shiva

anyone know which terminal in dubai airport i can renew my egate card at?

NorthernLad

T1, upstairs (before you go through security).

RDP80

T3 - theres a desk just as you enter the departures terminal next to the duty free shop where it can be issued.

Millhouse

if you have a gold emirates card you can get it put on there for free.

csdf

My egate doesn't work and no-one knows why. It's really annoying as I'm going to run out of passport pages again.

Millhouse

I have two. One works, one doesn't. The one on the Emirates ID have not worked from the day it was made. The Gold Card works perfectly.

TheShed

I have the identical problem!!

shiva

Thx folks, will go tot3 one. No gold card unfortunatelt

shiva

****ing iPad

kittycat1

how do you get an egate card btw? probably should get round to it.

Also anyone know how many empty pages you need in your passport for your visa renewal?

Oyibopeppeh

Just turn up with your passport, ID card and 200 Dhs. Takes 5 mins.

Just min 6 months validity for the passport I think

kittycat1

can you do it airside or you have to do it before you go through, (just cant be arsed to go to the airport just to do that so could do it next time i travel).

Millhouse

In my case, it's the finger prints. The prints taken by Emirates ID are all recorded incorrectly on the system. So when it says 'thumb', it's probably my arse.

They can't fix that at the airport - it was told to me that they can only read from the EID database, not write to it - and you have to go back to EID to retake the prints. Knowing how that conversation would go I decided just to get another card.

If you get a proper Egate, or goldcard, they take new prints and put them on the local system. There doesn't seem a problem having more than one...

Millhouse

airside - straight after passport control in T3, on the right

Autonomy

there is also an egate office in Dnata on SZR next to the Metropolitan Hotel (nr interchange 2).

PS don't you love Dubai street directions...