Prior to booking

Verify your visa requirements.Depending on your country, you may be able to obtain a visa upon arrival or you may need to apply in advance for a planned visit visa through Sharjah Immigration.

Prior to your trip

Tourists visiting the UAE are not needed to obtain GDRFA or ICA approval.

The following nations’ travellers must adhere to certain protocol:

India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, South Africa, Uganda, Vietnam, and Zambia

Requirements for travellers landing in Sharjah from these countries or utilising Sharjah Connect

1. A real contrarian The validity of a COVID-19 PCR test certificate with a QR code for a test performed within 48 hours shall be determined from the moment the sample was collected, before leaving a recognised healthcare facility.

2. a quick PCR test report for a test performed within six hours after departure that has a QR code

There are currently no fast PCR testing facilities at the airport, making travel from Nigeria to Sharjah as the final destination impossible.

Requirements for every traveller entering Sharjah

Except for travel from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Uganda, Vietnam, and Zambia (for which specific requirements are stated above), all passengers travelling to Sharjah from any point of origin (including GCC countries) must hold a negative COVID-19 RT-PCR test certificate for a test taken no more than 72 hours before departure. The conditions for travelling from India are shown below.

Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RTPCR) test results are required for the certificate. Other test certifications, such as those from antibody tests, NHS COVID Tests, Rapid PCR Tests, and home testing kits, are not recognised in Sharjah. SMS certificates are not accepted; travellers must check in with an official written or digital certificate in English or Arabic.

The passenger’s departure country’s authorised facility must issue the COVID-19 RT-PCR test certificates. Even though they are still within their validity term, certificates that have already been submitted for travel to another place cannot be utilised to reenter the country.

The COVID-19 PCR report must have a QR code that links to the original report for verification reasons for travellers coming from the following nations. The following countries must show the QR code to DHA staff members upon arrival at Sharjah airports: Indonesia, Sudan, Lebanon, Egypt, and Ethiopia.

For a maximum stay of 14 days, Indian nationals with regular passports who are travelling to or from India via Sharjah can receive a visa upon arrival as long as they:

possess a guest visa, green card, or residency visa granted by the United States, the United Kingdom, or the European Union.
The visa must be valid for at least six months and be issued by the United States, the United Kingdom, or the European Union.

Arrival test

Another COVID-19 PCR test will be needed of travellers travelling in Sharjah from the following nations upon arrival at Sharjah International airport:

Afghanistan, Angola, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Poland, Philippines,

Testing exclusions:

Nationals of the UAE are exempt from undergoing a COVID19 PCR test before to travelling to Sharjah. Regardless of whether they have a valid negative COVID-19 RT-PCR certificate from their country of origin, they must be tested when they arrive in Sharjah.

This also holds true for:

passengers travelling with household employees or relatives of UAE nationals in the first degree

Domestic helpers accompanying a sponsor who is a citizen of the UAE.

A COVID-19 RT-PCR test is not required for passengers under the age of 12 or those with moderate to severe disabilities.

Neurological conditions and intellectual or developmental disabilities are examples of moderate or severe disabilities. For instance: Cerebral aneurysms, Down syndrome, epilepsy, seizures, ataxia, autism spectrum disorder, Bell’s palsy, brain tumours, Alzheimer’s disease, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), acute spinal cord injury, and epilepsy.

According to regulations, all other passengers, including those who are physically challenged, hard of hearing, or visually impaired, must possess a COVID-19 RT-PCR test certificate that is negative.

In both your home country and the one you’re going to, there can be special test exemptions. Please review the prerequisites before departing.

COVID-19 test facilities:

The government of the United Arab Emirates has designated laboratories.For your COVID-19 RT-PCR test, you can choose from any reputable and approved laboratory in your country of origin or the suggested labs on the list.

To be admitted on the aircraft, you must obtain your certificate from one of the labs specified in the designated laboratories document if you are flying from India, Pakistan, Nigeria, or Bangladesh.

When you get there

Upon arriving, you might need to have a second COVID-19 PCR test. If you take a test at the airport, you must wait to find out the results in your hotel or place of residence.

If the test is positive, you must go into isolation and adhere to the Sharjah Health Authority’s rules.

Additionally, you have to have the COVID19 – DXB Smart App for iOS or Android.