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Dubai has strict customs regulations. Like any other destination you may be checked by customs officers on entrance. This guide is available for download from the publications section of the official Dubai Customs website.

The Passenger Customs Guide states that visitors to Dubai can bring in the following goods free of duty:. Personal effects are also exempt from duty. The following items are permitted and no duty will be due provided they for personal use:. The text on the actual website states that the cash limit is 40, AED.

The limit was raised toAED in It has clearly not been updated on the website. Outdated information is fairly typical of official Dubai websites. There is no mention of prohibited items in the Passenger Customs Guide. However, they are listed in the Travellers Guide.

Presumably they have not changed. Electronic cigarettes e-cigarettes were banned subsequent to publication of the Travellers Guide. Again the Passenger Customs Guide does not mention items that must be declared to Dubai Customs on arrival. They are listed in the Travellers Guide and include:.

Statement on medication — website of the Embassy of the UAE in the UK at July 2 Individuals may bring medicine into the country for their personal use. Narcotic items can only be brought into the UAE in exceptional cases with prior permission from the director of medicine and pharmacy control.

These guidelines relate to medicines brought in by an individual through an airport or border crossing and medicines arriving by post. Visitors must take care to ensure that medicines and medications prescribed in their home countries are not restricted before travelling to the UAE. Visitors should contact the Ministry of Health drug control department to check whether their medication is on the controlled list, and needs prior permission for importation.

The Customer Service Centre of the drug control department can be contacted by emailing drugcl. The website of the UAE in Washington DC has copies of what we believe to be the same documents. They could have been updated since. However, until the UAE Ministry of Health actually publishes an updated list on its website we cannot be sure. Dubai has extremely strict drug laws. People frequently end up in court for offences that would not even warrant arrest in many countries.

Anybody thinking about bringing drugs or restricted medicines into Dubai should read the following articles:. Can I bring some homemade ready to eat food stuff to Dubai? Is it allowed to bring fruits to Dubai? Hi, I will be visiting my daughter in Dubai soon. I would like to surprise her with all her favourite snacks. Can you please let me know if the following is allowed. Biltong beef jerkysweetschocolates and Chips nik-naks and powdered soups. I wonder if Dubai has drug problems like Saudi Arabia with the meth drug Captagon?

Remember the Saudi prince caught with a private jet full of it? Dubai is a bit paranoid, but perhaps for good reason. Probably though if you use any medication, much less any illegal drug, Dubai should not be your vacation destination. Would I be able to bring a ml bottle of Kefir Milk into Dubai?

I am just going for a week, and I drink it as a probiotic. It is not prescribed by a doctor or anything. I will be transiting through Dubai airport back to Australia. Whilst away I brought a lot of Christian books and DVD from Amazon. Is there any problem taking them through customs. I am going to Dubai and i am planning to take with me a laser light which has a stars effect when you switch it on together with my laptop.

Well thought out forum, I do see the problems that others are having, this in part that they take drugs, with my job, if I smoke a joint I am fired, so what is the big deal people.

IF you do drugs, do not visit this city or country, and in fact go to rehab, as you have a problem. The problem with the UAE is not them, but you. So keep to your ways and mind the rules, and I am sure you will get along fine with the fine people. My sister is coming from US next week to Dubai for a short visit. Want to know about any gold restriction while entering UAE. As Dubai is a stopover I will have to carry 3 weeks of these medications, will it be a problem?

Please can you help with this and advise me on what I should do many thanks! With the move there is stuff that is going with the removal company but I am sending my golf clubs and an extra suitcase as excess baggage. In my luggage I want to take my Ceylon Green Tea and my Hawaiian Spirulina powder.

Will this be ok? Could someone tell me if I can carry a dietary supplement that contains minerals, vitamins, amino acids, antioxidants, pro and pre biotics. If yes, should it be sealed or can I carry an open can? Also should it be in the carry on or checked in luggage? Will really appreciate any suggestions. Medications are allowed if they are have a doctors prescription letter and explanation about what they are for. They must be in original packaging.

Vitamins and supplements are allowed provided they are in original packaging. No letter is needed for this. There is no need to declare medicines and vitamins at the customs. If they decide to check, just show the letter for the medicines.

There will be no problems with the usual types of vitamins and supplements. I am going this May and am feeling apprehensive as well. I hope there will be no problems. Can anyone share if I can buy over the counter medicines at the pharmacies in Dubai?

I will be travelling to Dubai Via Qatar and Qatar Airways. Is it possible for me to take two litres of spirits with me in my checked luggage provided it is bought from London Duty free after security checks?

Will I be allowed to keep it in Dubai and through Qatar? I am planning on bringing some plants like oregano and lemon grass, is there a problem or regulation regarding this herbs? I was thinking of grabbing a Limited Edition Johnnie Walker Bottle on the way out of Singapore. I love Dubai, by the way—I spent two weeks in the Middle East last year and had a blast. Of course, the stopover in Dubai may be problematic for that due to the import limits. Hi, Extra alcohol is confiscated.

