What are the eligibility criteria for UAE residents?

 

UAE residents must hold a valid UAE driving license for at least 6 months* and Emirates ID as primary documents in order to rent a vehicle. 

 

*If your UAE driving licence is less than 6 months old, please share a valid driving licence as a secondary document from any country which proves you have held a licence for more than 1 year.

 

What are the eligibility criteria for Visitors and Tourists? 

 

Visitor or Tourist must hold a valid driving licence for at least 6 months* and Passport copy in order to rent a vehicle. 

 

Visitor and Tourist who holds a valid driving licence from our list of countries below irrespective of one's national origin, does not require an international drivers permit: 

 

Albania

Cyprus

Iceland

Malta

Romania

Sweden

Australia

Denmark

Ireland

Montenegro

Saudi Arabia

Switzerland

Austria

Estonia

Israel

Netherlands

Serbia

Turkey

Azerbaijan

Finland

Italy

New Zealand

Singapore

Ukraine

Bahrain

France

Japan

Norway

Slovakia

United Arab Emirates

Belgium

Germany

Kuwait

Oman

Slovenia

United Kingdom

Bulgaria 

Greece

Latvia

Poland

South Africa

United States of America

Canada

Hong Kong

Lithuania

Portugal

South Korea

 

China

Hungary

Luxemburg

Qatar

Spain

 



Visitor or Tourist who holds a valid driving license and the nationality origin is from our list of countries below will be required to submit an international drivers permit:

 

 

 Afghanistan Cayman Islands Guatemala Madagascar Senegal
 Algeria Central African Republic Guernsey Malawi Seychelles
 Andorra Chad Guinea Malaysia Sierra Leone
 Aguila Chile Guinea-Bissau Mali Sri Lanka
 Angola Colombia Gabon Mauritania St Kitts & Nevis
 Antigua Comoros Haiti Mauritius Sudan
 Argentina Congo Honduras Mexico Suriname
 Armenia Congo Dem Rep. India Monaco Swaziland
 Aruba Costa Rica Indonesia Morocco Syria
 Bahamas Cote d’Ivoire Iran Mozambique Taiwan
 Bangladesh Croatia Iraq Myanmar Tanzania
 Barbados Cuba Jamaica Namibia Thailand
 Belarus Curacao Jersey Nepal Togo
 Belize Czech Republic Jordan New Caledonia Trinidad & Tobago
 Benin Djibouti Kazakhstan Nicaragua Tunisia
 Bhutan Dominican Republic Kenya Niger Uganda
 Bolivia Ecuador KiribatiPakistan Uruguay
 Bosnia & Herzegovina Egypt Kyrgyzstan Panama Vatican City
 Botswana El Salvador Laos Papua New Guinea Venezuela
 Brazil Equatorial Guinea Lebanon Paraguay Windward Islands
 Brunei Fiji Lesotho Peru Zambia
 Bulgaria French Polynesia Liberia Philippines Zimbabwe
 Burkina Faso Gambia Libya Russia Zambia
 Cambodia Georgia Lichtenstein Rwanda Zimbabwe
 Cameroon Ghana Macao San Marino Uzbekistan
 Cape Verde Islands Gibraltar Macedonia Sao Tome and Principe


If you require any further assistance or advice, please contact 800-UDRIVE.