# UAE Visa Fees for Indians: What GDRFA and ICP Actually Charge in Dirhams

> GDRFA-Dubai prices a 30-day single-entry tourist visa at AED 264.60 in government fees alone — the sponsor markup you pay Emirates or an agent sits on top of

- Published: 2026-08-23
- Author: VisaGyan (VisaGyan)
- Canonical: https://visagyan.in/uae-visa-fees-for-indians
- Official sources:
  - https://gdrfad.gov.ae/en/services/f9e586fe-0642-11ec-0320-0050569629e8
  - https://icp.gov.ae/en/services-details/?serviceid=64afe3c1035448005bd52e60
  - https://gdrfad.gov.ae/en/services/727c91b1-52eb-11ea-0320-0050569629e8

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Our [general Dubai visa guide](/dubai-visa-for-indians) could not find a single page where UAE immigration states its own tourist-visa fee as a standalone number — only u.ae's pointer that "visa charges are stated on each service card on the websites of ICP and GDRFA-D." Those service cards exist, they load only with JavaScript rendering, and they carry real dirham figures that no Indian-facing guide we checked reprints. This page is that number.

## What GDRFA-Dubai's own service cards charge

Dubai's tourist e-visa is regulated by the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA), and its service cards price the bare government fee, VAT included:

| Visa type | Duration | Entries | Government fee (AED, incl. 5% VAT) | Approx. USD |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tourist e-visa | 30 days | Single | 264.60 | \~$72 |
| Tourist e-visa | 60 days | Single | 369.60 | \~$101 |
| Tourist e-visa | 30 days | Multiple | 315.00 | \~$86 |
| Tourist e-visa | 60 days | Multiple | 525.00 | \~$143 |
| Long-stay tourist visa | 5 years, multiple | — | 713.50 net fee + AED 3,000 refundable guarantee (AED 3,713.50 upfront) | \~$194 net |

USD figures are approximate, converted at the dirham's fixed peg of AED 3.6725 to US$1. Set against these, Emirates' own sponsor-priced tourist e-visa — US$90 for a 30-day single-entry, US$136 for 30-day multiple, covered in the [full Dubai visa guide](/dubai-visa-for-indians) — makes the sponsor's markup visible for the first time: roughly US$18 on the 30-day single-entry product alone, before an airline, hotel or agency adds anything further, and before a reseller's own margin on top of that.

## The visa-on-arrival fee, from GDRFA's own eligibility page

The 14-day visa on arrival — open only to a defined document-holder list (a valid US visa or green card, a UK or EU residence permit or visa, or, since 13 February 2025, a residence permit from Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea or Singapore, detailed in the [general Dubai guide](/dubai-visa-for-indians)) — carries a government fee of **AED 253** on GDRFA's own service card, roughly US$69 at the peg rate. Emirates' own visa-information page separately quotes this same product at US$63; the small gap is most likely rounding and currency-conversion timing rather than two different fees, but we report both figures as published rather than reconciling them into one.

## Outside Dubai: the federal ICP entry permit

Dubai issues its own visas through GDRFA; the other six emirates — Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, Fujairah and Ras Al Khaimah — fall under the federal Identity, Citizenship, Customs & Port Security Authority (ICP), which prices its entry permit as three separate line items rather than one bundled fee:

| Entries | Application | Issuance | Smart-service fee | Total (per month) | Refundable guarantee |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Single | AED 100 | AED 100 | AED 100 | AED 300 | AED 1,000 |
| Multiple | AED 100 | AED 200 | AED 100 | AED 400 | AED 2,000 |

The guarantee is refunded, not spent — but it is real money held against the visa for its duration, and it is the reason a federal ICP entry permit can look far more expensive upfront than a Dubai tourist e-visa priced at the same duration.

## Overstay: one real number, narrowly scoped

Our general Dubai guide flagged the daily overstay fine as unverified — two Indian resale sites report conflicting figures, and neither traces to a dated GDRFA or ICP page. ICP's own entry-permit service card does state an overstay fine: **AED 50 per day**. This figure is specific to ICP's federal entry permit (the other six emirates), not confirmed here as GDRFA-Dubai's own schedule for a Dubai-issued visa — the two authorities are separate regulators and we have not found GDRFA's own fine schedule stated on a page we could independently load. Treat the AED 50/day figure as ICP-specific until GDRFA publishes its own.

## What this means for your trip cost

The government fee is the floor, not the price you pay. A sponsor's e-visa product, a travel agency's markup, and any express-processing add-on all sit above the numbers on this page — the full four-layer breakdown of what actually lands on an Indian traveller's card is in [Dubai visa for Indians](/dubai-visa-for-indians), including the document checklist and application steps.

*VisaGyan is an independent journal, not affiliated with GDRFA, ICP, the UAE government, Emirates or any visa sponsor. Government fees quoted directly from GDRFA-Dubai's and ICP's own service cards (JavaScript-rendered pages, accessed via an ASP proxy since they do not serve to a plain request), checked 24 August 2026. Fees change without notice — verify the live figure on the linked service card before paying.*