Can not completely exclude fine… I let few bottles of RSA wines there. Can I bring a laptop from my Indian office? But i just heard from someone that they have rules that state that females below the age of 40 will not be allowed to enter the UAE without company.

I really wonder why. Do you not think Dubai has copyright laws? I am travelling to India from US with a flight change in Dubai. I am planning to take 1 bottle of liquor in the check in baggage. Will I have any problem at Dubai Airport? Bought a bottle of whisky at Manchester airport in duty free.

Have just had it confiscated at Dubai, on a transfer through to Sydney. They said their rules are that the bag must be sealed.

If was as it was handed to us at Manchester. No mention there, or on the flight of the requirement for Dubai for the bag to be sealed. They also would not give us a receipt to prove they had taken it. Any alcohol bought at any duty free has to be put in your checked baggage for any onward flights. This is nothing special about Dubai. It applies to all countries.

If you are buying from duty free in your country and flying to another country via a connection flight in a 3rd country. You must get the duty free to put the products along with the receipt into airport sealed bagsnot to be opened until final destination. This is a security issue and not simply that it is alcohol.

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It is liquid in excess of mm. We had drinks taken from us in Japan after buying at Perth Aus duty free. It was sealed and we had the receipt. We were in transit to London. This is a late comment but I hope it helps anyone planning to travel your alcohol being confiscated is an Australian customs law not UAE.

Actually it is true. I have had my alcohol bought in duty free at Heathrow, in a sealed bag with receipt, confiscated on three occasions when connecting to another flight.

I think the officials live in their own world and you cannot challenge them. I was in Dubai on 2 night stopover in My experience was all good. The day we left a taxi turned up at our hotel with a young man lying diagonally across the back seat.

He had vomited into the corner and down the side of the seat. He had been to a night club with friends the night before and had got totally drunk. Do you think that was fair? Next thing 2 really big cops arrived looking for the offender. The hotel manager was kind enough to say that he was brought to the wrong hotel and had left.

How lucky it was for that young man — but not for the poor taxi driver. I am planning to buy a DSLR camera which will cost me around AED in Japan and I will bring it into Dubai for my personal use. Should I get rid of original box or is it ok to bring it in its original package? I am a diabetic and will obviously be carrying my prescription drugs on me for the duration of my stay 4 days. Do i need a doctors letter for these drugs?

I cannot seem to find anything to help advise me. Just make sure all medicines are in their original packaging and you have the prescription. We have just had our medications permitted as we had our signed doctors letter and a seal from the Trade Department with the Australian Government and then sent it on to the UAE Embassy for them to stamp them.

While costly it will put you at ease. Worth the piece of mind without a doubt, Can you post the links that you used to get the UAE stamp. I am in United States so I am guessing that I would have to get it signed by my government.

Getting a notary to attest to a prescription? These seem like unattainable requirements. Can anyone speak to what to do? It is actually just a food supplement and not a drug. Would it be OK to bring a unused bong into the UAE? It has never been used. I mean a bong could be used for tobacco? Indeed smoking tobacco in water pipes is very common in Dubai. They could in theory use it as an excuse to test your blood for drugs.

Although rare, there have been a few cases where people have had drugs in their blood and been charged with possession. So what I understood that no alcohol is allowed in checked in baggage when departing Dubai. Please confirm thanks in advance. I should have given more explanation. Kayne asked whether he could bring alcohol into Dubai. Yes, you can bring it through customs.

However, once it is in Dubai, the laws are a little strange. Legally speaking you need an alcohol license available to residents only to transport alcohol in Dubai. So when you transport it from the airport to your hotel you are technically breaking the law.

Practically, everybody breaks this rule.

Do I have to declare it? Is such a travel item allowed? According to the latest customs regulations you just have to declare knives and radios. Your airline may have different regulations though. It appears that you can take a knife in your checked baggage but not in your carry-on baggage. I would advise you to confirm with your airline. Hi, I am a seafarer scheduled to disembark in Fujairah, UAE next month.

From there, I would travel to my country in Asia. I would like to ask if anyone knows if i could have my electronic cigarette in check-in baggage? Anyway, I would just be transiting the country. You will be fine. There are no restrictions on nappies in Dubai: Your question is relevant to your baggage allowance. That is a matter for your airline.

If you can fit it in the maximum size of hand luggage allowed I presume the answer is yes. Is it possible to bring Kamagra Oral Jelly or Intimax Oral Jelly into Dubai? I buy these in India as Viagra is too expensive and difficult to get prescribed here.

As far as I am aware the ingredient in these is Sildenafil Citrate, which is just the chemical name for Viagra.

However, you have to be careful of the dosage. The legal limit is apparently mg. I am going to Dubai for a holiday and as a nervous flyer I take diazepam prescribed by my doctor before flights. My husband thinks that I may not be permitted to carry diazepam in to Dubai for my return flight.

