Dubai Airports / Dubai International Airport review: rude security and immigration staff 25

iam extremmly disapionted and really very upset the way of customer service staff of counter dnata deal me like i dont khnow english and rell me in rude and ignoring shutup in ms911/25 feb 2011 i put official complain
and really that counter staff in dnata not to be at checking counter her supervisor name jamil go peacefully telling but i insist to meet that duty manager after he brought her to his offifce telling sorry i loose my temper is this front staff for dnata and her name art passenger service agent just i want to take seriuos action with her to not not repeat this bad behaivor with other passenger thanks regars passenger:ahmed kahlil ismaiel complin number:o11141 listen to me program

hello im sohel from sharjah.i would like to inform to the dubai airport immigration
to check a bangali abdul halim chanu miah.passport no. E 0591331
he has a finger print and eye print so how he can enter to the uae when he caught by sharjah police! So my request to dubai airport immigration to check his finger print properly as he is coming today from dhaka to uae

I went to Dubai recently with my wife and daughter . The Arab immigration staff at the airport was very rude and impolite to my wife and daughter . He had no right to speak to a lady the way he did . There are certain things only a lady staff can be allowed to do when dealing with another lady . This male Arab staff is telling my daughter to remove the belt from the pants . This is absolutely attrocious from a male staff . If they have security issues, this must be addressed by a female staff when dealing with my daughter . That male staff is telling my wife to remove all the bangles . How dare he ask such things . We have travelled round the globe and have not seen such cheap and unruly staff at airports while entering as well as leaving Dubai . No more Dubai visit ever in my life . Others please note and avoid Dubai .

Yes I agree with all the negative comments on Dubai airport immigration staff. They are very impolite, rude, arrogant and extremely inefficient.I think they think Dubai is a super power ! the immigration staff inefficiency almost all the time stems from the fact that they think visitors to Dubai need Dubai ! No.. guys, we come to Dubai to spend money because without the money of the tourists Dubai is nothing..
The proecess of getting out of the airport is annoying. Coming from another GCC country which flight is less than one hour and spending 2.5 hours to be able to get out of the airport is stupid and not even worth visiting this country.The eye scan process is very stupid. you only have 2 people available to take the scan ( although there are 4 counters ) to serve about 1000 passenger ! Is Dubai more important in tourism than Thailand where you get out of the airport in less than 1/2 hour. Thai immigration are so polite and effeicient. Forget a Thailand... why doesn't Dubai learn from Bahrain immigration. They are extremely polite, efficient and educated staff. At least they say to you when you arrive at there counter ( how are you ), and they answer your hello. I hope this comment reaches the concerned authority and most of all reaches Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid to see who can he handles the matter with the people he appoints.Last but not the least, treat everybody the same. Why do you treat westerners better than Arabs and Asians.Why and American or British does not need a scan whereas some decent Arab nationals have to scan each time they enter Dubai though the go to Dubai 5 times a years...?

We have just had the most terrifying ordeal at Dubai International Airport. After going through baggage check my 17 year old son was pulled over and accused of swearing at a police woman, allegedly saying 'f*** you'. We were absolutely shocked as we were altogether, and had just had a lovely holiday, no problems getting through baggage control, why WOULD he swear? The only thing we can think is that he said 'thank you' as he came through. My son was taken off and interrogated for about 40 minutes saying that he would go to prison for 6 months! It was absolutely ludicrous but we had absolutely no proof that he did not swear, it was their word against ours and we felt pretty helpless. All we knew was that we had to remain 'relatively' calm and polite as we could make things worse. Finally, the police officer was asked if she wanted to prosecute, and after a while she shook her head saying that she just wanted respect - a bit ironic being as we had shown this by saying 'thank you', and not what she said!
Does anyone know if we can make any complaint about this because it is just terrifying to think that something like that can happen when you have done absolutely nothing to deserve it?! To think that if the police office had decided to prosecute we would still be there now! All I know is that I don't think I will EVER go back to Dubai again!

I got the same thing from Givon Data. Don't make the mistake of buying the software.

sorry, wrong complaint page

I just back from Dubai last 2 weeks, I could tell you that was a trip that I'll never forget in my whole life. Beside all the advance skyscrapers and 5 star spending, Dubai is nothing but a city to show off their wealth and they were no basic manners or respect apply regardless your race or your nationality.

