The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation called on citizens traveling abroad to consult the regularly updated travel warnings on their website prior to travel planning to ensure the choice of a safe country, and stressed the importance of registration in the service of my presence to be able to communicate with citizens in emergencies. Help them.

Many citizens are preparing to travel to different destinations as the holiday season approaches and during the nine-day Eid al-Fitr period, while the ministry is keen to ensure the safety of UAE nationals in their countries of destination and ensure their safe return to the country.

The Ministry identified 13 countries in the travel warnings list on its website: Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Afghanistan, Somalia, Ukraine (excluding Kiev), Pakistan (Karachi) Indicating the reasons for the security situation in some countries or the spread of epidemics such as plague and Ebola.

The Ministry has also identified 14 countries, among them Sudan, Oman, Jordan, Algeria, Iraq, Libya, Mauritania, Brazil, Bangladesh, Singapore, China, Guinea, Vietnam and Sri Lanka.

And published a series of instructions to citizens to ensure safe travel, the most important of which is the need to keep an electronic copy of the official documents, and a copy of the passport in the mobile phone, for reference when needed or in case of emergency, and keep official papers Of the traveler and his family in a safe place while traveling.

She also pointed to the importance of holding an international driver's license if the traveler wants to drive in the countries he will visit while traveling, choosing a residence that complies with security and safety conditions, knowing the destination before traveling to it and getting to know the political, cultural and economic environment.

It also called on citizens to take care of their travel, lodging, and travel with licensed and trusted tourism offices, and to ensure that their family members are registered in the service of my presence, and to make them aware of the importance of this.

She also cautioned against the need to carry large amounts of cash while traveling, and to replace them with credit cards.

UAE nationals can apply for a passport renewal or emergency passport in the event of a lost passport through the Ministry's website www.mofa.gov.ae, without having to go to the embassy.

«Your presence» .. Your safety in your roaming

"My presence" is a service offered to citizens of the United Arab Emirates while abroad, and facilitates the continuation of State missions abroad with citizens registered in service and abroad in crisis and emergency situations, with the aim of evacuating and coordinating their safe return to the State.

Classification of UAE Passport

Last December, the UAE passport was ranked first in the world by strength, according to the global rankings on the Passport Index website.

The UAE passport allows its holder to enter 173 countries around the world, including 116 countries without a visa and 57 countries upon arrival at the airport or applying for a visa online.

The classification depends on the number of destinations that citizens of a particular country can travel to without obtaining a visa in advance, or obtaining a visa upon arrival at the destination.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation recently launched the initiative of the UAE Passport Authority, with the aim of placing the passport on the list of the five most important passports in the world by 2021 on the directives of His Highness Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.

The UAE Vision 2021 aims to be the best country in the world by the golden jubilee of the Union. The Ministry has encouraged the UAE to seek to strengthen the UAE's position in the international arena and has launched the initiative of the UAE Passport Authority to enable citizens to enter the world without the need for a prior visa. Increases his happiness.

In 2015, the UAE passport received a strong boost according to the index, following the decision to exempt the citizens from the Schengen visa for the EU countries of 26 countries, as well as eight countries in Europe outside the EU.

- 13 countries identified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the travel warnings list

On its website.