Schedule Appointment

1. Send your appointment request to submit a visa / residence permit application to: visa_abudhabi@mzv.cz.*

2. State the following in the e-mail subject: full name (as it appears in the passport), type of visa, purpose of travel and passport number.

3. Attach scans of the following documents (in .jpg or .pdf format) to your e-mail: purpose of travel, passport data page and Emirates ID proving that you are staying in the UAE at least 2 years.

4. 1 applicant = 1 e-mail. Send one e-mail only. Each e-mail can contain only one appointment request – except when parents request appointment with their minor children (→ parent includes the minor children in the registration) and when family travels together (→ one family member includes the minor children and the husband/wife in the registration).

5. Your e-mail will be registered in a queue in the order received.**

6. Following e-mails will be excluded from the registration: 1) e-mails not sent according to the instructions in point 2, 2) e-mails without attachments given in point 3, 3) e-mails containing requests for registration of more than one person – with the exception of e-mails of parents co-registering their minor children or a family member co-registering his/her children and husband/wife, 4) e-mails sent by one applicant more than once, 5) e-mails sent to a different e-mail address than given in point 1, 6) e-mails containing attachments exceeding 10 MB.

7. Wait for an e-mail confirmation. The consulate will inform you about your appointment within one week.

8. If you do not receive the confirmation e-mail within one week, the appointment was not granted due to the fact that the request was not sent according to the instructions. Reschedule your appointment in such a case.

9. Once confirmed, the appointment cannot be rescheduled. If you fail to arrive, you lose the appointment. If you arrive late without notifying us, you lose your appointment as well – the consulate will provide services to those applicants who arrive on time.

Average waiting time for long-term visa / residence permit appointment: 2-3 weeks (4-6 weeks during the summer season)

Number of long-term visa / residence permit applications accepted weekly: 15

* The visa_abudhabi@mzv.cz e-mail address is dedicated to appointment scheduling only and does not serve for general communication or queries.

** The Embassy of the Czech Republic in Abu Dhabi does not alter the order of registrations. Appointments are scheduled in the order in which the registration e-mail was received, in accordance with the principle of transparency and predictability and based on consulate´s capacity. If you cannot keep your appointment, you need to reschedule a new appointment according to the instructions above.