Can anyone tell me if my medication is permitted? This means you can bring it in provided you have been prescribed it by a doctor. You will need to bring the prescription and it will need to be in its original packaging. You are also only allowed to bring in a reasonable amount suitable for the duration of your stay. It depends whether you mean hand baggage or the suitcases you will check in. Does that mean I can bring in 4 litres of wine AND 48 cans of beer?

I would not want to though, but REALLY? Current UK duty free limits for alcohol purchases made outside the EU are 16 litres of beer and 4 litres of wine.

Just wondering if anyone could answer this. It has some movies on it that my friend has given me. Should I delete them off my computer or do they not matter? Almost everybody has videos and music on their phones or computers.

The only way Dubai Customs could verify their legality would be to ask to see purchase receipts for all these downloads. Do you really think they have the time and resources to stop every passenger, inspect their electronic equipment for downloads, and then demand to see a purchase receipt for each piece of media. Illegal downloads are illegal in most countries, not just Dubai.

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It is usually up to the rights holder to bring any prosecutions, not the customs authorities. Of course, if you had a bag full of a DVDs with no labels, that might be a different story. But, regarding downloads on your computer, you will be fine. Yes, you can bring condoms to Dubai. You can also buy them here. There are no rules prohibiting condoms or birth control in Dubai. Could i just confirm if it will be possible to bring my contraceptive pill to dubai, i dont have a prescription for it?

Also is it possible to bring progesterone hormone tablets which can be used to delay periods? Wow, you can buy dong-engorging drugs without a prescription but if they find a normal pain reliever in your blood, then you get arrested and jailed for 4 years. These Arabs are farcical. The UK should seize their assets next time they come to London at the end of Ramadan. May I ask if I can I bring a Lelo Liv vibrator into Dubai. Sex toys are illegal in Dubai. I did a bit of further research before answering this question and found an article in the Gulf News from 4 years ago.

An expatriate woman ordered one sex toy online for shipping to Dubai. It was seized by Dubai Customs. It was made clear to the woman that she would face legal action if tried to bring a sex toy into Dubai again. So in answer to your question, I would advise to leave it at home. I imagine though you would find the situation embarrassing. I find it appalling that they can arrest you with possession for what you carry in your blood.

I live in Europe, but am Australian. Recently I had to return at short notice for a funeral and without thinking booked flights with QANTAS, as I have many times before. Only to discover that QANTAS now flies via Dubai. Having recently visited Amsterdam, a place where smoking weed is legal, I became very nervous reading all these messages about possession in the blood stream.

It is completely retarded to be able to arrest someone for possession if its in their blood. What do they think we can do with it? We are not importing drugs into this shithole country. Especially the age limits. All I can say is, they live in the dark ages here. What a load of crap is this website, with very few exceptions. You want to do drugs and gossip malicious fiction?

Then pay the price! Why would you even want to visit another culture if all you want to do is behave in the same fashion as in your country of residence? Just as money makes money, trash makes trash. I would normally ignore some of the outrageous comments made here, but some of them are just so stupid, they defy belief. If all you want to do is complain, stay home and let those who are prepared to comply with local laws, enjoy their travels. I agree wholeheartedly, I am visiting Dubai in a few weeks and I am looking forward to spending some time in a country that is not spoilt by the oafish behaviour of those that use drugs or excessive drink.

If one cannot respect the laws and customs of any country in the world that one intends visiting then you have no right visiting them. I think you are talking to empty space right now. Some people so ignorant they are even do not respect law and culture their own country. So what to say about other countries? One of the real advantages of the draconian drug laws and the stories they generate to those of us living here in Dubai is that it keeps sensationalist morons like so many of you from visiting.

Some reports of imprisonment are unfair and are eventually resolved sad but truebut there is a fashion for Dubai bashing in the media these days, which omits information about those arrested for actual offences.

As long as you behave with respect re not fighting men or women, public affection — snogging and groping each other, and consuming alcohol- try not raging round drunk and shouting your head off, staggering through the placeyou will never have a problem. I very much get the impression half the comments here are made by teenagers with nothing to do and have never been to Dubai.

One thing is true: This coming from a non-Arab expat living in Dubai. Gosh, myself and my husband were considering coming to Dubai for two months on our extended honeymoon.

The laws regarding customs and flying are retarded. Gosh Eva you just do that. I am certain they will have a national day of sad faces for your absence.

Why does Dubai create such negative comments seen from a Western perspective. Now I know why. We are an older couple; adults who made the mistake of trying to spend some pleasant time getting to know a different culture.

Instead buy shares dubai were confronted by a backward, draconian attitude right at Dubai airport. We had bought a new Lelo vibrator in Europe and it was identified in the luggage and confiscated. My wife was requested to sign a paper that approved the destruction of the vibrator. It is obvious that there is no freedom for women to make personal choices also reflected in other more social circumstances.

It is humiliating and offensive to be in a position to defend private issues within a relationship in an open customs hall.

