Gulf ID and Visa Guides, Made Simple

ICP covers all emirates except Dubai. Dubai residence and visa services sit with GDRFA Dubai. Emirates ID is federal, and it always sits with ICP. That separation matters, because the only departure-permit route stated in full is a Dubai route, and nothing in it may be read as a route for another emirate. A departure…

ICP covers all emirates except Dubai. Dubai residence and visa services sit with GDRFA. Emirates ID is federal, always ICP. That split matters for the re-entry permit, which is an ICP service and expressly does not cover Dubai residents. The 180-day rule concerns residence visas. It is a rule about how long an expatriate resident…

ICP covers all emirates except Dubai. Dubai residence and visa services sit with GDRFA. Emirates ID is federal, always ICP. The nationality list comes from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, MOFA, and its limits come first, because they decide how the list can be used. The MOFA page gives each country or territory exactly one…

ICP covers all emirates except Dubai. Dubai residence and visa services sit with GDRFA. Emirates ID is federal, always ICP. Health insurance, by contrast, is split by emirate and by population, and that split is the whole point. Health insurance in this context means a health insurance policy or scheme that covers medical care, held…

Dubai only is covered, through the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA). Abu Dhabi and other emirates are not covered. Do not read a Dubai rule as a rule for another emirate. Three RTA services are stated in full on RTA pages and are covered in full below: renewing a driving licence, applying for a new…

ICP covers all emirates except Dubai. Dubai residence and visa services sit with GDRFA. Emirates ID is federal, always ICP. The permit described first is Dubai only, through GDRFA. The federal (ICP) counterpart is described separately below, from its own ICP service cards, which were verified on a later official-page check. Keep the two authorities…