UAE Visa HELP!!
May 1, 2008 | 3:00 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 1
UAE Visa HELP!!
Could somebody help me out with my query..
I'm visiting Dubai for 8 days and already have my TRANSIT visa for those days through the hotel.
Then I leave for 3 days to Jordan, and then just come back to the country to catch a plane from Dubai to Atlanta.
The thing is I fly in to UAE via Sharjah Airport, and then just need to connect to Dubai International Airport to grab my onward flight.
My question is about the 96HOUR Visa. I checked in many websites and it says you have to be minimun 5 hours in the country to be eligible.
My flight in to Sharjah arrives at 7:20PM, and my flight from Dubai leaves at 11:35PM. There is a gap of 4hours and 15 minutes..
I just need to transfer from one airport to the other.. Is this possible? Would I be denied visa for not filling the 5 hours?
Just so you know, Im a Mexican citizen with a Mexican passport.
Please someone help me out, I'm going crazy not knowing what to do!!
I'm visiting Dubai for 8 days and already have my TRANSIT visa for those days through the hotel.
Then I leave for 3 days to Jordan, and then just come back to the country to catch a plane from Dubai to Atlanta.
The thing is I fly in to UAE via Sharjah Airport, and then just need to connect to Dubai International Airport to grab my onward flight.
My question is about the 96HOUR Visa. I checked in many websites and it says you have to be minimun 5 hours in the country to be eligible.
My flight in to Sharjah arrives at 7:20PM, and my flight from Dubai leaves at 11:35PM. There is a gap of 4hours and 15 minutes..
I just need to transfer from one airport to the other.. Is this possible? Would I be denied visa for not filling the 5 hours?
Just so you know, Im a Mexican citizen with a Mexican passport.
Please someone help me out, I'm going crazy not knowing what to do!!
May 1, 2008 | 7:57 am
#2
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Exile
Posts: 16,063
You would not be able to obtain a transit visa as you do not meet the minimum stay requirements. You will need to speak to the transporting airline to assist with arranging an alternative form of visa for you, or else change your flight itinerary to one that arrives at DXB rather than SHJ.
May 1, 2008 | 12:34 pm
#3
Join Date: Oct 2007
Programs: AA, WN, UA, Bonvoy, Hertz
Posts: 2,713
I suspect you are using Air Arabia for the cheaper fares...
I've noticed you've posted your question to other website(s)...
It looks like a transit is possible..in these cases, but you should ask Air Arabia to help facilitate..
http://www.shj-airport.gov.ae/transferandtransit.htm
If you get there, someone sympathetic might help -- or might not..so you don't want to get there without a status.
Rasheed
I've noticed you've posted your question to other website(s)...
It looks like a transit is possible..in these cases, but you should ask Air Arabia to help facilitate..
http://www.shj-airport.gov.ae/transferandtransit.htm
If you get there, someone sympathetic might help -- or might not..so you don't want to get there without a status.
Rasheed
May 1, 2008 | 4:51 pm
#4
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: KYE
Posts: 4,153
There's something about the issueing authority 'Emirate'. If you get an Abu Dhabi visa, you're only allowed to enter/exit through that point.
Once I was redeeming miles with Gulf Air for a trip to Dubai; when I asked for their visa service they told me they could only issue me with a visa to Abu Dhabi, but not to Dubai and in this case my routing has to go into/out of Abu Dhabi.
Again, with Emirates, their transit visa is only good for Dubai Airport.
It could be an airliner thing but I suggest you call the nearest embassy/high comission for UAE and they should be able to help you with this one.
Good luck; let us know how you go.
Once I was redeeming miles with Gulf Air for a trip to Dubai; when I asked for their visa service they told me they could only issue me with a visa to Abu Dhabi, but not to Dubai and in this case my routing has to go into/out of Abu Dhabi.
Again, with Emirates, their transit visa is only good for Dubai Airport.
It could be an airliner thing but I suggest you call the nearest embassy/high comission for UAE and they should be able to help you with this one.
Good luck; let us know how you go.