We only wanted to stay an easy 2 nights and not really confront the harsh restrictive practises, and anti-female attitudes in the country. We are not importing drugs, alcohol, porn, weapons, etc. I just want to expel the fears that scare mongers are expressing on this site. Today I decided to phone the UAE embassy in London I live in the UK as my family and I are visiting Dubai next month I became very concerned after reading the scares on here. I also found a list on the internet of the restricted and controlled drugs that are not allowed then my wife had pointed out to me that she was being prescribed one of these controlled drugs.

More worry as our fx rates rmb usd have already been purchased. I spoke to a man in the drugs control department of the embassy who told me as long as my wife has a doctors letter and recent prescription she could take all her medications with her even controlled drugs.

If the owner of this site or anyone else wants to check this then they should phone And please everyone don. In any case, I suffer from vaginismus which is a very painful contraction of the muscles in the private region.

My gynaecologist tried taking a pap smear and I had to stop her as it was very painful. She recommended getting dilators to open up the area she is a doctor working in Dubai by the way.

I never bothered but my sister in the UK bought me some dilators from a medical company which cost about GBP I returned to Dubai with them. Though they were polite, they had a very crude approach to the issue.

Despite my pointing out the information card attached to the box they just brushed it off. Needless to say, that I was thoroughly embarrassed and frightened. It is an embarrassing health problem as it is! I agree with one of the other commentators on this page that they need to be properly educated and also trained to speak better English. They should be train to speak better English?

Maybe you should stay in your own English speaking country and not expect that the world forex trading banned in malaysia adapt to you or owe you a favour!

They work in an airport with a massive volume of English speaking customers. Over a million people from the UK alone each year. Not to mention the country relies on tourism!

So many people think this world was built from nothing. It takes cooperation and recognition of diversity to make this world thrive. I live in Australia. We have many different Asian languages on signs all throughout our country as it is important to accommodate the large number of Asians that reside here.

I really do not understand all the scary crap here. I have been living in Dubai for 1 year only, and I have never felt more comfortable, safer, happier anywhere else I have lived before. We are clean, safe, we would not like any trouble. It is funny hearing about being uncomfortable, really very funny. I am from Chicago, are we free there, safe walking down the street after dark?

Welcome to Dubai, seeing is believing, do not be prejudice, enjoy it. Dubai is heaven on earth. It is a messed up place. Honestly, what you do in other countries should be your business and should not be targeted in Dubai if you have no intention of doing it there. Traces in blood or urine should not be considered possession. All I can say is I live in Dubai. I have lived all over the world also and its one of the safest places to live! If people are naive enough to believe the press then I am happy if it keeps all the drug dealers out!

We can even buy alcohol and drink it in our own homes once you have picked up your licence from MMI. All types of medicines and drugs are available over the counter in the pharmacies so if you take a drug that you are concerned may not be acceptable at customs then do the research and ask your own Doctor what the equivalent may be which may be buy shares dubai to purchase once in the country.

To be honest I am sick of reading all this crap — I love my home! The Cruel Barbarian says. After I have read all these comments, I wonder why do people still go to these countries? Would it not be better to boycott them? I am in no way a drug user of any kind, but just the thought of getting arrested for having three poppy seeds off a bread roll on my clothes makes me think I must cancel my trip with Emirates and take a more lenient airline.

I have lived in Abu Dhabi for all the 18 years of my life and moved forex segregated accounts canada for university. I consume chron regularly and i find it very medieval and just plane uneducated to consider traces of marijuana in the pivot point in forex stream as possesion.

What you do in the jurisdiction of another country where marijuana runescape fastest way to make money 2016 legal is your own business. Officers have no right to check you for something you do earnest money sc does not harm anyone else in another country.

I truly love the UAE but I find this very stupid. I was stopped on my last travel and my luggage and every pocket of every pant was checked. Luckily I washed everything twice and took extra precautions to ensure I was clean. Something needs to be done about this. If you are incapable of following a rule which they have made pretty clear, than getting in trouble is your own fault.

My husband and I are planning a move there in the next few months and neither one of us do drugs or associate with anyone who does. I do take birth control, but have no problem leaving it behind and going to a doctor once I get there. I was born in the UK, moved to Dubai when I was 1 and stayed out there until I was 18 and ready to go to uni.

I got searched last summer because they found a piece of tobacco in my passport that "looked a bit like weed" sigh. As soon as I went through passport control there was a plain clothed officer ready to introduce himself and ask me to follow him.

We got to the searching table and when they looked through my passport found some tobacco in between the pages. One of the chief officers at the time then took some photocopies of my passport without telling me why. After a small but scary conversation with the customs officer he asked me to follow him to a room so I would be strip searched down to my underwear. When he found that there was nothing, he let me go.

The whole process lasted about 30 minutes maximum. However I was very shaken up about it afterwards. I have since returned to Dubai on numerous occasions and since then I have legit jobs working from home uk no trouble.

Does this irritate me? Would I rather this happen than the whole investigation process? For all roanoke virginia livestock market report who think Dubai is a great and fair place from your personal experience?

