Saudi is now open to international visitors. Please review the following requirements carefully to ensure that you have a seamless journey and a pleasant arrival in Saudi.
- All travelers must:
- Have a valid tourism visa obtained before arrival. Visa on arrival remains suspended for health and safety reasons
- Provide a negative PCR test conducted no more than 72 hours before departure
- Have COVID 19 insurance. This insurance is included in all new tourism visa issues. If you are entering on a previously issued tourism visa, you will need to pay an additional fee of SAR 40 at the airport on arrival to cover insurance for any COVID-19 related medical expenses
- Download and register the Tawakkalna application before arriving at the point of departure. To use Tawakkalna in Saudi you will need phone and data services on your cellphone
- If you are fully immunized against COVID-19 with vaccines approved by the WHO and Saudi Arabia
- There are no quarantine requirements for fully immunized travelers meeting the below criteria
- All visitors arriving in the country with a valid tourism visa must provide evidence of a full course of the vaccines currently recognized:
- 2 doses of : Pfizer BioNTech or Comirnaty
- 2 doses of : Oxford AstraZeneca, Covishield, SK Bioscience or Vaxzevria
- 2 doses of : Moderna or Spikevax
- 1 dose of Johnson & Johnson
- Travelers who have completed two doses of the Sinopharm or Sinovac vaccines will be accepted on the condition that they have received an additional dose of one of the vaccines approved in the Kingdom mentioned in the above paragraph
- Vaccine certificates issued by official health authorities from the country that provided the vaccination for incoming travelers must be provided. The final dose (the second dose of a two-dose vaccine or the first dose of a single dose vaccine) should be received no less than 14 days before traveling to Saudi. Travelers should carry either their vaccine certificates or proof of vaccination status via applications recognized in Saudi Arabia
- If you are fully immunized against COVID-19 with vaccines approved by the WHO but not recognized in Saudi Arabia OR you have received the first dose only of any of the vaccines recognized in Saudi
- Travelers who do not hold Saudi citizenship or residency must undertake a five day period of institutional quarantine in a designated hotel. Quarantine will be lifted upon a negative PCR result on the fifth day after arrival
- Travelers are advised to book the quarantine package through the airline on which they are arriving
- Travelers who hold Saudi citizenship or residency must undertake a five day period of home quarantine. Quarantine will be lifted upon a negative PCR result on the fifth day after arrival
- Vaccine registration
- You should register your vaccine status at https://muqeem.sa/#/vaccine-registration/home before arrival and after obtaining your tourism visa. The site is available in Arabic and English
- For your convenience, you should check the current entry requirements with your chosen airline before purchasing a ticket
- We look forward to welcoming you to Saudi soon.
- Contact us if you need to process your Saudi Visitor visa www.labaiktours.com
Aritical source: Ministry of Tourism Saudi Arabia . Thanks to Visitsaudi.com