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Singaporeans do not need a visa to enter Dubai. The UAE foreign ministry lists Singapore as visa free, and the rule is a free multiple entry visit visa on arrival that is valid for 6 months and allows up to 90 days in total. What takes work is everything around the entry: a longer stay, relatives on other passports, a move for a job.
The rule in plain terms
You walk to the passport desk, the officer issues the visit visa and you pay nothing. The same rule is used by the airlines when they check your papers at check-in, so a Singapore passport is accepted at the gate without anything printed.
- Stay allowed: 90 days in total.
- Validity of the visa: 6 months from issue, multiple entry.
- Cost at entry: none.
- Purpose: visits, meetings, family trips. It is not a work permit.
A tourist stay can be extended, so a trip that grows is fixable as long as you act before the last day.
Fees you may meet
| Item | Fee | Authority |
|---|---|---|
| Visit visa on arrival | Free | Entry desk |
| Extension in Dubai | AED 600 plus 5% VAT | GDRFA |
| Extension in Abu Dhabi, Sharjah or the northern emirates | AED 100 application plus AED 500 | ICP |
| Overstay fine | AED 50 a day | From the day after the stay ends |
Source: GDRFA and ICP service pages, checked . Tourist stays are capped at 120 days in total on the GDRFA page.
Where we come in
Singaporeans we expect to help are usually one of these:
- Parents and in-laws visiting. A relative on a passport that needs a visa has to have it issued before they board. You can sponsor if you hold residence, or we file a tourist visa through a licensed Dubai company.
- A domestic helper travelling with the family. The helper's own passport decides the entry rule.
- Someone who has moved for work. The employer files the work permit. We help with the family side and the residence paperwork.
- A stay that has gone past three months. We file the extension while there is still time.
If you are moving, our pages on the UAE residence visa and the work visa in Dubai lay out what comes after the first entry.
Papers to bring
- Singapore passport valid for the stay
- A return or onward ticket
- A hotel booking or host address
- Health insurance valid in the UAE
- For family on other passports, their approved visa copy
Your own mission in the UAE
Singapore has an embassy in Abu Dhabi and a Consulate-General in Dubai. The consulate lists passport applications and renewals, lost passport reports, address changes, citizenship applications, registration, notarial services and a Certificate of Clearance. Its appointment and notarisation hours are in the morning, Monday to Thursday. The embassy handles emergencies and legalisation of documents.
Both are for Singapore citizens. They do not issue UAE visas, and the embassy says it does not process Singapore visas either.
The government travel advice
The Singapore foreign ministry's UAE travel page, read on , carries advice dated : because of the security situation in the Middle East, Singaporeans are advised to defer all travel to the region. It asks anyone travelling or living in the UAE to take precautions, check flight schedules with the airline and buy travel insurance. The page also urges Singaporeans to sign up on eRegister so the ministry can reach them. The footer shows the page was last updated on .
Advice changes. Read the live page before you fly.
Going the other way
Singaporeans who live in the UAE and want to visit Singapore need no visa for their own passport, but friends and staff on other passports often do. See the page for Singapore visa for UAE residents.
How it works with us
Message us on WhatsApp or use the form on this page with your passport page and plans. A visa adviser says whether anything needs filing at all. If it does, you get one total price first. The team then files the request and follows it until the new stay or permit is issued. DubaiVisaDesk.com is a private visa service, and GDRFA and ICP decide each case.
If a file is refused, the authorities keep their fees. Your adviser puts in writing, before you pay, what part of our price would come back.
Official sources
- MOFA visa exemptions page: Singapore listed as visa free
- Emirates visa information: the 90 day entry rule
- MFA Singapore, UAE travel page: advice, eRegister and mission hours
- Singapore Consulate-General in Dubai: consular services
- Singapore Embassy in Abu Dhabi: emergency help and legalisation
- GDRFA extension service: AED 600 plus 5% VAT
- ICP visa extension: AED 100 plus AED 500
All nationalities: Dubai visa by nationality.