Yes. Just like the rest, when I step down in DXB airport, there were no clear signage to custom clearance and yet the officers use this as an excuses to shout at you randomly. They shouted at you in their language and making you feel like a stupid. There were another one when I'm leaving Dubai, shouted at a group of family (Caucasian) and pretending wanted to throw the tape dispenser on his table towards them.

Do not expect services are provided in Dubai, even if you spent in a branded shop, most Pinoy or North African workers will give you a kind of look. Taxi driver are driving recklessly and constantly honk each other on the road.

I hope if anyone from United Arab Emirates read this and please self reflection what kind of image that your country project to tourist. It is simply not tourist friendly and one hell of the experience in life. Do you guys studied moral during your pre-school?

Uneducated officers arrogant proudy misbehaviour all this things u can expected from dubai government officials.

I have just returned from a trip to Europe as we flew with Emirate airlines my wife decided to stay 3 days in Dubai on the way home.
On arrival in Dubai after going through passport control which was a whole other issue we had to have our bags scanned i was busy loading the bags onto the scanner whilst my wife was there at the other end to receive them.
my suitcase came through and then the customs man checking them asked her if the case was hers she replied yes then he started yelling at her what was in the suitcase she asked what do you mean exactly he then agin screaming like a lunatic said what device di she have in there.
I then cam over and asked him to stop yelling and just settle down he totally ignored me and just kept getting his kicked from speaking to my wife like she was dirt.
My wife said she is happy to open any bag which he replied why is in the bag you are traveling you should know there is an electrical device in there.
A lady customs officer then moved us aside and i opened the bag she pointed straight at a box in the bag i said is this the electrical device she said yes i said it is a you crane for my son.
she then quite casually said ok but i asked her again if this is an electrical device she did not reply i then asked her lunatic partner if this was the electrical device he would not even look at me let alone reply,
I said to him if this is your welcome i would rather get back on the plane and keep going.
Dubai say they are working on tourism for the future as their oil will run out in 2040 well good luck with that from a country that gets its kicks from speaking to females like they are rubbish you will not see me or anyone i can persuade to give Dubai a miss.

I was traveling as a transit passenger on 2nd August 2016. I had a terrible headache and was throwing up at Dubai Airport. I stopped at a booth inside without a name and had a cup of water. Immediately a security guard came and asked me as to why I had come there . I said I had a headache and was vomiting profusely. This vile ### was rude and let me go only after an apology. I made a written complaint to the Dubai Customer care center and all they did was repeatedly ask me again for details as to Gate No, terminal number etc. Useless airport, Better to avoid this useless Gulf country

I travelled recently to Dubai for the first time with my family. The immigration staff (two Arabs) were exceptionally off hand upon arrival, after we queued for 45 minutes. They were very slow an inept; they were deliberately rude - to the extent that they did not even look at me or reply to my 'Good Morning' when we arrived at the desk. I also had a very unpleasant treatment from immigration upon exit. There was nobody ahead of me when I approached the immigration desk. Despite this, there were about 10 lanes of the tape used as queue control barrier. To save walking around all of them, I stepped under a couple of lengths of barrier tape. When I arrived at the immigration desk, the Arab gentleman official berated me for not following the rules and walking all the way through the the queue system. He said I was disrespectful and that in London airports they had similar rules. Not true, of course. In the UK, we know all about queuing - you won't find a British person jumping the queue... something which would be disrespectful. We would certainly not be berated for using our common sense. This man was very frightening and it is easy to see the power trip these people enjoy. I think the higher authorities in Dubai know all too well that this happens - but only likely in the economy queues. Rich and influential people would be fast-tracked, so they allow it to continue. This reinforces their culture of fear and protection of the Arab elite classes. Yet, any educated Arab, must realise that this kind of attitude - and the kind of thing seen in complaints above - only serves to make people avoid Dubai in future. I certainly think these people need to better understand the true definition of respect.

