VISA TRANSIT SAUDI ARABIA /SA/

NORMAL PASSPORTS ONLY ......

- FIRST-DEGREE FAMILY MEMBERS OF PASSENGERS WITH A $SAUDI PREMIUM RESIDENCY$ CARD /DIGITAL VERSION IS ALSO ACCEPTED/.

TWOV /TRANSIT WITHOUT VISA/:

VISA REQUIRED, EXCEPT FOR PASSENGERS TRANSITING THROUGH DAMMAM /DMM/, JEDDAH /JED/, MEDINA /MED/ OR RIYADH /RUH/ WITH A CONFIRMED ONWARD TICKET FOR A FLIGHT TO A THIRD COUNTRY WITHIN 12 HOURS. THEY MUST STAY IN THE INTERNATIONAL TRANSIT AREA OF THE AIRPORT AND HAVE DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR THE NEXT DESTINATION.

- TWOV IN JEDDAH /JED/ IS NOT POSSIBLE WHEN TRANSITING BETWEEN TERMINAL 1, NORTH TERMINAL, AND HAJJ TERMINAL.

- ONLY ONE TRANSIT STOP-OVER IN SAUDI ARABIA IS PERMITTED.

WARNING:

- STOPOVER VISAS ISSUED BY SAUDI ARABIA ARE ONLY VALID IF THE PASSENGERS TRAVEL WITH SAUDIA /SV/ AND FLYNAS /XY/.

VISA DESTINATION SAUDI ARABIA /SA/

NORMAL PASSPORTS ONLY ......

PASSPORT REQUIRED.

- PASSPORTS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS ACCEPTED FOR ENTRY MUST BE VALID FOR A MINIMUM OF 6 MONTHS FROM THE ARRIVAL DATE.

ADMISSION AND TRANSIT RESTRICTIONS:

- PASSENGERS WITH A PASSPORT WITH GENDER U OR X ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ENTER.

- FIRST-DEGREE FAMILY MEMBERS OF PASSENGERS WITH A $SAUDI PREMIUM RESIDENCY$ CARD /DIGITAL VERSION IS ALSO ACCEPTED/.

VISA ISSUANCE:

- E-VISAS CAN BE OBTAINED FOR PASSENGERS TRAVELING AS TOURISTS BEFORE DEPARTURE AT HTTPS://WWW.VISITSAUDI.COM/EN/PLAN-YOUR-TRIP/VISA-REGULATIONS/ . PASSENGERS MUST HAVE AN E-VISA CONFIRMATION. THE VALIDITY OF THE VISA MUST BE CHECKED VIA HTTPS://MUQEEM.SA//LOGIN

VISA REQUIRED, EXCEPT FOR NATIONALS OF THAILAND TRAVELING AS TOURISTS CAN OBTAIN A VISA ON ARRIVAL FOR A MAXIMUM STAY OF 90 DAYS. THEY ARE ALLOWED A TOTAL STAY OF 180 DAYS WITHIN A PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS. VISA FEE MUST BE PAID BY CREDIT CARD.

- PASSENGERS WITH A TOURIST OR BUSINESS VISA ISSUED BY USA, UNITED KINGDOM OR A SCHENGEN MEMBER STATE TIRGL/SCHN TRAVELING AS TOURISTS CAN OBTAIN A VISA ON ARRIVAL FOR A MAXIMUM STAY OF 90 DAYS. THE VISA MUST HAVE BEEN USED AT LEAST ONCE AND SHOULD HAVE AN ENTRY STAMP OF THE ISSUING COUNTRY. PASSENGERS ARE ALLOWED A TOTAL STAY OF 90 DAYS WITHIN A PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS. VISA FEE MUST BE PAID BY CREDIT CARD.

- TO CONFIRM IF A VISA ISSUED BY THE USA HAS BEEN USED, IT CAN BE VERIFIED AT HTTPS://TINYURL.COM/5DNR2EAV .

- FIRST-DEGREE FAMILY MEMBERS OF PASSENGERS WITH A TOURIST OR BUSINESS VISA ISSUED BY USA, UNITED KINGDOM OR A SCHENGEN MEMBER STATE TIRGL/SCHN TRAVELING AS TOURISTS CAN OBTAIN A VISA ON ARRIVAL FOR A MAXIMUM STAY OF 90 DAYS. THE VISA MUST HAVE BEEN USED AT LEAST ONCE AND SHOULD HAVE AN ENTRY STAMP OF THE ISSUING COUNTRY. PASSENGERS ARE ALLOWED A TOTAL STAY OF 90 DAYS WITHIN A PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS. VISA FEE MUST BE PAID BY CREDIT CARD.

