{"id":2489,"date":"2025-10-01T13:07:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T13:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-startup.ae\/blogs\/?p=2489"},"modified":"2025-10-01T13:07:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T13:07:32","slug":"uae-introduces-4-new-visit-visas-for-ai-events-entertainment-and-cruise-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-startup.ae\/blogs\/uae-introduces-4-new-visit-visas-for-ai-events-entertainment-and-cruise-tourism\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE Introduces 4 New Visit Visas for AI, Events, Entertainment and Cruise Tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"

UAE introduces four new visit visa types in 2025, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has shown that it has a visionary outlook. These <\/span>visa types will focus on international talent, investors, event participants, and leisure tourists, which is a radical step to realign the immigration system of the country with its technology, entertainment, and tourism goals.<\/b><\/p>\n

Starting with AI experts and visitors to the event and moving to entertainment professionals and even cruise tourists, the new regulations provide individual channels of short-term visits without losing the idea that the entry into the UAE should be simplified, clear, and intentional.<\/span><\/p>\n

Date of implementation:<\/b> According to the Federal Authority of Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Port Security (ICP) of the UAE, these new visa types were officially announced and took effect on <\/span>29 September 2025.<\/b><\/p>\n

In the last ten years, the nation has rebranded itself as a financial, technological, tourist and event capital in the world. As<\/span> Expo 2020<\/b> and <\/span>COP28 <\/b>demonstrated their ability to host mega-events, and the emirates of Abu Dhabi and Dubai are investing strongly in AI, gaming and cruise tourism, the immigration policies had to be upgraded accordingly.<\/span><\/p>\n

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