In my view, ironically, this kind of treatment is a healthy reminder as to how the country operates. The UAE respect culture only works in one direction, something you will see everywhere if you look beneath the surface. In general, Arabs in the UAE expect everyone to respect them, but this is not reciprocal to non-Arabs. Ironically, wealthy Arabic families send their boys to be educated in the British public school system and in our universities. Many struggle at this point, but most manage to adopt double-standards and behave in one way outside of their country and another inside. So, when you are mistreated (disrespected, actually) by Dubai immigration, just remind yourself that this is how they really behave. Personally, I won't return there unless I have to do so for work. There are plenty of other Arab and Muslim countries where the people show warmth, friendliness and professional courtesy to visitors - such as Iran and Jordan.

I just came back Fromm dubai. I charterd a yacht for my wife's brithday. A few hours in a cost guard came over and boarded our yacht. The skipper seemed very scared as the the guardsman was shouting and demanding to see documents. He was so rude . I had my wife, kids and other family members onboard so I calmly and respectfully asked the guardsman to calm down. He went crazy demanding to see my passport and that he would throw me in his 5 star hotel . (Jail). He was on a serious power trip! He was telling the skipper to jump up and down and he will make him cry next time he sees the flag dirty on the ship. He was vile and would not listen. These guys need to take a reality check! When the oil runs out these guys will rely solely on tourism. If this is how they treat tourists they won't get any!

Today I arrived into Dubai via Emirates Terminal. This could easily be my 30th trip to Dubai. I was first in the immigration Que. A very old Indian origin guy with Singaporean accent who was diverted by another immigaratimion officer to Counter 1 asked the officer where is counter 1. And this arab officer was very rude and arrogant with the old guy and told him "can't you see"

Then it was my turn to face this a uncivilized arab. He began asking me on what basis I have arrived. Just when I started to respond with details of my travel documents, he very rudely and arrogantly told me " next time I speak you don't cut me off, you have to allow me to speak first" he kept on repeating this several times. And was mocking & abusing in Arabic to his other friends. He kept sulking and blubbering for 5 minutes. My blood was boiling but knowing their reputation didn't want to spoil my trip. They can frame you on anything and their nearby friends will support the falsehood no matter what.
I want everyone to know of this who cone to Dubai and spend money. We create and feec these animals by Our hard earned money. I travel 200 days a year across the globe but never seen such arrogant people.

BUYERS BEWARE!DO NOT GO TO ARABIAN FALCON PROPERTIES ABOVE CITI BANK BUILDING IN DUBAI...THEY ARE FRAUDSTERS!
Am writing regarding the supposed "ownerships property I bought from an Egyptian called Samir and Hatem they sold to me fraudulently at a company called Arabian Falcon which they lied was Citi bank!I came on holidays with my 2 children on the 21st of August, 2017 and I was accosted by a certain Mohammed(their accomplice) who called himself a tour operator at the arrival terminal immediately after immigration INSIDE the Dubai airport.He was extremely persistent and was bothering my children and i(after being jet-lagged) that the UAE was having an anniversary and giving free tours! He targeted most of the passengers that came from that plane from Nigeria especially people with children to cause distractions.He told me he had been to Nigeria etc and removed my Nigerian sim from my phone and put his own.He used my phone to take a selfie with my children and i.

Throughout that day he kept calling us to come until about 4p.m where we gave in, claiming Dubai is the safest place in the world etc We went on TRUST.

He told us to pick a cab to Burj Khalifa for tour only for us to end up in Arabian Falcon which we thought was Citi bank!He told me to give the phone to the driver, and diverted the driver to the Citi Bank Building and not Burj Khalifa.Samir kept pestering me to BUY a property and I insisted I had to consult my husband.I left in anger!

I then called Mohammed who I thought was an angel why he lied to us about a tour.He defended himself saying he was trying to help us to own a property that no one can cheat us in Dubai because of the Sharia laws etc.

My children and i then went back there.Samir insisted I MUST pay first before seeing all the documents he wanted me to signclaiming Dubai is safe, honest etc Hatem corroborated his story.Samir led me to another person's office after I had transfered money (N6, 300, 000 Nigerian currency)to their Nigerian contact to Dubai.The account details:FIAAFARM NIG.LTD.ACCOUNT NUMBER:[protected].FIRST BANK NIGERIA.He took me to their other boss (in their Arabian Falcon office) when he confirmed the funds had been transferred.After the transaction;Hatem took me to his office and gave me an IPad as a gift for the transaction claiming he didn't want the other customers to be jealous(because the place is an open office).There were 2 sets of documents.One with no particular information except my details and little details about the property, which I was given before I transferred the 40% money(N6, 300, 000) from Nigeria, and the second sets of documents had detailed information which I was insisted to sign in a closed office with their boss, .he did not allow me to read it.My husband and I only went through the documents last week for the first time!

