Canadian Embassy for UAE - Address / Phone Number

Canadian Embassy in UAE

Address: Abu Dhabi Trade Towers (Abu Dhabi Mall) West Tower, 9th & 10th Floors, P.O. Box 6970 Abu Dhabi
City: Abu Dhabi (Standard time zone: UTC/GMT +4 hours)
Tel.: 971-(0) 2-694-0300
Fax: 971-(0) 2-694-0399
​Working hours: Sunday to Thursday, 8.00 – 12.00 and 13.00 – 15.00 or Sunday to Thursday, 8.00 – 14.00 (during Ramadan only)

Canadian Consulate General in Dubai
Address: 19th Floor, Jumeirah Emirates Towers ( Business Tower), Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai
City: Dubai (Standard time zone: UTC/GMT +4 hours)
Tel.: (971-4) 404 8444
Fax: (971-4) 404 8556
Working hours: Sunday to Thursday, 8.00 – 12.00 and 13.00 – 16.00
Consular hours: Sunday to Thursday, 8.30 – 11.30

Consular services:

• Emergency services;
• Registration of Canadians abroad;
• Notary services;
• Passport services;
• Voting while abroad.

The Embassy of Canada in Abu Dhabi will provide Notarial services primarily for the benefit of Canadian citizens. Services will be provided to non-Canadian citizens only if the documents are intended to be used in Canada. 

If your passport has been lost or stolen in the UAE, please call the embassy or toll-free number 800—014-0145. Report the loss/theft to the UAE authorities:

• Go to the nearest police station to report the loss/theft of your passport.  
• Report the loss to the Investigation Section (on the 1st floor) of the Abu Dhabi Immigration Department on AI Saada Street. If you are visiting Abu Dhabi, you should take with you a copy of your passport (if you do not have a copy, the Embassy may be able to assist you). If you are resident in Abu Dhabi, in addition to the passport copy, you should take with you a letter from your sponsor stating that he is not holding your passport (specimen available in immigration department), a copy of your company's establishment card and their trade license.
• The Immigration Department will provide you with a preliminary loss report and instructions to advertise the loss in a local newspaper. This report needs to be stamped by the Civil Court, the Public Prosecutor's Office, the Sharia Court (all located in Sharia Court Complex, behind Carrefour in the old Airport road 'Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street' N02) and the Co-ordination Section of the Security Affairs Administration, located in Madinat Khalifa Police Station. This procedure may take some time but is compulsory under UAE regulations.
• After receiving all of the stamps and advertising the loss in a local newspaper, you should return to the Immigration Department along with a copy of the newspaper article. You will then receive two certificates addressed "To Whom It May Concern Passport Loss Certificate". One certificate needs to be included with your passport application form. The second will need to be submitted to Immigration once you have received your new passport.

VFS Global, Canada Visa Application Centres in UAE:

1. Abu Dhabi
Canada Visa Application Centre
VFS (GCC) LLC,
Office MO2, Mezzanine Floor, Silver Wave Building,(Union National bank) Mina Road, Abu Dhabi
Tel.: +971 4 2055881

2. Dubai

Canada Visa Application Centre
Wafi Mall, 3rd Floor, Falcon, Phase 2
Umm Hurair 2 – Dubai – UAE
Tel.: +971 4 2055881

UAE citizens need visas to visit Canada. Basic travel requirements:

• Have a valid travel document, like a passport;
• Be in good health;
• Have no criminal or immigration-related convictions;
• Convince an immigration officer that you have ties—such as a job, home, financial assets or family—that will take you back to your home country;
• Convince an immigration officer that you will leave Canada at the end of your visit;
• Have enough money for your stay;
• May also need a medical exam and letter of invitation from someone who lives in Canada.

Visitor visa processing time is around 26 days.
The Embassy and its offices are closed on statutory holidays.