No visa needed

Do citizens of the United Arab Emirates need a visa for Tonga?

Citizens of the United Arab Emirates don’t need a visa for Tonga and can stay up to 60 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of the United Arab Emirates: the passport opens 127 countries visa-free; Abu Dhabi — Nukuʻalofa: ≈ 14,940 km, about 19 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 60 days

Can I travel to Tonga without a visa on a United Arab Emirates passport?

Yes, citizens of the United Arab Emirates don’t need a visa for Tonga for up to 60 days. A valid passport is enough.

Tonga visa rules at a glance

With a United Arab Emirates passport you can visit 127 countries visa-free, 34 with a visa on arrival and 26 with an e-visa; 11 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the United Arab Emirates passport ranks 2nd of 199.
United Arab Emirates passport: visa-free access to 127 countries; Tonga passport: 81.
Citizens of the United Arab Emirates and Tonga can travel together visa-free to 70 countries, for example: Palestine, Cyprus, Seychelles, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Malta, Hungary, Lithuania, Croatia, and Poland.
Citizens of Tonga, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to the United Arab Emirates. United Arab Emirates visa for citizens of Tonga

Travelling to Tonga: good to know

Abu Dhabi — Nukuʻalofa: about 14,940 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 19 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +9 hours.
Local time: Abu Dhabi 12:00 — Nukuʻalofa 21:00.
Local currency: Tongan Paʻanga.
Languages: English and Tongan.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ TOP 2.38.
Tonga is the 196th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of the United Arab Emirates.