Saudi Arabia revises visit, Hajj and transit visas

The Saudi Cabinet has approved revising the structure of visit, Haj and transit visas after reviewing the recommendations of the Council of Economic and Development Affairs and the Cabinet’s General Committee, as well as the decisions of the Shura Council, local media reported.
Saudi Arabia will issue short-term visit visas for the visit, Hajj and transit visas (air, land or sea).
The transit visas will be issued for a validity period of 48 hours (two days) and 96 hours (4-day). The visas will cost SR100 for 46-hours and SR300 for 96-hours.
Saudi Arabia has allowed people from outside the kingdom to perform the Islamic Umrah pilgrimage from November 1 as part of a phased resumption, providing a boost to subdued transport fuel demand in the country.
Saudi authorities suspended the Umrah in March and significantly downsized July’s Haj pilgrimage in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, before announcing a gradual restart of Umrah earlier this month.
All pilgrims coming from abroad will need to self-quarantine for three days. The authorities said they have coordinated with state-owned Saudi Arabian Airlines to provide the necessary seat capacity for pilgrims arriving from abroad.