Passing Diplomatic Luggage

About this service

This service is provided for missions accredited to the UAE, allowing them to request facilitation of receiving, passing, or delivering diplomatic bags or parcels, along with cases of sending or receiving mission-specific items such as electronic devices and others, to ensure their passage as per the laws and procedures followed by UAE’s port security. The requests are referred electronically to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office’s visits section at Abu Dhabi Airport to speed up the procedure.


Service process

  1. Log-in
    Enter the username and password
  2. Submit a request
    Fill in all the fields and attach all the required documents
  3. A confirmation email
  4. Receive the request
    After reviewing and approving the request by the Ministry, a no-objection letter will be sent to the relevant authorities to facilitate the passage of the luggage through the UAE's ports.

Conditions of Use

The conditions and laws mentioned in Circular No. (109) of 2012 Meeting the following conditions is mandatory: 1-An official document from the diplomatic mission or the sending country verifying the capacity of the bag holder. 2-An original official letter or certificate that includes the following: -Number of parcels within the bag -The seal and emblem of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, mission or the sending organization 3-Acknowledgment that the bag includes correspondence, documents and official materials for official use only, signed by the head of the sending diplomatic mission or any other authorized person

FAQs

Not Available

Service Completion Duration

15 working days

Service Fees

free

Service Application Channels
Payment channels
Not Applicable
Target audience

Foreign missions accredited to the UAE

Support

+97180044444

Service Completion Duration

15 working days

Access control

This service require you to login with MOFA Credentials Login

Service availability

Open 24 x 7

Required Documents
  • Diplomatic memorandum
  • Luggage content description form
  • Luggage holder passport copy - for individual luggage couriers
  • Bill of lading – when the handler of the diplomatic bag is a shipping company
  • Sustainable Development Goals

    Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

    Related Services

    Not Applicable

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