This is a global site, so a nationality guide begins with the travel document, not the visitor's current home. A person living in Canada may travel on an Indian passport. A UK resident may hold a passport with completely different entry conditions. Even labels such as British passport can cover document classes that do not share the same rule.

We publish a passport page only when authoritative sources support useful distinctions that cannot be handled safely in a generic template. The British, Canadian, Australian, German and US pages are scoped to named official travel-advice texts. The Indian, Filipino and South African pages distinguish ordinary passports from conditional routes that depend on another document. The Pakistani, Nigerian and Bangladeshi pages stay at the verification layer because we will not invent a stay length the official sources do not state.

Departure airport is an operational fact, not a substitute for nationality. It can affect the airline and transit itinerary, but it does not turn a resident into a citizen. Similarly, a visa or residence permit issued by another country matters only when the UAE rule expressly recognises that document and all validity conditions are met.

A passport page is a dated guide, not a permanent whitelist. Border rules and provider boarding checks can change at different times. Open the linked authority and operating-airline guidance shortly before travel, especially when permission depends on another visa or residence card.

Checks that prevent the common mistakes

Use the passport or travel document presented at the UAE border as the starting fact.
Record any qualifying foreign visa or residence document separately and verify its issuer, type and remaining validity.
Do not copy a rule for citizens onto residents, or a rule for an ordinary passport onto an emergency travel document.
Recheck before departure because eligibility lists, document conditions and permitted stays can change.