What does it take for you all to figure out that the fact it has not happened to you yet does not mean pretty crazy things have not happened in Dubai? And you all just wait. One of these days your luck will be down, and they will be in a bad mood, and off to slammer 4 years for you for some silly stuff like having medicine in your bag.

And similar idiots like you will still be writing in these blogs about how they went to Dubai and all is fair, while you rot in jail with no one to hear or speak up for you. I never heard of anyone being thrown in jail rangers aim stock market 4 years because the customs officer was in a bad mood.

Ok I have never been harassed at DXB airport. But my brother has. Otc stock market usa key difference is he has long hair, and a more eccentric sense of fashion. Just dress half smart and you should be fine.

The guy that got found with the speck in his shoe was a rasta. So go figure they would pick on him. Why are you such a loser? And I could go on. Who are you kidding? The United States is based on freedoms, on a Constitution wherein we hold these truths to be self evident, that all are created equal and are entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. You prefer the dictates of a fundamentalist religion? If a man is prescribed Xanax from his doctor it is ok for you to judge him?

One day you need medication. Where is this going? You are living under a regime that, when taken to extremes, you get the Taliban. Good luck with that. Expat in UAE says. It is expected from the visitors to be aware of the laws before they travel to that particular country. It is very much like a person who takes drugs at home visiting his relatives that hate drugs. It is not his home. It is very simple.

Every country limits personal freedom. From a rapists viewpoint, allowing him to rape will be considered as personal freedom. A thief will consider allowing to steal is personal freedom. I hope you get my point here. UAE is a Country that treats women as second class? I have never seen a city where a woman can go around the streets alone at 2 am without a single grain of fear, except in Asia trading development joint-stock company atd. Do you consider safety of women as considering them second class?

The respect shown to women in UAE is immense. Do you consider respecting women is considering them second class? The United states is based on freedoms.

All are entitled to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. I believe USA does not have jails because everyone has the liberty to pursue happiness by doing anything they want and living freely.

You judge people of following the dictates of a fundamentalist religion and you point fingers on people who judge gays? The UAE is one of the best places in the world to live and settle. The people are warm, hospitable and polite. Give respect and take Respect. The UAE is a safe place as long as you are not a criminal, a drug addict or a terrorist.

I have read all of the comments and I offer this simple solution. Stay home or go somewhere else. There are other places that are a little more relaxed. Spend your money somewhere else. If all of this is going on in Dubai DO NOT GO!!!

They really do just make up their laws as they go along. If cocaine and prostitutes is being a good Muslim, then they have different ideas than me. Why would you risk that?

I lived in UAE and northern Oman for 2 months and will be returning for another 2 month stay in less than a week. I had absolutely no problems.

I was treated with respect everywhere I went and helped when I needed it. I am a 25 year old female from the US. I was supposed to be travelling to Bangkok in the next two days, but transiting in Dubai. I like the odd cheeky spliff with a couple of drinks, but the slightest risk of a urine test I. Dubai is a castle built on sand. The forex rates uganda current life has been ruined by pumping concrete into the sea for constructing the islands.

I did have to purchase all new clothes and luggage to avoid having any traces of illegal substances on me, even scrubbed the soles of my favourite sandles. Frankly I would say they are just a bunch of barbarians sorry insult to barbarians everywhere. They are cruel to people and beast alike.

They still live in the dark ages ie 7th century but with 21st century goods. Hypocrites one and all with their religious zealot laws. Yet when they come to UK they do the complete opposite.

One commentator mentioned how it was hard to get a smile out of anyone in the UAE. If you were to do the same and just quietly come and leave, there would be no problems and you could get away with almost anything. The other escape route is to befriend a rich Arab.

That works for me. How do you suppose a person from the UAE dressed in traditional garb would be received walking into the Shell station at Inglewood and Crenshaw? A 4 year sentence for 3 poppy seeds from a bagel. This law in nonsense. Never travel or visit to Dubai. Who needs sympathy from you? Getting arrested for 0. The cops should be out there to catch real criminals and this applies worldwide. But then law and order does not work well anywhere in the world and people like Alan are ignorant and should not be in charge of law.

After hearing all the horror stories about going to jail for possessing codeine, there is no way I am going to visit Dubai now. From an American who goes through Dubai frequently. I do know, after 30 years of arresting druggies, that drug heads will lie to their own mother and whine about being the victim. They usually claim that someone planted it in their pocket without them knowing. Stay off the drugs and stay away from drug heads. I see plenty of Americans and Brits going through these countries, being loud, obnoxious, and just plain acting stupid.

May as well hold up a big sign saying, "Hey cop, check me out". Cops worldwide always find it humorous about how stupid drug heads are. No sympathy from me. I flew in from Iraq with 4 brand new 9mm magazines that are for my target shooting pistol back home. I cleared the previous 4 security checks and confirmed with security that it was fine not classified as a weapon nor ammunition.

In Dubai while in transit, I went out the airport to give a bag to a friend I travelled with who was over weight. I then immediately checked in again and was stopped and taken in for questioning. An hour later they let me go but kept the magazines saying is was classified as a dangerous item.

