Passport
United Arab Emirates: passport 2026 and visa-free countries
Passport: United Arab Emirates. 189 countries and territories without a prior visa, rank 2 of 199. Entry terms and length of stay for every destination as of 4 October 2026.
Destinations by entry terms, 226 in total
- 142Visa-free
- 12ETA
- 35On arrival
- 21eVisa
- 16Visa required
United Arab EmiratesPassport strength
One of the strongest passports in the world 2
Rank 2 of 199. 189 of 226 destinations without a prior visa. Key countries this passport opens without a visa: 18.
Schengen AreaVisa-free90 days
United KingdomETA180 days
CanadaETA180 days
New ZealandETA90 days
JapanVisa-free90 days
South KoreaETA90 days
ChinaVisa-free30 days
SingaporeVisa-free30 days
TürkiyeVisa-free90 days
ThailandVisa-free60 days
BrazilVisa-free90 days
MexicoVisa-free180 days
IsraelETA90 days
Hong KongVisa-free30 days
South AfricaVisa-free90 days
IndonesiaOn arrival30 days
ArgentinaVisa-free90 days
EgyptVisa-free90 daysWeak spots
Where a visa is needed and what is weaker 37
A prior visa is needed for 37 destinations, electronic or consular. Below are the main ones and the criteria where the passport is weaker. A second passport closes these gaps.
United StatesVisa required
AustraliaeVisa
IndiaeVisa
VietnameVisa
AfghanistaneVisa
AlgeriaVisa required
American SamoaVisa required
AnguillaeVisaWhat the passport gives
What a United Arab Emirates passport gives
rank 35 of 199
Balanced index: all criteria weighted equally. Open sources, licences and method on the index page.
Ranking for your goal →- Mobility98189 destinations without a prior visa
- Stability and rule of law77score 0.91 on a -2.5 to 2.5 scale
- Quality of life95HDI 0.940
- Health and longevity8982.9 years life expectancy
- Education86education index 0.87
- Taxes100up to 0%, no inheritance tax, foreign income not taxed
- US access0no E-2, visa required
- Plan B and family50dual citizenship restricted, passes to children
All destinations
Destinations by entry terms 226
The score adds up the first three types: destinations you can travel to without a visa arranged in advance.
Visa-free 142
Entry on your passport
AlbaniaEurope · 90 days
AndorraEurope
AngolaAfrica · 30 days
Antigua and BarbudaCaribbean · 30 daysArgentinaAmericas · 90 days
ArmeniaMiddle East · 180 days
ArubaCaribbean · 90 days
AustriaEurope · 90 days
AzerbaijanEurope · 90 days
BahamasCaribbean · 90 days
BahrainMiddle East
BarbadosCaribbean · 90 days
BelarusEurope · 90 days
BelgiumEurope · 90 days
BeninAfrica · 90 days
BermudaAmericas
BoliviaAmericas · 90 days
Bonaire, St. Eustatius and SabaCaribbean · 90 days
Bosnia and HerzegovinaEurope · 90 days
BotswanaAfrica · 90 daysBrazilAmericas · 90 days
BruneiAsia · 30 days
BulgariaEurope · 90 days
Burkina FasoAfrica · 30 days
ChadAfrica · 90 days
ChileAmericas · 90 daysChinaAsia · 30 days
ColombiaAmericas · 90 days
Cook IslandsOceania · 31 days
Costa RicaAmericas · 90 days
CroatiaEurope · 90 days
CubaCaribbean · 90 days
CuraçaoCaribbean · 90 days
CyprusEurope · 90 days
CzechiaEurope · 90 days
DenmarkEurope · 90 days
DominicaCaribbean · 21 days
Dominican RepublicCaribbean · 90 days
EcuadorAmericas · 90 daysEgyptAfrica · 90 days
El SalvadorAmericas · 90 days
EstoniaEurope · 90 days
EswatiniAfrica · 30 days
Falkland IslandsAmericas
Faroe IslandsEurope
FijiOceania · 120 days
FinlandEurope · 90 daysFranceEurope · 90 days
French GuianaAmericas · 90 days
French PolynesiaOceania · 90 days
French West IndiesCaribbean · 90 days
GambiaAfrica · 90 days
GeorgiaEurope · 360 days
GermanyEurope · 90 days
GreeceEurope · 90 days
GreenlandEurope
GrenadaCaribbean · 90 days
GuatemalaAmericas · 90 days
GuyanaAmericas · 30 days
HaitiCaribbean · 90 days
HondurasAmericas · 90 daysHong KongAsia · 30 days
HungaryEurope · 90 days
IcelandEurope · 90 days
IranMiddle East · 15 days
IrelandEurope · 90 days
ItalyEurope · 90 daysJapanAsia · 90 days
JordanMiddle East · 90 days
KazakhstanAsia · 30 days
KiribatiOceania · 30 days
KosovoEurope · 90 days
KuwaitMiddle East
KyrgyzstanAsia · 60 days
LatviaEurope · 90 days
LebanonMiddle East · 180 days
LiechtensteinEurope · 90 days
LithuaniaEurope · 90 days
LuxembourgEurope · 90 days
MacaoAsia · 30 days
MalaysiaAsia · 90 days
MaliAfrica · 90 days
MaltaEurope · 90 days
MauritiusAfrica · 90 days
MayotteAfrica · 90 daysMexicoAmericas · 180 days
MicronesiaOceania · 30 days
MoldovaEurope · 90 days
MonacoEurope
MongoliaAsia · 30 days
