TOURIST visas for Dubai
are now non-extendable.
The General Directorate
of Residency and
Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA)
in Dubai announced
earlier this year that a
30-day tourist visa would
no longer be extendable.
“Previously, travellers
could go to Immigration
in Dubai and extend their
visa for a month. This
is no longer the case,”
says Bets Combrink,
spokesperson for the
Dubai Visa Processing
Centres (DVPC) in South
Africa.
She adds that a tourist
visa for Dubai now costs
R1 095 instead of R900.
The transit visa for Dubai
has also increased
slightly from R750 to
R780, but the business
visa, which is valid for
only 14 days, has dropped
from R1 220 to R1 095.
As Dubai does not
have an embassy in
South Africa, Bets says
the prices for the visas
obtained in South Africa
can vary depending on the
processing centre. “We
are a processing centre
for Emirates Airline.
Emirates appointed VFS
Global/DVPC to process
its visas, as the airline is
the sponsor of the visa.
All other airlines appoint
their own selected
companies to process
their visas. Different
DMCs and tour operators
charge different fees,”
she says.
Changes to Dubai visas
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