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Nigeria passport United Arab Emirates
Do Nigerians need a visa for the United Arab Emirates?
You need an eVisa.
United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates dirham (AED) · Arabic
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eVisa (electronic visa). A real visa application, made online instead of at an embassy. It is assessed, it takes days rather than minutes, and it can be refused.
You apply online before you travel and are approved before you fly. There is no embassy appointment and no interview — you fill in a form on the government's own site, pay the government's fee, and carry the approval with you.
- Status
- eVisa
- Stay permitted
- 30 or 60 days, single entry
- Government fee
- 200 AED
- Typical decision
- Not published
Apply on the official United Arab Emirates government site
This is the government's own portal. We are not paid to send you there, and there is no service in between.
Checked 18 October 2026 — read the fees and rules on gdrfad.gov.ae
Before you fly
- Changing planes: a passport from Nigeria needs a visa even to stay airside in United Kingdom and Schengen area airports, unless you hold an exempting document. Transit rules legislation.gov.uk · read eur-lex.europa.eu · read
What United Arab Emirates asks for
- Passport valid for at least six months from the date of entry
- Return or onward ticket
- Medical insurance valid in the UAE
Every published fee
| Type | Government fee |
|---|---|
| tourist single entry 30 day | 200 AED |
| tourist single entry 60 day | 300 AED |
Checked 18 October 2026 — read this fee table on gdrfad.gov.ae
Worth knowing
- A visit or tourist visa does not give you the right to work in the UAE. A job offered on a tourist visa is illegal.
- Airlines, agents and hotels add their own charges on top of the government fee. A visa issued in Dubai can be verified on the GDRFA website.
How long it takes
Arranged before you fly, inside the UAE, by an airline, a licensed travel agent, a hotel, or the UAE immigration authorities. UAE embassies do not issue tourist visas.