Testing required.
All passengers entering Dubai will need proof of a negative PCR test, taken no longer than 72 hours before the departing flight into Dubai.
Passengers from India, Pakistan, Nigeria, and Bangladesh must get their certificates from designated laboratories.
Fully-vaccinated visitors from France, Germany, Spain, or Switzerland will no longer need to present a PCR test if they have a vaccination certificate for vaccination administered in France, Germany, Spain, Switzerland or the United Arab Emirates.
The test must be in either Arabic or English. Children under 12 are exempt.
For a very select list of countries the window for the test is reduce to 48 hours.
Passengers arriving from the following countries will be required to take another test upon arrival to Dubai: Afghanistan, Angola, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, India, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Liberia, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Romania, Rwanda, Russia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Somaliland, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe.