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[nomad soul]

Visa fees revised
Saudi Gazette | August 9, 2016
Source: http://saudigazette.com.sa/saudi-arabia/visa-fees-revised/

JEDDAH – The Council of Ministers, chaired by Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Naif, Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior, on Monday took a series of decisions to revise visa fees and penalties for traffic violations. The revised fees will come into force from Oct. 2 (Muharram 1).

Exit and reentry visa fee for residents will be SR200 for a single trip for two months. SR100 will be charged for each additional month till the validity of residence permit (iqama). Exit and reentry visa fee for multiple trips will be SR500 for three months. SR200 will be charged for each additional month till the validity of residence permit.

The first entry of Haj and Umrah pilgrims will be free, but for second entry they will be charged SR2,000. Foreigners visiting the Kingdom will be charged SR3,000 for a six-month multiple entry visa, SR5,000 for one-year multiple entry visa, and SR8,000 for two-year multiple entry visa.

Transit visa fee has been fixed at SR300. Exit visa fee for anyone leaving the Kingdom through its seaports will be SR50.

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[bigdurian]

For people on a single, it won't really make much difference unless you're on vacation for longer than two months.

For those with multi, the validity periods just halved, so it has doubled in price basically.

It's a revenue raiser..

[Leno]

Foreigners visiting the Kingdom will be charged SR3,000 for a six-month multiple entry visa, SR5,000 for one-year multiple entry visa, and SR8,000 for two-year multiple entry visa.

that visa sounds like fun, hopefully without a sponsor..

[plumpy nut]

What does all that money go to? Imagine forking out that cash not knowing you might not last 1 month?

[nomad soul]

New visa fees to go in effect tomorrow
Arab News | 1 October 2016
Source: http://www.arabnews.com/node/992166/saudi-arabia

JEDDAH: The Directorate General of Passports will begin on Sunday, the first of Muharram of the new Hijri year 1438 AH, the implementation of the new amendments earlier approved by the Council of Ministers this year. The cabinet adopted these amendments after reviewing non-oil revenue initiatives submitted by the Ministries of Finance, and Economy and Planning.

The text of the new amendments to be applied starting from Sunday is as follows:

First: The one-time entry visa fee will be SR2,000, but the state will bear this fee if a visitor is coming to the Kingdom for the first time to perform Haj or Umrah.

Second: The multiple exit/re-entry visa fees will be as follows:
• SR3,000 for the six-month visa.
• SR5,000 for the one-year visa.
• SR8,000 for the two-year visa.

Third: Clauses “first” and “second” shall not affect the bilateral agreements concluded between the Kingdom and other countries.

Fourth: The transit visa will be SR300.

Fifth: The departure visa fee will be SR50 for those leaving the Kingdom through seaports.

Sixth: The exit/re-entry visa fees will be as follows:
• SR200 for a single trip for two months as maximum, and SR100 for each additional month, within the limits of the duration of the residence permit’s validity.
• SR500 for multiple trips for three months and SR200 for each additional month within the limits of the duration of the residence permit’s validity.

A draft royal decree was issued for these amendments stipulate applying what is contained in the decision as of 01/01/1438 AH.

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[shebab]

When you try to apply for the new exit reentry visas online through SADAD, the payments for single and multiple visits default to 600 sr and 1100 sr respectively. What's up with that?

[bigdurian]

[I-forgot]

Gotta love that bureaucratic efficiency!

[MixtecaMike]

[aliasrachel]

I attended a town hall meeting at the US embassy in August and the Consul General said that fees will not go up for US citizens. However, when I tried to pay the fee via SABB, the new fee is reflected. I have also spoken to the GR department at my uni and was told all nationalities will pay more. I then called the embassy and was given the original info: that fees for US citizens didn't change. It's all frustrating and I'm thinking to just pay the higher fee so I can take November break.

[bigdurian]

This is quite a helpful link for anyone looking at fees for visiting.

http://life-in-saudiarabia.blogspot.com/2016/10/nationality-wise-new-visit-visa-fee-in.html?m=1

Seems there is a bit of difference between countries. Probably a case of right hand not knowing what the left is doing at the moment regarding any Saudi institutions.

[hash]