According to the travel industry, travelers who seek to extend their visas by utilizing the airport-to-airport status change service will be required to pay an additional fee of up to twenty percent in comparison to the tariffs that were previously offered.
It has been reported that the airline that passengers use to go and return has increased the cost of airfare by almost Dh125. According to Shihab Parwad, general director of Rehan Al Jazeera Tourism, "an additional factor that contributed to the increase in the package was the massive demand among tourists to remain in the country during the colder months."
Do you know what an A2A visa change is?
Through the airport-to-airport visa change, travelers are able to obtain a new tourist visa in a short amount of time by traveling to the foreign country that is geographically closest to them, rather than flying back to their home country.
Visitors can either get their visa changed on the same day or they can spend the night in the neighboring nation and then return the following day. Both options are available to them. Flying out, waiting in the airport of the neighboring country, and then returning on a later aircraft are all components of the same-day process, which normally takes around four hours to complete.
The starting price is Dh1,500 at the moment
It was during the final quarter of 2023 that the government decided to cancel the visa that was valid for ninety days, as stated by tourism companies. Visitors' demand for visas valid for sixty days increased as a result of this. In the past, the beginning price of a visa valid for sixty days was Dh1,300. "As of right now, the price begins at Dh1,500," said Libin Varghese, who is the head of operations and sales at Rooh Travel and Tourism LLC.
When visitors book the package will determine the pricing of the package. According to Varghese, if you reserve your reservation one month in advance, you will save money.
In December of 2022, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) eliminated the possibility for passengers holding visit visas to renew their stay permits from within the nation. Those who were granted a visit visa were required to leave the nation before they could be granted a new visa to enter the country again. Exiting the nation and entering it on a new visa was always required of people who were in possession of a visit visa; however, the restrictions were altered during the lockdown that occurred during the Covid-19. Because of the epidemic, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) altered the regulations in order to accommodate travelers who were experiencing difficulties.
Starting prices for a 30-day visa change by air have gone from Dh1,200 to Dh1,300, according to industry experts. This represents a significant increase in the cost of the visa change.
"There is a significant amount of interest in extending the visa for sixty days. According to Parwad, "We are having a hard time meeting our quota on the majority of the days, and we are finding it difficult to get seats."
Demand on a massive scale
The majority of the longer-duration visas are preferred by older persons who are not willing to travel frequently, according to the reports of the experts. It is because of the beautiful weather that we are having that a great number of people in the country are phoning their parents and other relatives to ask them to stay in the country for extended periods of time. The tremendous demand for visa changes from airport to airport has increased as a result of this, according to Varghese,"
