Destination
United Arab Emirates (Dubai)
Middle East
A mutual waiver agreement lets Israelis into Dubai and Abu Dhabi with no visa.
No visa required
Updated: 6 September 2026
United Arab Emirates (Dubai): no visa needed on an Israeli passport
An Israeli passport enters this destination with no visa and no prior authorisation. There is no application to file, no fee to pay and nothing here for us to sell you. This page exists to say so plainly, not to sell you a doubt.
What the exemption actually says
Under the mutual visa-waiver agreement between Israel and the UAE, holders of an ordinary Israeli passport enter for a short visit with no visa, up to 90 days in any 180. There is no online form to file beforehand. Your passport must be valid for at least six months from the date of entry, and the waiver covers ordinary passports only — not a temporary travel document. Work, study or residence needs its own permit, which is not something we handle.
What you do need
No visa is not the same as nothing at all. These are the things actually checked:
A passport still in date
Each country sets how much validity it wants — usually six months from the date of entry, sometimes just enough to cover the whole stay. Check the date in your passport before you book the flight.
An onward or return ticket
The desk can ask for proof that you leave before the permitted stay runs out. A booking confirmation is enough.
A digital arrival card, where there is one
Some countries require an online arrival form before you land. Where one is required it is free, you file it yourself on the official site, and we do not sell it — any site charging you for one is a middleman.
These destinations do need an authorisation
If your route carries on there — those are the ones we complete, check and file.
See every destination we file forQuestions that keep coming up
- Does an Israeli passport need a visa for United Arab Emirates (Dubai)?
- No. An Israeli passport enters United Arab Emirates (Dubai) with no visa and no prior authorisation. There is no application to file, no fee to pay, and nothing here for us to sell you.
- So why do some sites charge for a United Arab Emirates (Dubai) visa?
- Because they can. If a site asks you to pay for an entry authorisation for United Arab Emirates (Dubai), check carefully what exactly you are buying — on an Israeli passport there is no mandatory document to obtain here. We do not sell one and we will not take a shekel for it.
- What is actually checked at the desk?
- A passport with as much validity as the destination demands, usually six months from the date of entry; an onward or return ticket; and sometimes an address to stay at. Some destinations also require an online digital arrival card before you land — where one is required it is free, you file it yourself on the official site, and nobody should be charging you for it.
- And the rest of the trip?
- For the neighbouring destinations that do require an entry authorisation on an Israeli passport, we complete, check and file the application, at one all-in price per traveller. You can see those destinations and the price for each in our destination catalogue.
Updated: 6 September 2026
Admission itself is always the border officer's decision, visa or no visa. Entry rules change without notice, so it is worth checking again close to your flight.