Covid-19: Fresh travel ban announced for India among 16 countries by authorities in Saudi Arabia

Covid-19: Fresh travel ban announced for India among 16 countries by authorities in Saudi Arabia

Covid-19: Saudi Arabia bans citizens from travelling to 16 countries

Authority issues guidelines for citizens

By Web Desk Published: Sun 22 May 2022, 2:07 PM Last updated: Sun 22 May 2022, 2:30 PM

Saudi Arabia has announced a fresh travel ban on citizens for 16 countries due to Covid-19 cases in those countries, The General Directorate of Passports (Jawazat) said on Saturday.

The list of countries include: Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, India, Yemen, Somalia, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Libya, Indonesia, Vietnam, Armenia, Belarus, and Venezuela.

The General Directorate of Passports (Jawazat) emphasised that the validity of the passport for Saudis, who intend to travel to non-Arab countries, must be more than six months, Saudi Gazette reported.

According to the statement, the validity of the passport should be more than three months for travelling to Arab countries. As for citizens, who travel to other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states, the validity of their national ID card must be more than three months.

The Jawazat reiterated that the soft copy of the national ID on Absher and Tawakkalna applications is not sufficient for travel to GCC states.

The original ID card and family registry must be produced for the travel in addition to a document of