Requirements for Dubai Visa It is also necessary for the individual who's having a Dubai visa for Pakistan citizens processed, to have to exit the country to go from visit visa status to working visa status. Previously this could be waived (for some nationalities) if you paid a fee. In the past, it was not necessary to fly back to your country of origin, but now more stringent laws are reintroducing this. At the time of writing this, it is still not clear if all nationalities have to fly to their home country i.e. British, EU, and American citizens. Either way, for the visa to be processed, it is necessary to exit Dubai as a formality, to then return under your new status. This is known as a 'visa run'. You fly out (most commonly) to Qatar (around 45 minutes duration), enter the terminal building, do not pass through immigration but go through transit, enter the departure lounge, and come straight back on the same plane which brought you out. It was also possible to drive to Hatta (another Emirate within the UAE) and have your passport stamped there - although the point behind that is that you should be driving to the Omani border, that didn't always seem to be enforced.
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