Their other boss did not let me read the documents and insisted I must sign.

After all said and done.i put all the documents in my suitcase and did not go through it until last weekend when my husband requested to see them!I WORKED ON TRUST!

When I called Samir last week to inquire why I had to wait till the 5th of October to occupy my property;he said I should call Hatem.When I called Hatem he sent me back to Samir!Then I called the Royal Club(B&G)hotel, the manager was not around till the next day. I was not called!I called there myself only to be told I had been sold SHARES not ownership of a holiday home and I could only stay there for ONLY ONE WEEK in one year!.To add insult to the injury, I must pay yearly maintenance fees plus AEd3, 200 every 3 months!
Samir was calling me persistently when I got to Nigeria, to be sure I had REACHED Nigeria, because I just realised there is a clause in the signed agreement that said you can cancel the contract within 10 days and you will lose some money called MAINTENANCE fees and refund your balance.Unfortunately, they engaged me throughout the remaining 3 days to avoid arousing my suspicions and 10 days passed!
What made it worse, I finally got Hatem last week who had refused to pick my calls anymore.He finally confirmed what he had been hiding since I left Dubai that it was shares not ownership, that it was Samir who misinformed me not him.LIES!They both did.Hatem was the one who told me(because I have phobia for water)that I can put a tenant in the flat I bought for investment if I did not want to stay there.I wrote Hatem and Helen a few days back to add my husband's name to the ownership of the Royal Club property they sold me.They never replied.

I have talked to Samir to return my money, he claimed he was in Egypt, he claimed I can get a gold card and have a long stay for $200 per week to avoid losing out totally.When I called a certain Mrs Bushrah of Royal Club holidays she refuted Samir's claims claiming I will be charged $1500 minimum and they do only 3 months(if they can), stay.She said they do not have investment plans for ANY holiday home nor ANY re-sale plan for ANY client!

I have decided to make a report and prevent these Egyptians(Hatem and Samir), not sure of Mohammed's nationality from defrauding ANY other foreigner coming into Dubai INSIDE the dubai Airport on the pretext of Tourism.
They are FRAUDSTERS who prey on innocent families with children.BUYERS BEWARE.I hope the Dubai Immigration will investigate these fraudsters because I believe they have gone far in soiling the UAE reputation under the guise of HONESTY and tourism.

Been to Dubai many times over the years, I have family who live in Dubai. I am an Arab Muslim, born and bred in London UK. I will NEVER return to Dubai after my last experience at Passport Control. Such power-tripping and unwelcoming officers! Even as a business class passenger in Fast-Track. My family will be visiting ME from now on. No wonder my family are all clinically depressed after years of living here. My officer kept telling me to open my eyes wider and wider and wider and kept mumbling stuff in Arabic under his breath, and then addressed me in an angry tone by my name as if I wasn't listening to him. To the point where my eyes were watering because I had them wide-open for so long, yet he still kept saying WIDER. I felt like I was almost being bullied at a military camp or something, as I couldn't physically open my eyes any wider. He then told me to stand on a marker (which I was standing on) and kept repeating the instruction angrily as if I wasn't doing it.

After finally going through, my brother had told me his officer had done the same to him, constantly telling him to keep his eyes wide open and that he was doing it wrong, only his officer threatened to take him "to the office" if he didn't do it right. A frightening threat to someone simply following instructions! What is that?! Then the officer tells another officer to take him, and says in Arabic that my brother was getting angry, yet my brother remained calm and didn't say anything to him! My brother knows better than to show any attitude to Dubai officials. Then he began laughing at his passport photo and showed his colleague, who began to laugh too. Talk about humiliation. And thats makes it more frustrating: even when you approach with respect and kindness, they will (figuratively) spit all over you.

