from January 2, 2011 Citizens of Canada need to apply for visa to visit or work in the UAE.

“There is a lot of movement between the two countries, which was helped by the visa on arrival facility in the UAE. The UAE has full rights to impose a visa requirement as Ottawa does,”

Ottawa, the capital of Canada where the UAE embassy is located, It is not yet clear if Canadian passport holders can avail of the UAE visa facility by post.