai website says.
Indian citizens with a valid US visa/green card or having a residency in the UK/EU are now eligible for a UAE visa on arrival. The visitors will need to follow all pandemic time requirements for travel.
Earlier this month, it allowed holders of valid residency permits who got both the jabs in UAE to return from India and five other countries. Irrespective of their vaccination status, it allowed healthcare workers like doctors, nurses and technicians employed in UAE; students and people working in the UAE education sector; humanitarian cases with valid residency permits and those working in government agencies there, to return to the UAE from India.