Then, when getting to the Emirates Chauffeur desk, the Indian lady behind the desk had such an attitude with us off-the-bat. She asked me for my last name, which I gave and spelled out to her politely. I then quickly spoke to my brother as he mentioned he forgot his wallet on the plane. While I was talking to him, she talks over us asking for the surname again, and as I am spelling it out again she just rips my boarding pass out of my hand (which was sandwiched in my passport) to look at the surname. Honestly shocking customer service when they are dealing with First/Business class passengers. Honestly though, I could only feel that she and others like her probably get the same treatment on a daily basis by local Emiratis that I did at Passport Control, and she has reached the point of being fed up with life.

Seems to be the general atmosphere that is developing in Dubai nowadays. I don't care, you will never see me back here. Plenty of much more welcoming countries in the Middle East and around the world. Its as though Emiratis have become extremely self-entitled and look down upon non-emiratis. They welcome visitors and tourists, but now that Dubai established its name globally, it seems locals have a very "We don't need your pathetic contribution anymore to our incredible city" vibe. They feel as though you NEED them, and they are doing you a massive favour by allowing you to be there... when in reality, they need the tourism to survive. There is no income tax (that's how much they needed people) and oil is running out. And now it seems like Labourers from India/Pakistan are getting fed up of being treated like 3rd class citizens and are more ready to vent their frustrations out onto innocent tourists. There is definitely a "divide" in the air which has created a very strange and uncomfortable tension that is beginning to manifest nowadays in Dubai.

Every rise has its fall, I guess. Shame it was so soon for Dubai.

My daughter had the same bad experience at Dubai airport. The lady (arab) was very rude and talked like she was gestapo. I remember passing through Dubai airport and they were never rude like other arab country security. They were always polite . Now they are so rude and my daughter says that she will try to avoid Dubai airport . Folks avoid the airport. There are many other countries to visit.

I am pregnant and was travelling today with my two kids; 7years old and 3years old. we are just on transit and no one told us anything about prohibited kids soccer ball carried in our hand luggage to the plane. we were obliged to transit in Dubai and go out and come back the next morning at 5am for the next flight then the security check guards took the ball and said it is a dangerous item and they have to take it or take the air from it. I asked them to show me where is it in the prohibited or restricted items in the list they have, they didn't have any list and when I asked to show me the desk where I can complain cause there is no such thing they are talking about. they accused me of not respecting the police officers and they followed me to the airplane door and took me with my two kids to the police post. they made us miss the plane and they kept us there for long hours cause I refused to sign a paper they said I have to sign it if I want to go out. after waiting until 12 am and calling the embassy and having hungry and sleepy kids with me I was obliged to sign the paper without being convinced to do it and just because I didn't have any right to keep saying no cause whoever was coming there was by the side of the colleagues and looking at me like someone disrespectful disobeying their rules and culture.
I will never use this airport not come to this country for anything I can have a choice to make. disrespectful people thinking of other people below them and that you dont have the right for any questions .

I recently travelled through Dubai international airport I am a male was travelling alone on route back to Glasgow and I was subjected to full search of bags and person and was spoken to in rude manner but noticed two Muslim ladies wearing traditional wear [Burka] approach same officer who seconds before searched myself, he just gestured ladies through only to stop two European ladies and subject them to selfsame search conducted upon myself . My point is if security is paramount then why is he discriminating ? I asked security officer later only to be shouted at [ in Arabic ] myself and others on flight were extremely angry with this

Just reading through the complaints and found all of the claim are still very valid in 2019! Understand that coming into a country and they have their rules and regulations, but as a global traveller and a business woman, I felt I was really being mistreated and disrespected in this airport’s security lane, staffs from low down to full uniformed officer had such rude, condensing and ironically a disrepectful manner and attitude toward while shouting that I am loud and disrespectful towards them, if the whole process would have started with a friendly manner, none of this would have happened. They constantly tell to me calm while talking to me like a criminal, finger pointing by a female officer, a male officer even said to me this is not a shopping mall you don’t come in here like you’re shopping! Freaking ridiculous, damn well I know it’s know, just because I am Asian and a woman they think they can talk to people like that, I am not their people and just feel really lucky I am not, I Would never ever come back to this country, nor would I ever recommand anyone to come here for anything. An overrated, self centered city with culture that I would never understand.

Entering Dubai while black!