- TO CONFIRM IF A VISA ISSUED BY THE USA HAS BEEN USED, IT CAN BE VERIFIED AT HTTPS://TINYURL.COM/5DNR2EAV .

VISA REQUIRED, EXCEPT FOR PASSENGERS WITH A PERMANENT RESIDENCE PERMIT ISSUED BY USA, UNITED KINGDOM OR A SCHENGEN MEMBER STATETIRGL/SCHN, TRAVELING AS TOURISTS, CAN OBTAIN VISA ON ARRIVAL FOR A MAXIMUM STAY OF 90 DAYS. VISA FEE MUST BE PAID BY CREDIT CARD.

- FIRST-DEGREE FAMILY MEMBERS OF PASSENGERS WITH A PERMANENT RESIDENCE PERMIT ISSUED BY USA, UNITED KINGDOM OR AN EU MEMBER STATETIRGL/EEU, TRAVELING AS TOURISTS, CAN OBTAIN VISA ON ARRIVAL FOR A MAXIMUM STAY OF 90 DAYS. VISA FEE MUST BE PAID BY CREDIT CARD. THE RESIDENCE PERMIT ISSUED BY THE UNITED KINGDOM CAN BE IN PHYSICAL FORM, OR A DIGITAL EVISA. WHEN IT IS A DIGITAL EVISA, AIRLINES CAN VERIFY THE RESIDENCY STATUS AT HTTPS://WWW.GOV.UK/CHECK-IMMIGRATION-STATUS .

MINORS:

- MINORS YOUNGER THAN 1 YEAR WITH THEIR OWN PASSPORT CAN OBTAIN A VISA ON ARRIVAL IF TRAVELING WITH ONE PARENT. THE PARENT MUST HAVE A RESIDENCE PERMIT ISSUED BY SAUDI ARABIA.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

- VISA VALIDITY CAN BE CHECKED AT HTTPS://VISA.MOFA.GOV.SA/HOME/ISSUEDVISA.

- A PILGRIM VISA IS WORDED IN THE ARAB LANGUAGE ONLY. BUSINESS AND VISITORS$ VISAS ARE BILINGUAL /ARABIC/ENGLISH/.

- VALID VISAS IN EXPIRED PASSPORTS TIDFT/SA/VI/AI/ID31793

- RESIDENCE, VISIT AND WORK VISAS ISSUED BY THE SAUDI ARABIAN REPRESENTATIVES IN AFGHANISTAN, ALBANIA, ALGERIA, ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, AZERBAIJAN, BAHRAIN, BANGLADESH, BELGIUM, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, BRAZIL, BRUNEI, BULGARIA, BURKINA FASO, CAMEROON, CANADA, CHAD, CHILE, CHINA /PEOPLE$S REP./, CHINESE TAIPEI, COMOROS, CONGO, COTE D$IVOIRE, CUBA, CYPRUS, CZECHIA, DENMARK, DJIBOUTI, EGYPT, ERITREA, ETHIOPIA, FINLAND, FRANCE, GABON, GAMBIA, GEORGIA, GERMANY, GHANA, GREECE, GUINEA, HONG KONG /SAR CHINA/, HUNGARY, INDIA, INDONESIA, IRAN, IRAQ, IRELAND /REP./, ITALY, JAPAN, JORDAN, KAZAKHSTAN, KENYA, KOREA /REP./, KUWAIT, KYRGYZSTAN, LEBANON, LYBIA, MALAYSIA, MALDIVES, MALI, MAURITANIA, MAURITIUS, MEXICO, MOROCCO, MOZAMBIQUE, MYANMAR, NEPAL, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, NIGER, NIGERIA, NORWAY, OMAN, PAKISTAN, PERU, PHILIPPINES, POLAND, PORTUGAL, QATAR, ROMANIA, RUSSIAN FED., SENEGAL, SINGAPORE, SOMALIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN, SRI LANKA, SUDAN, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, SYRIA, TAJIKISTAN, TANZANIA, THAILAND, TUNISIA, TURKIYE, TURKMENISTAN, UGANDA, UKRAINE, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, UNITED KINGDOM, URUGUAY, USA, UZBEKISTAN, VENEZUELA, VIET NAM, YEMEN OR ZAMBIA ARE NO LONGER IN STICKER FORMAT IN PASSPORTS. IT HAS BEEN REPLACED BY AN /A4/ SIZE PAPER CONTAINING A QR CODE WITH THE VISA INFORMATION FROM THE PASSENGER.

