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FCDO travel advice for United Arab Emirates. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

• Updated: 14 January 2026

• Warnings and insurance

  Regional risks There is a heightened risk of regional tension. Escalation…

• Entry requirements

  This information is for people travelling on a full ‘British citizen’…

• Safety and security

  Terrorism There is a high threat of terrorist attack globally affecting UK…

• Health

  Before you travel check that: your destination can provide the healthcare…

• Getting help

  The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) cannot provide…

Information to help you protect, manage, and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in the UAE.

• Updated: 2 March 2023

Information about moving to, living or retiring in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) – including visas, working, healthcare and driving.

• Updated: 11 December 2025

This guide provides information about being arrested in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and what conditions are like in prison there.

• Updated: 20 October 2023

Updates, news and events from the UK government in United Arab Emirates

• Updated: 14 July 2022

Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for healthcare practitioners.

• Updated: 18 April 2016

Detailed guide on domestic abuse, what to do and how to seek help in the United Arab Emirates.

• Updated: 22 January 2024

The process when a British national dies in the UAE, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.

• Updated: 17 October 2024

This morning the Prime Minister spoke to His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates.

• Updated: 10 November 2025

Engineers and manufacturing workers across the UK will benefit from a flurry of major new aircraft deals announced this week at the Dubai Airshow.

• Updated: 21 November 2025