Jawazat: Ban on direct entry from 9 countries, including India and Pakistan, continues

Jawazat: Ban on direct entry from 9 countries, including India and Pakistan, continues

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH "” Expatriates will not be allowed to enter the Kingdom from nine countries facing a travel ban unless they spend two weeks in a third country after their departure from these countries, the General Directorate of Passports (Jawazat) has reiterated. Currently, the countries facing the ban are India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Egypt, Turkey, Argentina, Brazil, South Africa and Lebanon and all expatriates must not pass through any of the banned countries in the past 14 days before their entry into the Kingdom. In February 2021, authorities banned the entry of travelers from a total of 20 countries, including these nine countries, except for Saudi nationals, diplomats, health professionals and their families. Later on May 29, it was decided to allow entry to the Kingdom for those coming from 11 of these 20 countries, and these are the United Arab Emirates, Germany, United States, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, United Kingdom, Sweden, Switzerland, France and Japan. Subsequently, the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) issued a circular to all air carriers operating at the Kingdom's airports regarding the end of the suspension of travel for those coming from these countries. The decision took into consideration the stability of the epidemiological