Dubai Visa Requirements for Swedish Passport Holders

Bring a passport valid well beyond your trip, your onward booking, and any document Thailand asks for when you land there. For the Dubai stop itself, a through ticket keeps you airside. If you hope to leave the terminal, add a pre-arranged transit visa from us. It also helps if a late Arlanda departure makes you miss the second flight.

Yes. Half-day desert trips from Dubai are popular with stopover travellers and usually include hotel pickup. On a 48-hour transit visa, plan the tour for the first afternoon or evening so you are back in good time for your flight. We arrange the transit visa; book the tour with a licensed local operator.

Use the same passport throughout, the one on your ticket and visa application. Switching passports between check-in and immigration causes confusion and delays. If your second nationality needs a visa approved before flying, travel on your Swedish passport instead where possible. We apply using the passport you will actually present.

For a two-hour layover you stay airside, so a visa is rarely used. It becomes useful if the connection breaks: a delayed first leg, a cancelled second one, or an unplanned overnight. Some Swedish travellers on winter trips keep a pre-arranged transit visa as a backup. Our team can advise whether your routing makes it worthwhile.