On December 30th I left my comfortable home in Northern Virginia in the USA to travel to Dubai to visit some friends and also celebrate the new year dubai style. I had fallen in love with dubai during my first visit in 2018 and was overly excited to return. The timing was also perfect for I needed to go to Ghana which is 8 hrs flight away to say a farewell to my coworker who had just passed away. On Feb 4, I left dubai for Ghana for my coworker’s funeral. While there I had a cold and was tested for malaria which was negative. However, I was told by a medical doctor to take malaria drugs as a precaution. It was a three day treatment and I was to finished the final dosage in Dubai. I arrived at dubai international airport terminal 3 today from Ghana at a little bit after 5am. I went through customs like everyone else and was cleared entry. I quickly rushed to duty free for some drinks and picked up my suitcases to head out. I had two suitcases and a box of food items I was asked to purchase by my friends. I checked all the items with Ghana customs to make sure I could bring them into beautiful dubai. I was cleared by Ghana customs and was issued a certificate that shows, The food items we’re allowed into Dubai. Well! On my way out of the airport, I was stopped by a lady a custom officer who asked that my items be scanned. I quickly complied and my suitcases and box were scanned along with my carry-on. The customs officer monitoring the X-ray quickly said I was not allowed more to purchased more than four duty free drinks and that they will have to take the rest of my drinks. I said that was fine and that I did not know that rules exited and that I have been buying the same amount of drinks since my first visit. They asked for my receipt which I couldn’t find at the moment but was able to find later. I was than told the extra drinks would have to be destroyed and I told them to go ahead and that I maybe able to get my money back from Credit card at a later time. I was told to sign a consent for the destroying the drinks. I followed the female custom officer named Fatima Ibrahim to sign the paper. She done decided to do a further check. This is when my biggest nightmare began. She checked all my suitcases for I don’t know what she was looking for but I sensed it was probably for drugs. She checked and doubled checked and tripled checked. At the same time putting me through full body scans twice and calling others to come look at it. She than proceeded to asked if I was pregnant, I told her no and that I was actually on my menstrual period . This lady Fatima continued to degraded and humiliated me while others custom officers and travels watched on. She covered her nose when she opens my food items to show everyone that my food stunk. At the end I was ushered by a police officer to their immigration office and I was told to wait. I waited for over 7 hours without knowing why. I was then moved to another immigration office on the up floor of the airport. The man who accompanied me asked me while I was there and I told him I had no ideal. Finally after another 2 hours of waiting I was told I have malaria and that they can not allow my entry. I told them I did have malaria and that the drugs was given to me for prevention. I was denied entry with no accommodation. I was only given a voucher to McDonald’s and cafe costa.

I had plans for Dubai. As a CEO of a health care company, I wanted to expend my company to Dubai to serve the people and to also enjoy the beautiful dubai I had fallen in love with. I had look into buying a home and making dubai my second home away from my beloved American!

I guess the people at dubai don’t want me!

Day 2 of my nightmare in dubai!

I woke up this morning February 20th ready to return to Ghana since I was refused entry. I was instructed by the immigration officers to contact them at 6am for my passport and suitcases to deliver to me for the 7:30 flight to Ghana. When The hotel reception called and I spoke with them, I was than told my passport will be given to me at gate B29 and my suitcases will be put in the plane to Ghana. I’m now in Ghana and my carry-on suitcase is missing with all my valuables in it. When I tried to report it, I was told it did not have a tag and therefore cannot be traced. I’m hoping and praying my carry-on suitcase would be found for I have items in there that are indispensable.

When I arrived in Ghana, an Emirates Airline employee who had assisted me while I was living saw me and quickly run to asked while I was back so soon. I told her my ordeal. She then asked me what do I think needs to be done about the way I was treated.
I had to stop and assessed my ordeal using my critical lenses to make sure that my response would be fuel with something that would serve as deter to prevent this from happening again to another person. Based on my experience, I do think there is serious language barrier that were between me, custom officers, and the immigration officers. Some of the custom and immigration officers did speak English but I couldn’t understand them and I’m pretty sure they didn’t understand me either. I sensed that custom officers did not understand their role and how they should handle travelers. For instance, Fatima brought many other officers to speak with me and asked questions but they will not finished their interrogation and walked out without allowing me to speak and answer their questions. In addition, Ms. Fatima Ibrahim was offensive and rude when she held her noise after opening my suitcase filled with food items. My recommendation is that all the custom and immigration officers should undergo cultural competence training to learn how to deal with others from different backgrounds other than theirs. Dubai is an international gateway for our world today and it must make sure all that comes through their gates are treated with respect and human decency.

