Visa requirements for Emirati citizens

Visa requirements for Emirati citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of the United Arab Emirates.
As of 2025, Emirati citizens have visa-free or visa on arrival access to 184 countries and territories, ranking the Emirati passport 5th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index.
The Emirati passport is one of five passports with the greatest ranking improvement in the 2006–2016 time period.
Emirati citizens do not need a visa to enter other Gulf Cooperation Council countries and also have the right to work and reside in those countries. Similarly, citizens of other GCC states do not need a visa to enter the UAE. GCC citizens can use a GCC national identity card to enter the United Arab Emirates.

History

Visa requirements for Emirati citizens were lifted by New Zealand,
Brunei,
Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, the Schengen Area countries,
Belarus,
Moldova,
São Tomé and Príncipe,
Argentina,
Chad and Saint Lucia in October 2017,
Nauru,
Solomon Islands,
Chile,
Rwanda,
Ukraine, China,
Burkina Faso, Ireland,
Uruguay,
Tonga,
Honduras,
Brazil,
Canada,
Barbados, Mexico, Russia, Uzbekistan
South Africa,
Paraguay, Central African Republic, Kiribati, Israel, Peru, Tajikistan, Japan, Angola, Turkey United Kingdom, and Bolivia.
The first possibility of electronic visas for Emirati citizens began with the United Kingdom's electronic visa waiver program that commenced on 1 January 2014,
followed by India in November 2014, Lesotho on 1 May 2017, Benin on 1 January 2018, Uzbekistan on 15 July 2018, and Tanzania on 26 November 2018.
Visas on arrival for UAE citizens were introduced by Gabon in October 2017,
Guyana on 28 May 2018, Pakistan on 14 March 2019, Mongolia on 15 May 2019 and Equatorial Guinea on 28 July 2019.