Dubai immigration refuse entry for tattooed Brit, says he will never return

[Liverpool Lou]

21 hours ago, KannikaP said:

I wonder what their Passport photos are like. I am surprised they ever got one.

There's no prohibition of facial tattoos for UK passport photos.

[Liverpool Lou]

17 hours ago, Cameroni said:

The far-reaching powers of IOs have to be curtailed across the board, every country has this issue. There are no detailed rules, so people can make informed decisions. It's just left up to the whim of some IO.

No, it's not "up to the whim of some IO" it is up to the discretion with which the state empowers them.

[freedomnow]

23 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

“It was my favourite country, but this has absolutely ruined it. Now I’ll never go again. I’ve lost all of my money because of a pattern on my face.’

 

https://metro.co.uk/2025/06/22/british-man-devastated-kicked-dubai-face-tattoos-23477727/

 

 

 

Classy trad wife virgin bride in tow. 

NICE.

[BE88]

Dubai immigration was right, his passport photo did not match the original dumb   

[Cameroni]

1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said:

No, it's not "up to the whim of some IO" it is up to the discretion with which the state empowers them.

 

So it's up to the whim of the IO.

[nauseus]

23 hours ago, Gandtee said:

They had designs on each other.😉

groan

[Magictoad]

I think it's because he was black!

[Andre0720]

Employment opportunities very limited, legal ones that is..

Tattoo shops,

Maybe washing dishes in the back of a restaurant

[newbee2022]

Wonderful. I hope many other countries will follow. ❤️

[newbee2022]

On 6/26/2025 at 3:09 PM, MalcolmB said:

“It was my favourite country, but this has absolutely ruined it. Now I’ll never go again. I’ve lost all of my money because of a pattern on my face.’

 

https://metro.co.uk/2025/06/22/british-man-devastated-kicked-dubai-face-tattoos-23477727/

 

 

 

Maybe immigration have seen the level of stupidity in their face.

Perfect decision.

Those idiots the world doesn't need.

[Jim Blue]

On 6/26/2025 at 5:02 PM, richard_smith237 said:

Yup - they look ridiculous...   And anyone with face tatts certain sets of alarm-bells... 

 

But really, is that any reason to reject him ???  -    antiquated thinking, he could be a decent 

 

 

For the record - I have no tattoos, but certainly don't pass judgement on those who do - I think he's been treated unfairly....  this is almost a form of bigotry...

 

 

 

Just try a temporary one ...you might like it.......

[JBChiangRai]

Unemployable with face tattoos.

 

You can’t ever let a client or prospect see them or it reflects on you as the business owner.

 

 

[BritManToo]

14 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

Unemployable with face tattoos.

You can’t ever let a client or prospect see them or it reflects on you as the business owner.

Says he's a plasterer, as much work as he wants, nobody cares what he looks like.

[cdemundo]

1 minute ago, BritManToo said:

Says he's a plasterer, as much work as he wants, nobody cares what he looks like.

Well, he may say that but people do care what others look like.

To me, his facial tattoos suggest many possibilities about him none of them good.

An astounding lack of foresight would be one.

A "rebel without a clue", anti-establishment syndrome as another.

An "I don't give a sh?t" attitude as another.

Any of these, again suspected not confirmed, would be enough for me to move on to the next plasterer looking for work.

 

 

 

[BritManToo]

15 minutes ago, cdemundo said:

Well, he may say that but people do care what others look like.

To me, his facial tattoos suggest many possibilities about him none of them good.

An astounding lack of foresight would be one.

A "rebel without a clue", anti-establishment syndrome as another.

An "I don't give a sh?t" attitude as another.

Any of these, again suspected not confirmed, would be enough for me to move on to the next plasterer looking for work.

6 months wait for the next one, bit of a shortage in the UK.

As for construction workers in general, you only see what they look like when they turn up.

I'm happy for any legal British citizens to work on my house.

Hopefully straight white Christian males!

[ujayujay]

The question: Where does the neck end and where does the face begin.....on the forehead?

[wavodavo]

On 6/26/2025 at 7:28 PM, Gandtee said:

They had designs on each other.😉

I wonder if he's goy tatoos on his block and tackle ??  OUCH.!!

[wavodavo]

 In recent times Dubai has become a staging post for crims to import huge drug shipments  of hundreds of kilos of cocaine  and also illegal tobacco and vapes into Ausralia. As most of these characters are involved in bikie gangs AND  love plenty of tattoos I think that the Dubai immigration might have had some intel about this bloke but no evidence to arrest him and just decided to reject him.

[transam]

"He vowed never to return", I would have thought that was obvious.......🤭

[Caldera]

Let's just say he and Dubai aren't a good match.

[PETERTHEEATER]

Look on the bright side, Thaksin has gained a few tips after reading all these comments.

[Scouse123]

Whitby or Scarborough, it is then.

 

Unless he wants to visit Ecuador, Honduras, or Colombia, where I am sure he will fit in.

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

I recall this happening over ten years ago to a guy with facial piercings:

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28831106#:~:text=The world's most pierced man,horn implants on his forehead.

 

This was widely publicized in Dubai and elsewhere at the time.