I think that education of security staff needs to automatic program for binary options a big winner updated. Rank and abuse of authority just makes honest travellers like myself avoid and dislike Dubai. I spent the scariest time of my life in Dubai customs when my fiancee was taken into a tiny cupboard sized room with two burly men strip searching him without any cameras in the room and then threatening him with life sentence even though he had absolutely nothing on him.

You must be joking. I have travelled all my life and love Emirates as an airline, but I for one, will never ever set foot in that airport again. My life is too important to me for that. On another note, the entire 20 hours we were in that city, no matter how hard we tried, we could not squeeze a single smile out of anyone.

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As a UAE citizen I know that these people get payed AED annually which is equivalent to USD a year, which is probably more than you get paid. And for all the people that want to visit Dubai or UAE in general, you are always welcome here unless you do illegal things. That goes to the whole world.

Who the hell general mills 401k investment options you think you are? You and your boyfriend are lowlife drug users. These people from the airport are probably ten times richer than you and your whole family.

Stop badmouthing this country. I am neither an Arab nor Muslim but I absolutely love Dubai. If they are prescribed medications, take the doctors note with you. I have never ever EVER had a problem with living in Dubai or its airport security. Remember that politeness and a smile goes a long way.

None of the Dubai rules are ridiculous and yes there have been some mcdonalds trading hours anzac day 2016 of unfairness, but that happens in every city, not just Dubai. They have no intelligence acting that way. I loved living here but do have to say sometimes the application of the laws is ridiculous. Last year I was visiting my family in DXB for Xmas and was stopped in the airport and searched.

Trade binary option in nigeria have a blood disorder and have to take medication every day to stop attacks. The customs officials at DXB airport confiscated my medication, held me in the airport for 4 hours with my parents waiting for me in arrivals.

They did not let me contact anyone. I had a european call option black scholes matlab with me from Leicester Royal Infirmary, but they still would not let me have my tablets. They eventually released me but refused to give me back my medication as they contain a hormone deriviative and this is apparently considered illegal in the UAE even though I used to get them from the pharmacy of Al Zara hospital in Sharjah.

Was a bit of a nightmare all things futures trading brokerage. Stupid thing was I really needed those tablets, but was able to buy them from a pharmacy the day after I arrived in Dubai! Read the reviews about taking in medicine even with doctors letters.

It took Tracey Wilkinson 8 weeks to get out of jail. She was facing 4 years just for having it in her blood system. People are so critical of Dubai and their laws. At the end of the day they are the laws in that country and you should abide by them if you are going to visit. I think the country is fantastic and only wish the UK were so strict on our laws. I have been to Dubai 6 times now and have never had a problem.

Just to clarify, can co-codamol be taken into the country if a valid UK prescription can be provided with it? My family and I have just returned from 3 days in Dubai. We got held on arrival for 4hrs at the airport by customs because my husband had a telescopic lens in his suitcase. It was a very expensive gift given to him and it was confiscated.

This was not a weapon but somehow they thought it was! Our son whom is 18 and very immature for his age etc he has uae residency and has been a student here in Dubai for the past 4 years. He was approached by customs at the airport on his arrival at Xmas time from a UK flight and he was asked if he was carrying drugs.

As he appeared to be nervous with such question they then decided to full strip search him. This has had some negative effect on him about the UAE on the whole experience. They could have had a different approach if they at all suspected. Framed in Dubai Airport says. This true story will blow you all away!

A very good friend of mine who I have known for 27 years was framed with carrying a small amount of hash by custom officials at Dubai airport on a stop over. I could not believe this nor understand what they would gain from this!

The only reason that I could think of is that they are targeting people that even slightly resemble a drug user in their eyes, and then brand them so they can never enter the UAE. My friend Sam does look like a bit of an old hippie but has not touched a drug as long as I have known him. And of all places to find the pea-sized piece of hashish was inside his passport after they had taken it and turned away from him, then turned back with it sitting there between the pages.

They immediately took him away, strip searched and urine tested him, then asked to plead guilty and said they would release him. If he denied it, he would spend up to 1 month in jail waiting for court. Of course he pleaded guilty and they did release him in time to catch his connecting flight, but can never return to the UAE.

I think we should do the same to them in the West when they travel to our countries then perhaps they just might learn a lesson or two!!!! Anyone supporting Dubai in this forum is a serious shmuck!

I feel you all protect Dubai because it is an Arab country. You are either a part of a messed up religion that believe that everyone should agree with you or die or you are some tool cop that likes to post your dribble on these forums. Any government or law enforcement system that would prosecute a traveller for simply having something in the blood stream that could be legal in a country they had just passed through is obviously trying to force their ridiculous religious beliefs on the rest of the world.

No one forced you to convert to Islam or to come to UAE. If you are so better off than the west then why is it that you need our tourism money? Why are you blasting our music? Using medicines MADE by us?