MsIreneO

I fell in love with Dubai the first time i visited it in 2018 and on my first day i decided that i would visit it again maybe to buy a property and look for a small business to start. So i did visit it again. On my first visit i did experience the immigration officer being slightly rude but it was nothing big. However, this time was very different.
The immigration officer asks me to look at the camera for the retinal scan and turns away and starts talking to his comrade sitting next to him. For 20 seconds i kept starring at the camera while he was busy chatting and laughing and doing his work very professionally. After that i blinked. He turns and complains that my eyes were closed. So i tell him that they were open for the first 20 seconds and that's where it started. "Are you saying i am lying brother", he said that in an aggressive loud tone. I smiled so he wouldn't think i was challenging him and tried to reason with him but no. He got more rude and says, "do you know how to open your eyes wide"? So i kept quiet not to create any scene and i did as he told me to end this nightmare but that was not the end of it. In a very condescending manner he tells me that my eyes were not fully open and asked me to look at him in the eyes and see how he opens them up wide. He was taunting me. "This is your last chance brother". Enduring the insulting attitude and keeping calm helped me get passed this guy.
This was the warm welcome i got when i entered the Arab country. Great second impression.
As a Muslim i thought it would be better to visit another Muslim country. I was wrong.
I am just glad i didn't bring my family with me.
Anyone who doesn't mind being insulted with their families or friends can visit Dubai and experience the Arab hospitality first hand at the airport.
There are plenty other countries far better than Dubai to see for me.

Baby smugglers would find it easy work to get stolen babies into Dubai

It's October 2022 and having read the previous comments I can only mirror what was a shocking experience at Dubai airport. A rude and incompetent Emirati passport control and immigration woman (not a lady) and her manager Ahmed (a buffoon of a man with no manners and a little brain). My wife had our sleeping baby in the baby carrier. A very unwelcoming Emirati passport control woman cleared my wife (after she rudely kept asking my wife to stand on the mark when she already was, my wife kept calm). Without returning or checking our baby's passport or mine, She told my wife (with baby) to pass through to the other side. I asked the Emirati passport woman if she wanted us to turn the baby around so that she could do her checks and return our baby's passport. She snapped back saying don't ask me any questions, I know my job. I was alarmed at the reply and said it was a reasonable question. She kept saying dont ask, i know my job. I replied you know your job but I also have responsibility as a parent. She then jumped straight to threatening deportation. The craziness had just begun. After a 7hour flight, they told us to stand to one side with our baby and wait with no information. I saw a reasonable looking Emirati passport control chap and explained to him what happened. He went over to his female colleague and asked her what happened. At which point he said to her in Arabic what you are doing is Haram (forbidden or wrong in Arabic) and asked her to be reasonable. I then asked him if someone else can do the passport control checks. He told me that 'She' had blocked us in the immigration system so nobody could clear us. We stood there and was then escorted by police to a room where I was separated from wife and baby and spoken to very rudely by someone called 'Ahmed' claiming to be police. It was a complete [censored] show of bigotry, racism and temper tantrums from Ahmed the boss and his evil disciple the Emirati passport control woman. I kept calm and he eventually toned down. I was escorted back to the same immigration woman to be unblocked and cleared for entry. I said to her there was a misunderstanding and kindly process our visa. With a grin on her face she refused to process my visa and I was again escorted back to the buffoon Ahmed. He then threatened to deport me unless i say 'sorry' to her. I declined. In a complete personality shift he started begging me to say sorry to her with his hands in prayer position. I asked him not to do that. He said he would call her to his office and we would have a three way chat. After a long monologue on his achievements he explained to Her that this was a misunderstanding between us. In the end I was sent to another passport control desk who cleared me and my baby for entry.

These Emirati passport people are 'High Maintenance' children on a power trip not possessing manners. Approach with caution or not at all!

Thanks for this perfect analysis, you are spot on. I second your opinion: People must avoid the dubai airports at all costs for the following reasons: The Emirates Airlines tickets will costlier than the other carriers, the airlines will take you to the Dubai Airport (like a captive) on the pretext that its a transit point, and besides unleashing the most arrogant and coward dubai police to maltreat and humiliate you at the airport's transit security checkpoints, they will also overcharge for any shopping at the airport. Qatar Airlines is a million times better than Emirates and arrogant [censored]es of the dubai police/airport security staff.

