UAE citizens can now use SmartGate services at Australian airports

Abu Dhabi - Granted to holders of ordinary UAE passports who are at least 16 years of age

Australia has extended the SmartGate service at its airports to Emiratis, arriving and departing, who hold ordinary passports, the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has announced.
Citizens of UAE can choose to clear their arrival and departure by using the SmartGate services, provided they get a pre-arrival electronic entry visa to Australia, wam reported.
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Ahmed Saeed Alham Al Dhaheri, the Ministry's Under-Secretary for Consular Affairs, said the use of arrival and departure SmartGate at the Australian airports, is granted to holders of ordinary UAE passports who are at least 16 years of age.
He added that the facilities extended to Emiratis abroad show that the UAE passport is among the most highly respected and trusted travel documents in the world.

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