The Indian national with immigration officials.
Dubai - Earlier this year, the cabinet approved a decision to grant Indian passport holders with valid US visa or a green card a visa on arrival.
Published: Wed 3 May 2017, 2:11 PM
The first Indian, with a valid US visa, to avail UAE's visa-on-arrival facility arrived in Dubai on Monday this week.
Posting a picture of the Indian passenger on Instagram, the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (Dubai), announced his arrival on the first day of the activation of the facility
Dubai International Airport staff greeted the Indian national on arrival.
Earlier in March, the UAE Cabinet had approved a decision to grant Indian passport holders with either a valid US visa or a green card a visa on arrival.
The decision comes within the framework of the long-term strategic partnership between the United Arab Emirates and the Republic of India, the promotion of political, economic and trade interests between the two countries. This decision strengthens the UAE's external relations by facilitating the visa issuance process in order to confirm its global status as a tourist and economic hub.
Under the new move, ordinary passport holders from India who have a US visa or green card with a minimum six-month validity can enter the country from any point of entry for a period of 14 days, with an option for a one-time extension of the same period.
India is the UAE's second largest partner, and trade between the two countries reach $60 billion a year, with UAE exports to India amounting to $27 billion a year, while India exports to the UAE is valued at $33 billion.
There are around 143 daily flights between cities in both countries, one flight every 10 minutes, or 1000 flights per week. The number of Indian tourists coming to the UAE in 2016 reached about 1.6 million Indian tourists, and there were about 50,000 UAE tourists who visited India in the same year.
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