Dubai flights: No GDRFA, ICA nod required for 2 countries

Dubai flights: No GDRFA, ICA nod required for 2 countries

UAE passengers travelling from Indonesia and Ethiopia don't require a General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA) or the Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship (ICA) approval, according to a fresh travel update on the website of Dubai carrier Emirates. Indonesia and Ethiopia were among the 11 countries where passengers needed to apply for a GDRFA or ICA approval before flying into Dubai - especially for residents. However, the countries have now been removed from the list on Emirates' guidelines page for residents. Residents travelling from Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Uganda, Vietnam and Zambia have to take approval from the GDRFA and ICA before flying to the UAE, Emirates airline had said in an earlier update. However, this does who have other visas, such as newly-issued residence or employment visa, short stay or long stay visa, visit visa or visa on arrival. Passengers arriving from the above-mentioned 10 countries must present a negative Covid-19 PCR test certificate with a QR code issued within 48 hours of the time the sample was collected at an approved health facility. They also need to present a rapid PCR test report with a QR code for a test