Avoid at any cost Emirates and Dubai. 1st if you buy Emirates ticket you will end up with the long layover in Dubai. And Dubai immigration officers are very rude who still think they live in 13th century era. Calling themselves Muslim but don’t care about other nationalities. They are arrogant and feel themselves above all. Emirates charged skyrocketed money for the ticket for the family of 5 with more than 20 hr layover. Dubai connect refused to give us hotel because at the time of booking there was less layovered plane, but how to proof that at the time of booking there was only that option? So they asked me to give a proof which is how on earth I would have to take picture when I was booking the ticket. So despite getting turned down by Dubai connect, I still had hopes to enjoy Dubai during the layover time. I booked hotel out of my pocket and with three little kids after 14 hr flight arrived to Dubai. 1. Our stroller went straight to the last destination and I had to ask information and emirates officers about our stroller but it took me awhile to figure out what happened. With three kids I flew solo and my husband supposedly join us later after two weeks due to work. Flying 14 hr with three kids already exhausted but needed to show my kids promised big aquarium and dolphinarium. We headed to immigration officer and officer doesn’t look at you at all and always serious. By the way he is Emirati Arab. He said take off all the passport cases and I asked “all of it?”. Do you want just the needed part or all of it? He did not reply just started scanning the passports, I have given 3 passports without cases and the last passport left when two men in long white clothes came and the immigration officer talk to them something. And the two men collected all the passports and said follow us. Three kids running everywhere and my mind is with them. I said excuse me where we are going? And one of them said, “shut up woman!” for just asking question. I was in shock, excuse me I am asking where we have to follow you, and why are you saying shut up? So they took all passports and I had to follow them. They went to this head of immigration officer and whispered in his ears something and he start yelling at me in front of my kids, “how rude I am and how I was disrespected the officer.” I was shockingly start saying how disrespected? I just asked question and the head of immigration officer never let me speak. He was yelling at me and threatening how they gonna lock me up and take kids. How they will deport me back to the US and the kids will stay there. Never let me speak. I have asked them to let me speak and explain how I asked the question and that never meant to be disrespect. But instead the head of immigration officer start insulting the country I am residing and where I am from. How is that related to this situation, that he finds this insult to be in right place? Pointing with his fingers and showing how small I am and how I am nobody and nothing. When I started saying I am Muslim as you, he didn’t even let me speak and said don’t even go there, “you are not Muslim at all, don’t say you are mother and don’t even cry.” 30 more minutes I have listen his insults. That was it, my daughter 6 year old start crying and my son 2 years old hold his arms open and said “stop”, and my 4 years old said “you are making my mom sad!” And that’s when he realized that there were kids. He stop yelling. By this time the two long white cloth wearing men were laughing at the show, I was crying already unstoppably and asked “what would you like me to do? You don’t let me speak or explain. Do you want me beg on my knees and broadcast to all dubai? I will do that but do not yell in front of my kids.” The head of immigration officer called the first immigration officer who reported that asking question was rude and disrespectful to him, and I apologized almost kneeling down, “Sir, I have asked what kind of scan do you have so I can take out the passport case accordingly, you did not answer and so I have taken all the passport case. I have never meant disrespect in that question. I truly apologize”. And this immigration officer even then said “ I am accepting your apology not because of you rude woman but because of your kids!”. How arrogant and evil, if the person is apologizing he accepted with the insult. My body was trembling and we were late to dolphinarium show at 2 pm. Believe me, kids had nightmares at the hotel screaming and crying that night! They had big trauma. Which I don’t forget! Allah knows best and I will leave their punishment to Allah! I will never forget the moment, while I was crying and my kids were crying, those two men in white were laughing in satisfying way. How evil they are! The show was for them. Right after those two men in long white cloth with headscarves on head left the room, the immigration officer lowered his voice and brought water to my kids. Trying to calm after he gave so much trauma. When I did not want to take the water, My 6 year old daughter came to me and said, “please mommy just take for now and leave, they are not good people, they will make us cry again”. Right at the beginning they took my phone when I said I need a lawyer. So AVOID Dubai! I was going to invest in the newly island built houses, but pulled all the investments!