{"question":{"passport":"CHN","destination":"ARE","entryDate":"2026-09-12"},"dateBasis":"reference-date","status":"conditional","headline":"Visa on arrival, 30 days","requirement":{"kind":"none","message":"No advance visa, you get one on arrival."},"stay":{"kind":"DAYS","maxDays":30,"ruleType":"RESETS_ON_EXIT","phrasing":"You may stay up to 30 days."},"conditions":[{"kind":"DOCUMENT_CLASS","text":"The traveller must hold an ORDINARY passport that is valid for at least six months. The Ministry grants this free entry to 'citizens and holders of ordinary passports which are valid for at least 6 months'; the same page adds that holders of temporary and emergency passports are not eligible to travel to the UAE, and Article 2(3) of the Executive Regulations independently requires six months' validity of any foreigner without a residence permit. A diplomatic, service, temporary or emergency passport of the same country is not covered by this row."}],"caveat":null,"source":{"documentId":"mofa-oslo-visas","url":"https://www.mofa.gov.ae/en/missions/oslo/services/visas","passage":"Countries whose citizens and holders of ordinary passports which are valid for at least 6 months are granted free entry visa to the United Arab Emirates without a visit visa for a maximum of 30 days: Andorra, Australia, Brunei, Canada, China, Hong Kong, China, Japan, Kazakhstan, Macau, China, Malaysia, Mauritius, Monaco, New Zealand, Republic of Ireland, San Marino, Singapore, Ukraine, United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Vatican City","explanation":"Each issuer on this row is named in the Ministry's list of countries whose ordinary-passport holders are granted free entry to the UAE without a prior visit visa for a maximum of 30 days, and the same sentence states that number — the list and the duration are one enumeration in one Ministry sentence. 'Macau, China' is named in it; the Macao SAR Government's own Yearbook 2025 (Appendix 9) records that grant as still current, at 'United Arab Emirates 30 days'. The Ministry's visa-exemption register card that marks Macao Visa Required is argued against in listConflicts and debates.json, and loses on currency.","publisher":"UAE Embassy in Oslo-Visas"},"checkedAt":"2026-08-29","snapshotAsOf":"2026-09-10","dataVersion":"4f66864a7d4f8a08b6c8c7e446d7f16addcd9303","upcomingChange":null,"alternatives":[],"scope":{"covers":["recorded entry requirement","recorded stay allowance"],"notEstablished":["personal admission decision","work permission","residence rights","tax position","individual eligibility for every condition"],"passportType":"ordinary"}}