Visa policy of the United Arab Emirates UAE ministry of foreign affairs: Most visitors arriving to Emirate of Dubai were from the following countries of nationality: Visa policy of the United Arab Emirates Visitors to the United Arab Emirates must obtain a visa prior to travel unless they come from one of the visa exempt countries or one of the countries whose citizens are eligible for visa on arrival. Citizens of member nations of the Gulf Cooperation Council have a freedom of movement in the UAE, except for citizens of Qatar who are no longer allowed to enter (since 2017), unless they are a family member of
Emirate of Dhala Emirate of Dhala Dhala or Dhali` ( '), Amiri ( '), or the Emirate of Dhala ( "") was a state in the British Aden Protectorate, the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, and its successor, the Federation of South Arabia. Its capital was Dhala (Ad Dali'). Previously Dhala' was under the suzerainty of the Zaidi imams of Yemen, the emirs of Dhala, of the Amiri dynasty. In 1904 it became a British protectorate, eventually joining of the Aden Protectorate. The Emirate was a founding member of the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South in 1959, and the