Announcement Updates due to Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Saudi Arabia

Under the directive of Saudi Arabia's Authorities, the following measures have been applied:

1. Suspending entry to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the purpose of Umrah and visiting the Prophet’s Mosque temporarily.
2. Suspending the entry of GCC countries’ citizens to the two cities of Makkah and Madinah temporarily except of GCC countries citizens who have a permit for that which can be obtained through the website of the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah.
3. Passengers arriving from or through any airports of the following countries (United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Bahrain, and Kuwait) are only allowed to enter the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through one of the following airports: (King Khalid International Airport, King Abdulaziz International Airport, and King Fahad International Airport).
4. Suspending Tourism Visa into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for only Passengers those coming from Peoples’ Republic of China which includes (Chinese Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao) as well as Iran, Italy, Korea (Rep.), Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Philippines, Singapore, India, Lebanon, Syria, Yamen, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Somalia and Vietnam.
5. Suspending the arrival of all passengers and for all visa types who are arriving from one of the following countries: (Republic of Italy, Republic of Korea, Japan, Republic of Azerbaijan) whether direct or transit through other countries except for passengers who have spent more than (14) days outside of those countries.
6. All carriers must make sure that any passenger who is arriving from or through any of the airports of the Republic of Egypt has a complete medical examination (PCR) confirming that he/she is free of the Corona Virus (COVID-19) and it must be issued within (24) hours before boarding of that passenger to the aircraft by one of the specified and approved laboratories by the Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Cairo.
7. Suspending the arrival of all passengers who are having a tourism visa to prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz airport at (medina) whither from the outside of the kingdom or through one of the demotic airports.
8. Suspending the usage of National ID to travel to or from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that applies on the Saudi citizens and the GCC citizens as well except Saudi citizens who are out of the Kingdom and are wishing to return providing that they have used the national ID during exiting from the Kingdom, and GCC citizens who are in the Kingdom and they are wishing to return to their countries providing that they have used the national ID when they entered the Kingdom.
9. Passengers who have been in People’s Republic of China which includes (Chinese Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao) as well as Iran are not allowed to enter Saudi Arabia until 14 days later from their exit from these two countries.
10. Aircraft crew of national or international carriers will be allowed to enter the kingdom of Saudi Arabia and they will be subjected for medical examination if it is required.
11. Any transit passenger who had been in one of the two countries mentioned in item (9) of this circular are not allowed to enter Saudi Arabia until 14 days later from their exit from these two countries.
12. Any transfer passenger who had been in one of the two countries mentioned in item (9) of this circular are not allowed to enter Saudi Arabia until 14 days later from their exit from these two countries.
13. All carriers are responsible of returning their Umrah passengers which were carried by them before the suspension of Umrah at the specified time of departure.
14. All passengers must fill the Health Declaration Form with the required information and hand over to the immigration officer at the arrival airport. For more information, please visit the Saudi Center for Disease and Control (Weqaya) website.