Saudi Arabia

Who needs a visa for Saudi Arabia?

Of 198 nationalities, 5 enter Saudi Arabia with no paperwork at all. The rest: 69 can get a visa at the border, 123 must be approved before they travel and 1 cannot travel there.

We have not found a Saudi Arabia government portal we can link to with confidence, so we link to none โ€” a lookalike is worse than nothing. Apply through Saudi Arabia's own immigration service or its embassy.

What do you need?

Who needs what

Visa free 5

Nothing to apply for and nothing to pay before you travel.

eVisa (electronic visa) 106

A real visa application, made online instead of at an embassy. It is assessed, it takes days rather than minutes, and it can be refused.

Visa on arrival 69

Issued at the border rather than beforehand. Bring the fee in cash in the currency the border post accepts. It is a permission, not a guarantee.

Visa required 17

You must apply and be approved before you travel. Airlines will refuse to board you without it.

No admission 1

A government policy, not a paperwork problem. No agent or service can work around it.