UAE to let in Indians with tourist visas, but with riders

NEW DELHI: Indian citizens will now be allowed to visit the UAE on tourist visa if they have not been in India for 14 days prior, according to Dubai-based LCC flydubai. The visitors will need to follow other pandemic-time requirements.
"Passengers carrying passports of India, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka or Uganda with tourist visas can be accepted if they have not entered or been in India, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka or Uganda in the previous 14 days. PCR requirements will be based on the country of departure," says the flydubai website.
The UAE has been slowly opening up for Indians after imposing restrictions on travellers from here in April-end. In the past few weeks, it has been gradually allowing more categories of visitors from India. Indian citizens with a valid US visa/green card or with a residency of UK/EU are now eligible for UAE's visa-on-arrival.
Earlier this month, it allowed holders of valid residency permits who got both the doses of the vaccine in UAE to return from India.
Irrespective of their vaccination status, it allowed healthcare workers employed in UAE, students and people working in UAE education sector, humanitarian cases with valid residency permit and those in government agencies there to return to the UAE from India.