MontenegroEurope · 90 days
MoroccoAfrica · 90 days
NauruOceania · 90 days
NetherlandsEurope · 90 days
New CaledoniaOceania · 90 days
NiueOceania · 30 days
North MacedoniaEurope · 90 days
NorwayEurope · 90 days
OmanMiddle East
PakistanAsia · 90 days
PanamaAmericas · 90 days
Papua New GuineaOceania · 60 days
ParaguayAmericas · 90 days
PeruAmericas · 90 days
PhilippinesAsia · 30 days
PolandEurope · 90 days
PortugalEurope · 90 days
QatarMiddle East
RéunionAfrica · 90 days
RomaniaEurope · 90 days
San MarinoEurope
São Tomé and PríncipeAfrica · 15 days
Saudi ArabiaMiddle East
SenegalAfrica · 90 days
SerbiaEurope · 90 daysSingaporeAsia · 30 days
Sint MaartenCaribbean
SlovakiaEurope · 90 days
SloveniaEurope · 90 days
Solomon IslandsOceania · 90 daysSouth AfricaAfrica · 90 days
SpainEurope · 90 days
St. LuciaCaribbean · 60 days
St. Vincent and the GrenadinesCaribbean · 90 days
SudanAfrica
SurinameAmericas · 90 days
SwedenEurope · 90 days
SwitzerlandEurope · 90 days
TajikistanAsia · 30 daysThailandAsia · 60 days
TongaOceania · 60 days
Trinidad and TobagoCaribbean · 90 days
TunisiaAfrica · 90 daysTürkiyeEurope · 90 days
Turks and Caicos IslandsCaribbean · 90 days
UgandaAfrica · 90 days
UkraineEurope · 90 days
UruguayAmericas · 90 days
UzbekistanAsia · 30 days
VanuatuOceania · 90 days
Vatican CityEurope
ZambiaAfrica · 30 daysETA 12
Electronic authorisation online
CanadaAmericas · 180 daysIsraelMiddle East · 90 days
KenyaAfrica · 90 days
MozambiqueAfrica · 30 daysNew ZealandOceania · 90 days
PalestineMiddle East
RussiaEurope · 90 days
SeychellesAfrica · 90 daysSouth KoreaAsia · 90 days
Sri LankaAsia · 30 days
St. Kitts and NevisCaribbean · 90 daysUnited KingdomEurope · 180 daysOn arrival 35
Visa issued at the border
BangladeshAsia · 30 days
BurundiAfrica · 30 days
CambodiaAsia · 30 days
CameroonAfrica
Cape VerdeAfrica · 30 days
Central African RepublicAfrica
ComorosAfrica · 45 days
DjiboutiAfrica · 90 days
Equatorial GuineaAfrica
EthiopiaAfrica · 90 days
GhanaAfrica · 30 days
GuineaAfrica · 90 days
Guinea-BissauAfrica · 90 daysIndonesiaAsia · 30 days
JamaicaCaribbean · 30 days
LaosAsia · 30 days
LiberiaAfrica · 90 days
MadagascarAfrica · 90 days
MalawiAfrica · 30 days
MaldivesAsia · 30 days
Marshall IslandsOceania · 90 days
NamibiaAfrica · 90 days
NepalAsia · 90 days
NigerAfrica
PalauOceania · 30 days
Republic of the CongoAfrica · 30 days
RwandaAfrica · 30 days
SamoaOceania · 90 days
Sierra LeoneAfrica · 90 days
SyriaMiddle East
TanzaniaAfrica · 90 days
Timor-LesteAsia · 30 days
TuvaluOceania · 30 days
YemenMiddle East · 90 days
ZimbabweAfrica · 30 dayseVisa 21
Applied for online before travel
Bhutan
Côte d'Ivoire
DR Congo
Gabon
Iraq
Libya
Mauritania
Montserrat
Nicaragua
Nigeria
Somalia
South Sudan
St. Helena
Taiwan
Togo
VenezuelaVisa required 16
Through a consulate
Belize
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Eritrea
Gibraltar
Guam
Lesotho
Myanmar
North Korea
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
Turkmenistan
US Virgin IslandsHow to strengthen the passport
A second citizenship opens the countries where this passport needs a visa. We count the better of the two passports.
- +18
Austria
Europe · new destinations
- +10
St. Kitts and Nevis
Caribbean · new destinations
- +9
Dominica
Caribbean · new destinations
- +9
St. Lucia
Caribbean · new destinations
- +9
Nauru
Oceania · new destinations
- +8
Antigua and Barbuda
Caribbean · new destinations
Nearby in the ranking
- 1Singapore193
- 2United Arab Emirates189
- 3Japan188
- 4South Korea187
- 5Sweden186
- 6Germany185
Frequently asked questions
United Arab Emirates: how many countries are visa-free?
In the BRIDGES index as of 4 October 2026: 189 of 226 countries and territories, 142 visa-free, 12 with an ETA and 35 with a visa on arrival. That is rank 2 of 199.
United Arab Emirates: is a Schengen visa needed?
No. Short trips to Schengen countries need no visa, up to 90 days. Once ETIAS starts, an electronic authorisation will be needed; no launch date has been announced yet.
United Arab Emirates → United Kingdom: is a visa needed?
ETA, 180 days. Electronic authorisation online.
United Arab Emirates → United States: is a visa needed?
Visa required. Through a consulate.
How can the list of countries be expanded?
A second citizenship. For example, a passport of Austria adds 18 destinations without a prior visa, St. Kitts and Nevis adds 10. We will match a programme to your travel and budget.