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.

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

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.

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

VISA ISSUANCE:

- E-VISAS CAN BE OBTAINED BEFORE DEPARTURE AT HTTPS://VISA.VISITSAUDI.COM/ . 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.

VISA REQUIRED, EXCEPT FOR 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.

- 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.

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.

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 ALGERIA, BAHRAIN, BANGLADESH, CANADA, CHINA /PEOPLE$S REP./, EGYPT, ERITREA, ETHIOPIA, FRANCE, GAMBIA, GERMANY, GHANA, INDIA, INDONESIA, IRAN, IRAQ, ITALY, JORDAN, KENYA, KOREA /REP./, KUWAIT, LEBANON, MALAYSIA, MOROCCO, NEPAL, NIGERIA, OMAN, PAKISTAN, PHILIPPINES, QATAR, SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN, SRI LANKA, SUDAN, TANZANIA, THAILAND, TUNISIA, TURKIYE, UGANDA, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, UNITED KINGDOM, USA, VIET NAM OR YEMEN 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.

WARNING:

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

- PASSENGERS WITH A VISIT VISA MUST HAVE MEDICAL INSURANCE TO COVER COVID-19 EXPENSES.

- PASSENGERS WITH A HAJJ VISA MUST HAVE A COVID-19 VACCINATION CERTIFICATE SHOWING THAT THEY WERE FULLY VACCINATED. VACCINES ACCEPTED ARE: ASTRAZENECA /VAXZEVRIA/, COVAXIN, COVOVAX, JANSSEN, MODERNA /SPIKEVAX/, NUVAXOVID /NOVAVAX/, PFIZER-BIONTECH /COMIRNATY/, SINOPHARM /BIBP/, SINOVAC AND SPUTNIK V. MORE DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT HTTPS://TINYURL.COM/MRXRYAN6 .

- THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO PASSENGERS YOUNGER THAN 12 YEARS.

- PASSENGERS WITH A HAJJ VISA MUST COMPLY WITH THE HEALTH REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIED AT HTTPS://WWW.HAJ.GOV.SA/HAJ .

- PASSENGERS WITH A UMRAH VISA MUST COMPLY WITH THE HEALTH REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIED AT HTTPS://TINYURL.COM/DK7JHBJF .

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

- TRAVEL DOCUMENTS WITH MANUALLY EXTENDED VALIDITY ARE NOT ACCEPTED.

- TRAVEL DOCUMENTS MUST BE MACHINE-READABLE TO ENTER.

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

- PASSENGERS WITH A UMRAH VISA CAN ENTER UNTIL 24 MAY 2024 AND MUST DEPART FROM SAUDI ARABIA BEFORE 6 JUNE 2024.