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3 April 2013
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All About The E Gate Card
Image courtesy of What's On Dubai
You can use your Dubai Visa or Emirates ID to get an E Gate Card. Here are the steps to follow to set one up with your Emirates ID:
Who is eligible?
Citizens of the United Arab Emirates
Resident of the United Arab Emirates
Where can you get this done?
All UAE Naturalization and Residence departments
All UAE Airports
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Abu Dhabi
Dnata Passport Center, Sheikh Zayed Road - Dubai
Dnata Passport Center, Deira - Dubai
Dnata passport Center, Abu Heil - Dubai
Dubai Media City’s Passport Center
Financial Center, Dubai Internet City
Free zone passport Center in Jebel Ali
Requirements for acquiring the service
A valid identity card
Check the validity of the passport – not less than 6 months.
To confirm the validity of residence (For residents)
Service Fees
Service fees (new subscribers) for a period of two years, AED 150.
Renewal fees (renewal of subscription) for a period of two years, AED150.
Participants with E-cards is now able to add the E-gate service for their ID for a period of two years starting on the date of the service addition with a fee of AED 150 as a new service at reduced fees
E Gate Requirements
Frequent travellers entering and exiting from Dubai International Airport do not need to wait in a long queue to get a passport stamped, if they use an eGate Card.
You head to the eGate, swipe your card, touch the panel to match your fingerprint and you are through in 5-10 seconds, saving you valuable time.
The eGate Card, issued by the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs - Dubai (DNRD), in association with the Department of Civil Aviation, allows passengers quicker access through the immigration process at Dubai Airport, Abu Dhabi Airport and Al Ain Airport. More UAE airports will be added later.
Criteria and Documents for eGate Card
New eGate card holder’s presence
Original passport (with at least 6 month’s validity).
You must be either a UAE citizen or an expatriate holding a resident visa.
Passport photograph
Procedure and Fee
Submit documents and do a finger-print ID. This procedure takes only about 5-10 minutes. Pay AED 200 per card.
Validity of Card
The eGate Card is valid for two years. A similar procedure and fees are required for renewal.
Where can you get an eGate Card
Dubai Airport
Abu Dhabi Airport and Al Ain Airport
Dubai, Abu Dhabi & Al Ain Naturalization Departments
From DNRD Jebel Ali Branch
DNRD Abu Hail Office
DNATA Dubai Airline Centre, Sheikh Zayed Road. Call 04-3166966 for information.
With an HSBC-Etihad Credit Card
You can also link your Emirates ID card as an e Gate card too.
Can be done by:
Citizens of the United Arab Emirates
Residents of the United Arab Emirates
The advantages of adding the E-gate service in the identity card
- Use just one card to travel
- Activating the role of an identity card as an all-inclusive card
- Easy registration to acquire the service through the ID
Service Addition Centers
- All UAE Naturalization and Residence departments
- All UAE Airports
- The Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Abu Dhabi
- Dnata Passport Center, Sheikh Zayed Road - Dubai
- Dnata Passport Center, Deira - Dubai
- Dnata passport Center, Abu Heil - Dubai
- Dubai Media City’s Passport Center
- Financial Center, Dubai Internet City
- Free zone passport Center in Jebel Ali
Requirements:
- A valid identity card
- Check the validity of the passport – not less than 6 months.
- To confirm the validity of residence (For residents)
Service Fees
Service fees (new subscribers) for a period of two years= AED 150.
Renewal fees (renewal of subscription) for a period of two years= AED150.
Participants with E-cards are now able to add the E-gate service for their ID for a period of two years starting on the date of the service addition with a fee of AED 150 as a new service at reduced fees
(Last updated May 2012)
Our Experience Getting an E-Gate Card in Dubai
We arrived at Dubai airport, terminal one, departures, checked the screens for our departure time, then started to find out where we needed to go, easy there is a great big sign hanging from the ceiling pointing you up the escalator marked e-gate office.
Got to the top of the escalator on the floor there is a huge sticker pointing you to the e-gate office, once in the office simple the guy behind the counter was very friendly he filled the form out on the screen, then scanned the left and right hand thumb or whichever finger you wish, checked the print on the screen to ensure it was clear, then asked us for a passport photo, which he then took a photo of that image placed it on the screen (and returned us the passport photo), then asked for our mobile numbers we signed the form with all the information on, paid 200AED each and then gave us our e-gate cards size of a credit card, the whole procedure from start to finish lasted all of 10 minutes painless.
We then progressed to departures dropped off our suitcases and instead of queuing in passport control went straight through the e-gate channel, simple inserted our new card, scanned our boarding pass went through the little glass gates scanned our thumb print then straight through, easy, can’t believe we never did this sooner and it lasts for 2 years. Just one tip remember which finger or thumb was scanned!
Rosie & John, EW Readers
