Seafarers who want to embark or disembark at the Fujairah port in United Arab Emirates (UAE) will now have to obtain a 96 hour online visa. However, nationals from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Oman, Saudi, Kuwait and Bahrain, will not require such a visa.
Specifically, Fujairah Port Immigration implemented a new rule which requires all nationalities embarking or disembarking at the Fujairah port, to obtain a 96 hour online visa.
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Until now, Fujairah Port was granting on-arrival visas for 48 countries, but it will stop this as well.
Only seafarers from GCC countries Oman, Saudi, Kuwait and Bahrain will not require to have this visa, as they are holding GCC country passport.