The article is about medication. If someone has medicine legally prescribed why should they fear traveling to and from your country? If you want to be treated as civilized and you want to brand yourself as a safe tourist destination then eliminate the anxiety for people who visit your country to enjoy it!

I am a Muslim American of Arab origin and I am just as disgusted by your archaic rules and stupidity as are others on this forum! Amazing that so many commenters here have no idea what Codeine is. It is in Nurofen Plus, some Solpadeine brands, the legendary Co-codamol, and many more. Also, if you eat a poppy seed baguette a baguette found in any bakeryyou will have traces of Codeine, Morphine, Thebaine and many other alkaloids in your system. Is taking any of the above worth 4 years in jail for?

Especially when people travel there expecting Dubai to be a civilised country? Yet more evidence that Dubai is just like every other Muslim nation — backwards and medieval. The slave slums are further evidence. If the UAE was considered medieval by you, you should know that it has a very low crime rate. Do you know why? Because it has very strict laws. Even so, you glamorize western affiliated hospitals in Dubai but medicines prescribed by Western doctors to Western patients in their own country somehow makes them criminals in yours?

Anyone criticising Dubai in this forum is a serious joker! Every land has laws and these must be respected.

I feel you all criticise Dubai because it is an Arab country. Grow up drug addicts. You either quit or stay away from Dubai. I too have a friend who came for a 2 week vacation and ended up being looked up. He brought unprescribed medication with him but his brother brought it. I was searched two days ago by customs at DBX, when leaving the airport for a short visit to Dubai. Marijuana can be traced in blood for 6 weeks!!

May I suggest that anyone who has had any second thoughts about visiting or travelling via Dubai should write to the local UAE consulate in their own country, as well as their local UAE tourism agency, to say that they have cancelled their travel plans due to the extreme behaviour of the UAE government in respect of "traces" of substances found.

Most fair legal systems require deliberate possession of a minimum quantity of the illegal substance to constitute an offence. I have used Emirates airline many times, and enjoyed visiting the city of Dubai, but in light of the recent revelations of their extremism, I shall be using an alternative route, even if it costs a fair amount more. In response to that idiot Danielle, are you a fool?. Whatever you do, do not eat any rolls or bread with poppy seeds or you will go to prison for 4 years.

Also when you get to Dubai you need to check the bottom of your shoes. For all you know you may have stood on a discarded joint. If they find any slightest trace you are going to prison for 4 years. Do not take the pain killer co-codomol which you can buy over the counter in the uk.

If any trace is found in your system you are going to prison. I have never had much hassle except with hire cars. The airport is a doddle to go through, much better than Heathrow. The police are generally laid back. I always smile or talk about soccer, which they love. I even crossed without a passport one time.

The only thing to remember is to check your stamps as they can be a bit lackadaisical and forget to change the dates. I am a regular smoker of marijuana, it is not illegal where I live. As such I cannot guarantee that there would not be near microscopic traces in the pockets of my clothes even after several washes and attempts to clean.

Quitting marijuana a couple of months prior to travel is no problem. But buying all new clothes and bags is far too expensive and inconvenient. Even though I have no desire to break the laws of the UAE, it seems like it would be very difficult and expensive not to. I am now too scared to go there and after much research on the applicable laws am cancelling my trip. Whilst I agree with their laws, targeting and imprisoning people who unintentionally have minute traces present in their clothing or luggage or the sole of their shoe seems immoral.

A great deal of innocent people are imprisoned in this way. God save the college student who shares a dorm room with a pothead or someone who loves bagels or someone with back pain or ADHD. I have been coming to Dubai on and off for 11 years. In all that time, I have never been tested, harrassed or questioned going through the airport.

If I were travelling here with medications, I would contact the UAE consulate in your country asking what documentation you need to bring in specific medications. Better to be safe than sorry.

In the paper today, a 75 year old man is in court for being in possesion of codeine for back pain. Like any country, be careful. Some basic drugs are banned in Greece too. Sagree, no Dubai does not accept any temporary passports. You must have a full valid passport to travel there. I like going to a clean, drug free country. If you want otherwise, there are loads of places to go for that. Also, prescription drugs, e.

I have just returned from Dubai. I am regular user of social drugs in the uk including cannabis. If you are a clean living non-drug taker, you will have no problems. Respect their laws and you will be respected. I wish the police were as harsh here, maybe our crime rate would be less! Did anyone notice that that prohibited list contains common medications like birth control pills used to treat ovarian cysts and endometriosisand medications that treat mental illnesses like schizophrenia Risperdalanxiety Xanaxdepression Prozacheadaches amitryptylinebipolar disorder Camcolite?

Right Margie or people with ADHD. Would a five year-old with a prescription for Adderall or Concerta be treated as a criminal too?

I read in another forum that a poor albeit white South African girl was caught with a few joints. I will cancel my trip to Dubai. Who can understand these people?

They promote this place, and later on they jail you. I am amazed at some of the remarks and comments made about Dubai. They have their laws for a reason and I for one am very impressed with the way they control and regulate their drug laws.

