Please send TDS your current valid and signed passport. It must not expire within 6 months and must have at least one blank visa page. If your passport expires within 6 months, you must renew your passport and then we will secure your visa with the new passport.

Please send 2 recent professional passport-type photographs.
Digital and non-passport photographs are not acceptable.

Photocopy of Alien Registration Card (Green Card) -or- evidence of legal status in USA (valid visa plus I-94 in passport)

Please send a copy of your round trip airline tickets, or itinerary or e-ticket, or letter of confirmation from a travel agent. The itinerary must show the applicant's name, date of arrival and departure from the country, and flight information. The Embassy does not recommend purchasing your ticket prior to a visa being issued.

A Cover letter that includes the following:

1. Introduction - Name, who you are
2. Reason for being in the US
3. Reason for staying that long in the UAE
4. Specific request for the visa

Invitation letter from your sponsor/host in the UAE.
If you are visiting an individual, the invitation letter must include:

1. Clear invitation to visit
2. Full name of your host (the person who invited you)
3. Relationship between you and the host
4. Residence address and phone number for your host
5. Acceptance of responsibility for you while you are in the UAE
6. Estimated visit duration and reason for staying that long

If you are visiting an organization, this letter must be on official company letterhead (e-mails are not accepted) and include:

1. Clear invitation to visit
2. Organization name
3. Acceptance of responsibility for you while you are in the UAE
4. Name and phone number of your point of contact within the organization

An employment letter

If you are:

Employed - A letter from your employer, on company letterhead, stating your position
Self-employed - A copy of your business license
Retired, a home maker, a student - A letter from your bank testifying that your account is in good standing

If you will visit an individual, copy of:

1. Your host's passport and
2. Your host's residency permit in the UAE

If you will visit an organization, copy of the organization's business license in the UAE.

You must complete the Online Order Form.

The order form gives TDS your name, address, shipping information and payment method. Multiple applicants can be entered using one order form. You only need to complete one TDS order form per request. Please print two copies of the confirmation page. Include one copy with the documents you ship to TDS and keep one copy for your records.

While completing the online order form in this step, you will be asked how you want to pay TDS fees. You may pay our fees online with a credit card or enclose a personal or business check or money order.

Please forward the completed requirements detailed above to:

TRAVEL DOCUMENT SYSTEMS, INC.,
925 Fifteenth Street N.W. Suite 300
Washington, D.C. 20005

Urgent applications should be shipped to TDS using only the FedEx Company.
Please use FedEx Priority Overnight. Do NOT ship "First Overnight." This will delay the delivery of your package.

Visa Requirements, processing times, validity of the visa, and Embassy visa fees are subject to change without prior notice.

All children listed in there parents passport must submit two copies of the application form.

Stays of less than one month for the following countries:

If you meet all three of the following conditions, you do not need a visa prior to entry:

1. Staying in the UAE for less than one month, and
2. Passport is valid for more than 6 months, and
3. Have a round-trip airline ticket, and
4. Citizen of one of the following countries: do not Require a visa to enter UAE.

* Andorra
* Australia
* Austria
* Belgium
* Brunei
* Denmark
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Hong Kong
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Italy
* Japan
* Liechtenstein



* Luxembourg
* Malaysia
* Monaco
* New Zealand
* Norway
* Portugal
* San Marino
* Singapore
* South Korea
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* The Netherlands
* United States
* United Kingdom
* Vatican

The list of Countries above is subject to change without prior notice, Please contact TDS or the Embassy of the UAE to confirm.