Emirati passport

The Emirati passport () is a travel document issued by the Ministry of Interior of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to UAE citizens for international travel.
Emirati passports issued since 11 December 2011 have been biometric passports. The UAE is the second GCC state (after Qatar) to issue such passports.
The cost of an Emirati passport is AED 50 (US$13.60).
History.
Prior to the formation of the United Arab Emirates in 1971, each constituting emirate issued its own passports or travel documents. These documents were printed in both Arabic and English and often made a reference to the issuing emirate and its ruling sheikh.
Types.
There are a number of types of Emirati passports:
Physical appearance.
The first and last pages are made of hard paper, thicker than that of the old passport—a measure that allows it to remain in good shape until the passport expires. The first page contains a watercolour outline of the outer frame of Sheikh Zayed Mosque and the last page contains a drawing of the actual mosque with domes and columns. The passport identity page has all the particulars printed and laminated. The new passports contain data to resolve name duplication, which is one of the biggest issues that existed with old passports.
Like passports of other states whose official language is written from right-to-left, the Emirati passport is similarly opened from the left-hand side.
Generic design.
On the front cover of the each passport type, there is a representation of the coat of arms of the United Arab Emirates in the centre. The coat of arms was modified in 2008, and passports issued afterwards incorporated the new design. "United Arab Emirates" (in (in Arabic calligraphy) and in English) appears above the coat of arms. 
Regular passports have in Arabic calligraphy and "PASSPORT" in English below the coat of arms.
Special passports have in Arabic calligraphy and "SPECIAL PASSPORT" in English below the coat of arms.
Diplomatic passports have in Arabic calligraphy and "DIPLOMATIC PASSPORT" in English below the coat of arms.
A biometric passport has the biometric passport e-passport symbol at the bottom. There are 62 pages in all biometric passport.
Identity Information page.
The second page of an Emirati passport is security laminated and includes the following data:
The page ends with a 2-line machine readable zone, according to ICAO standard 9303. The country code is ARE as is the standard country code for United Arab Emirates (according to ISO 3166-1 alpha-3).
Languages.
The data/information page is printed bilingually in both Arabic and English in all fields except for a white label in the next-to-last page in the passport which contains the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Interior emblem and documents the citizen's military specific claim number and uniform number.
Visa requirements.
Visa requirements for Emirati citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of the UAE. According to the Henley Passport Index , Emirati citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 172 countries and territories, ranking the Emirati passport 15th in the world in terms of travel freedom. However, according to The Passport Index, an online tool which uses a slightly different ranking system, the UAE passport ranks first in the world, with access to 178 countries.
The Emirati passport is one of five passports with the greatest improvement in visa-free rating in the 2006–2016 time period.
In terms of the number of countries its holders can visit visa-free, the Emirati passport is one of five passports with the most improved rating globally since 2006. In 2018, the Emirati passport became the largest individual climber in the Henley Passport Index over the past decade, increasing its global rank by 28 places.
The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation plans to make the UAE passport one of the five strongest passports in the world by 2021. According to The Passport Index, this goal was achieved by December 2018, ranking the Emirati passport as the strongest passport in the world with a visa-free score of 170. However Henley Passport Index ranking the Emirati passport 15th in the world in terms of travel freedom based on a different criteria.