- PASSENGERS WITH A VALID, UNUSED VISA ISSUED BY SAUDI ARABIA TO HOLDERS OF A VISIT VISA ISSUED BY USA, UNITED KINGDOM OR A SCHENGEN MEMBER STATE CAN ENTER IF THEIR VISIT VISA IS STILL VALID.

- PASSENGERS WITH A VALID, UNUSED VISA ISSUED BY SAUDI ARABIA TO HOLDERS OF A PERMANENT RESIDENCE PERMIT ISSUED BY USA, UNITED KINGDOM OR A SCHENGEN MEMBER STATE CAN ENTER IF THEIR RESIDENCE PERMIT IS STILL VALID. THE RESIDENCE PERMIT ISSUED BY THE UNITED KINGDOM CAN BE IN PHYSICAL FORM, OR A DIGITAL EVISA. WHEN IT IS A DIGITAL EVISA, AIRLINES CAN VERIFY THE RESIDENCY STATUS AT HTTPS://WWW.GOV.UK/CHECK-IMMIGRATION-STATUS .

- PASSENGERS CAN ENTER WITH A VALID, USED VISA ISSUED BY SAUDIARABIA TO HOLDERS OF A VALID OR EXPIRED VISIT VISA ISSUED BY USA, UNITED KINGDOM, OR A SCHENGEN MEMBER STATE.

- PASSENGERS CAN ENTER WITH A VALID, USED VISA ISSUED BY SAUDIARABIA TO HOLDERS OF A VALID OR EXPIRED PERMANENT RESIDENCE PERMIT ISSUED BY USA, UNITED KINGDOM, OR A SCHENGEN MEMBER STATE. THE RESIDENCE PERMIT ISSUED BY THE UNITED KINGDOM CAN BE IN PHYSICAL FORM, OR A DIGITAL EVISA. WHEN IT IS A DIGITAL EVISA, AIRLINES CAN VERIFY THE RESIDENCY STATUS AT HTTPS://WWW.GOV.UK/CHECK-IMMIGRATION-STATUS .

- PAYMENTS FOR TOURIST VISAS UPON ARRIVAL ARE ACCEPTED BY CARD ONLY.

WARNING:

- PASSENGERS WHO IN THE PAST 14 DAYS HAVE BEEN IN IRAN ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ENTER.

- TRAVEL DOCUMENTS MUST SHOW THE PASSENGER$S DATE OF BIRTH IN THE FORMAT DAY/MONTH/YEAR /E.G. 01 JAN 1980 OR 01-01-1980/. DOCUMENTS THAT ONLY INCLUDE THE YEAR OF BIRTH /E.G. 00-00-1980 OR XX-XX-1980/ ARE ACCEPTED ONLY FOR PASSENGERS WHO HAVE A VISA. FOR PASSENGERS WITHOUT A VISA, THE DATE OF BIRTH MUST INCLUDE THE EXACT DAY, MONTH, AND YEAR.

- PILGRIMS MUST COMPLY WITH THE HEALTH REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIED AT HTTPS://WWW.MOH.GOV.SA/HEALTHAWARENESS/PILGRIMS/HEALTH/PAGES/DEFAULT.ASPX .

- AIRLINES CAN CHECK THE VALIDITY OF THE EXIT/ENTRY VISAS FOR RESIDENTS OF SAUDI ARABIA AT HTTPS://MUQEEM.SA//VISA-VALIDITY/CHECK

- THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO PASSENGERS WITH A $SAUDI PREMIUM RESIDENCY$ CARD AND THEIR ACCOMPANYING FAMILY MEMBERS.

- TRAVEL DOCUMENTS WITH AN EXTENDED VALIDITY ARE NOT ACCEPTED.

- PASSENGERS WITH A HAJJ VISA MUST ENTER AT JEDDAH /JED/, MEDINA /MED/, TAIF /TIF/ OR YANBU /YNB/.

- PASSENGERS WITH A HAJJ VISA ARE ALLOWED TO ENTER AT RIYADH /RUH/ IF THEY TRAVEL WITH FLYADEAL/F3/, FLYNAS /XY/, NESMA AIRLINES /NE/, RIYADH AIR/RX/ AND SAUDIA /SV/.

Thai Embrassy

1. RUH P.O. Box 94359Riyadh 11693Saudi Arabia Tel: (+966) 11 488-1174

2. JED 2920, Unit No. 1,Azsubair Ibn Al Awam, Ash Sharafiyah Dist.,Jeddah Tel: (+966) 12 665-5317