I think it should be implemented in other countries as well. What each individual does under different jurisdictions is their own business. It gets you arrested and imprisoned. Before going to any foreign country, do the research so you can play it safe!

Dave — DXB Resident, What a person does in another country is their business. What if you live in Holland and go to the UAE, will they pee test you to make sure you are clean? Any country you go to, you have got to respect their laws and their culture.

Dubai is one of the most fantastic places to live in and to visit. Drug laws are strict in the UAE because the government is concerned about its people. This is a backwards police state that has no respect for basic process of law. My advice is to boycott the place, its airline and all its businesses, and to tell all your business associates and friends to do likewise.

Its the only recourse we have. Sounds like Dubai for all its gleaming new buildings, wealth and outward appearance is no more than a barbaric, over-zealous police state that is stuck on itself. Putting people into jail for 4 or more years for such microscopic traces of cannabis and over-the-counter medications which are essential to the health and quality of life for some and poppy seeds from bread good grief!

Beware travellers, the image Dubai is projecting to the world is a fraud. I have lived in Dubai for 3 years. It is a very friendly and easy going place to be. Trouble will never come looking for you out here. I use cannabis very occasionally here in the UK.

I recently found out that I am to be posted to Dubai for 2 years starting in October. Prior to receiving this news I had smoked the week before. Seeing the posts on this site are very worrying. Should I now call the whole trip off? Many thanks for your help. Would a temporary South African passport be acceptable to enter Dubai. I will be spending days in Dubai. Dave - DXB Resident says. Yes, you probably will get 4 years in prison for pocession of marijuana, but should you even be bringing into the country anyway?

And should it even be in your system? Like Alan I am very dubious of Dubai Customs. I usually take a Valium for air travel, as I was involved in a crash once, and never got over the jitters. However, if they take urine samples of everybody that comes through the airport, not only is that insane, an invasion of privacy, but it could land me in jail for 4 years just because I took a tiny pill 6 hours before to enable me to step aboard.

Do they pee test everybody? I mean I read where they arrested a guy for Melatonin! Is the cigarette limit still ? Can the editor please confirm what is the updated figure that anyone can bring to the UAE from abroad. People are right when they write that the law will do pretty much what they decide in Dubai. I lived there for 3 and a half years and witnessed a lot of cases which we would consider unjust.

I had a DJ get 4 years for traces of marijuana in his blood system and know another guy who was arrested and spent 2 months in jail just because a local said he had been smoking marijuana. I myself was thrown in jail for a week for just crashing a car and walking home to report it instead of standing on a blazing desert road in degree heat to wait for a passing police car!

They will do exactly what they want and there is no reasoning or leniency. I might add these cases are very rare but they do happen. The British consulate will also be unable to help you in any way until you are tried in court as they will not interfere in a case which is under investigation.

Could someone set me straight? Prescription drugs legal in some countries codeine etc. That is fully acknowledged in the comments in this section. Let us know the outcome.

I wish it were fantasy, but unfortunately I am living this reality right now: Someone I love is facing charges for bringing melatonin into Dubai, which is sold over-the-counter. This has been a nightmare.

Thanks for listening, and I hope some good comes of this. I would very much doubt you could come up with some credible evidence that somebody has been received a 4 year jail sentence for possession of a mint. If you have any evidence of this, a newspaper report etc.

Otherwise I think readers can take some of her comments as fantasy. I would like to add that you can be thrown in jail for bringing into the country health supplements, aspirins, mints, and anything they decide looks funny. Drug laws are very strict in Dubai. You can get a pretty hefty jail sentence for possession of just small amounts of recreational drugs like marijuana.

You cannot buy alcohol from shops once you are in Dubai if you are a tourist, only from hotel restaurants and bars. Also get cigarettes here because some Western brands are difficult to find in the city. Try and avoid bringing any medicines containg codeine into Dubai. If you have to, make sure you bring your prescription. Save carrying extra luggage and but from the arrivals duty free by the baggage reclaim after immigration at DXB airport.

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This is what she says 1. Hello, I will be travelling to Dubai Via Qatar and Qatar Airways. I am in the same situation, were you allowed to keep the alcohol? Can I bring some ready to eat dry homemade snacks with me to Dubai? It is not true. Your alcohol will not be confiscated. Also does it need to be certified by a special lawyer first? Will have a 3 day stop-over in Dubai. Can I take a pack of Pampers pack 88 pcs pack with my hand luggage.

If yes, how many packs. Can anyone answer this? Can i bring some liquor in my baggage from Europe to Dubai? You will be ok. You are not importing pornographic videos. Can I bring condoms to Dubai in my luggage? Can you buy Viagra in Dubai? Do you need a prescription to buy it? You can buy it over the counter from any pharmacy without a prescription. Marijuana is actually not even legal in Amsterdam.

Are these the same medicines that are listed on the banned substances list? Change the laws to allow you in with all your tourist dollars! I hope my comment will change the way to think about other countries.