
Dubai: The UAE and the Republic of Peru have signed a mutual visa waiver for travellers between nationals of the two countries.
The agreement was announced on Sunday, and signed at the headquarters of the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs by Yaqoub Yousuf Al Hosani, assistant minister for international organisations affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and Nestor Bolizio Bardales, minister of foreign affairs of Peru.
According to a tweet posted by the UAE Embassy at the capital city of Lima, the visa exemption seeks to facilitate human mobility, boost tourism and strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries.
The total number of countries that offer visa-free entry to UAE nationals has gone to 173. In 2018 Henley Passport Index ranked the UAE passport as the 23rd most powerful in the world in all categories.
Visa waiver for Emiratis
Country/ Status
- Albania, visa-free / 90 days
- Andorra, visa-free
- Antigua and Barbuda, visa-free
- Argentina, visa-free / 90 days
- Armenia, visa-free / 180 days
- Austria, visa-free
- Bahamas, visa-free / 90 days
- Bahrain, visa-free
- Barbados, visa-free
- Belarus, visa-free
- Belgium, visa-free
- Bosnia and Herzegovina, visa-free
- Botswana, visa-free
- Brazil, visa-free / 30 days
- Brunei, visa-free
- Bulgaria, visa-free
- Burkina Faso, visa-free
- Chad, visa-free
- Chile, visa-free
- China, visa-free
- Colombia, visa-free
- Costa Rica, visa-free / 90 days
- Croatia, visa-free
- Cyprus, visa-free
- Czech Republic, visa-free
- Denmark, visa-free
- Dominica, visa-free
- Dominican Republic, visa-free
- Ecuador, visa-free
- Egypt, visa-free
- El Salvador, visa-free
- Estonia, visa-free
- Fiji, visa-free
- Finland, visa-free
- France, visa-free
- Gambia, visa-free
- Georgia, visa-free / 360 days
- Germany, visa-free
- Greece, visa-free
- Grenada, visa-free
- Guatemala, visa-free
- Haiti, visa-free / 90 days
- Honduras, visa-free
- Hong Kong, visa-free
- Hungary, visa-free
- Iceland, visa-free
- Indonesia, visa-free
- Ireland, visa-free
- Italy, visa-free
- Japan, visa waiver registration / 30 days
- Jordan, visa-free
- Kazakhstan, visa-free / 30 days
- Kosovo, visa-free
- Kuwait, visa-free
- Kyrgyzstan, visa-free
- Latvia, visa-free
- Lebanon, visa-free
- Liechtenstein, visa-free
- Lithuania, visa-free
- Luxembourg, visa-free
- Macedonia, visa-free
- Malaysia, visa-free / 90 days
- Mali, visa-free
- Malta, visa-free
- Mauritius, visa-free / 90 days
- Mexico, visa-free / 180 days
- Micronesia, visa-free
- Moldova, visa-free / 90 days
- Monaco, visa-free
- Montenegro, visa-free
- Morocco, visa-free / 90 days
- Nauru, visa-free
- Netherlands, visa-free
- New Zealand, visa-free
- Nicaragua, visa-free
- Norway, visa-free
- Oman, visa-free
- Palestinian Territories, visa-free
- Panama, visa-free
- Philippines, visa-free
- Poland, visa-free
- Portugal, visa-free
- Qatar, visa-free * Permission to travel is needed
- Romania, visa-free
- Russian Federation, visa-free
- Saint Kitts and Nevis, visa-free / 90 days
- Saint Lucia, visa-free
- San Marino, visa-free
- Sao Tome and Principe, visa-free
- Saudi Arabia, visa-free
- Serbia, visa-free / 90 days
- Seychelles, visa-free
- Singapore, visa-free
- Slovakia, visa-free
- Slovenia, visa-free
- Solomon Islands, visa-free
- South Korea, visa-free
- Spain, visa-free
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines,
- Sudan, visa-free
- Swaziland, visa-free
- Sweden, visa-free
- Switzerland, visa-free
- Syria, visa-free
- Thailand, visa-free
- Tonga, visa-free
- Tunisia, visa-free / 90 days
- Ukraine, visa-free / 90 days
- Uruguay, visa-free
- Vanuatu, visa-free / 90 days
- Vatican City, visa-free
- Zimbabwe, visa-free

Countries granting Emiratis entry visa online
The United Kingdom and Northern Ireland www.visa4uk.fco.gov.uk/home/welcome
Australia www.border.gov.au
Republic of Turkey www.evisa.gov.tr/en/
The Republic of India indianvisaonline.gov.in/visa/tvoa.html
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka www.eta.gov.lk/
Countries granting Emiratis entry visa on arrival
- Angola, pre-visa on arrival / 28 days *Needs to apply through the website prior to arrival
- Australia, eVisa (fast track)
- Bangladesh, visa on arrival / 30 days
- Bolivia, visa on arrival / eVisa / 90 days
- Burundi, eVisa by email
- Cambodia, visa on arrival / eVisa / 30 days
- Cape Verde, visa on arrival
- Comoros, visa on arrival
- Democratic Republic of Congo, visa on arrival / 30 days
- Cote d'Ivoire, visa on arrival
- Cuba, tourist card
- Djibouti, eVisa
- Ethiopia, visa on arrival
- Gabon, visa on arrival / eVisa / 90 days
- Guinea, visa on arrival / 90 days
- Guinea-Bissau, visa on arrival / eVisa
- Guyana, visa on arrival / 30 days
- Iran, visa on arrival / 30 days
- Kenya, eVisa / 90 days
- Laos, visa on arrival / 30 days
- Lesotho, eVisa
- Liberia, visa on arrival (by email)
- Macao, visa on arrival
- Madagascar, visa on arrival
- Malawi, visa on arrival / 30 days
- Maldives, visa on arrival
- Marshall Islands, visa on arrival / 90 days
- Mauritania, visa on arrival
- Mozambique, visa on arrival
- Nepal, visa on arrival
- Niger, visa on arrival / 30 days
- Palau, visa on arrival / 30 days
- Paraguay, visa on arrival / 30 days
- Rwanda, visa on arrival / eVisa / 30 days
- Samoa, visa on arrival
- Senegal, visa on arrival / 90 days
- Sierra Leone, eVisa by email
- Somalia, visa on arrival / 30 days
- Sri Lanka, visa on arrival
- Taiwan, eVisa / 90 days
- Tajikistan, eVisa
- Tanzania, visa on arrival
- Timor-Leste, visa on arrival
- Togo, visa on arrival / 7 days
- Turkey, eVisa / 90 days
- Tuvalu, visa on arrival
- Uganda, visa on arrival / eVisa
- Uzbekistan, eVisa / 30 days
- Vietnam, eVisa
- Yemen, visa on arrival
- Zambia, visa on arrival / eVisa / 90 days
- Zimbabwe, visa on arrival
Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation