Covid Entry Check: Saudi Arabia Travel Restrictions
This Saudi Arabia dashboard provides you with information on travel restrictions, quarantine on entry, Covid-19 cases, entry requirements and green lane updates.
- Open for Travel
- Up to 14 Days
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Workplace
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Movement
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Testing
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Contact tracing
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Facial Coverings
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Vaccination
Entry is restricted to the following travellers:
• Citizens and PRs
• Spouse & Children of Citizens/PRs
• Other Residents (pass holders)
• Travellers from certain countries may enter, please see travel restrictions for details
Others:
Public health officials announced that Saudi nationals are prohibited from travelling to Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, India, Yemen, Somalia, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Libya, Indonesia, Vietnam, Armenia, Belarus and Venezuela until further notice, due to COVID-19.
💉 Vaccine exemptions
Vaccinated travellers are exempt from quarantine requirement(s).
These exemptions only apply to:
Nationals of Saudi Arabia, first degree family members of nationals of Saudi Arabia (they must be traveling together) , domestic workers of nationals of Saudi Arabia accompanied by the sponsor with a COVID-19 vaccination certificate showing that they were fully vaccinated with AstraZeneca (Covishield), AstraZeneca (SK Bioscience), AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria), Moderna (Spikevax), Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty), Sinopharm or Sinovac before departure, or vaccinated with Janssen at least 14 days before departure. They must not be arriving from Afghanistan, Ethiopia or Viet Nam.
For more information you may go to:
https://www.moh.gov.sa/en/Ministry/HotTopics/Pages/COVID-19-Vaccine.aspx
📝 Forms
You must obtain advance arrival permission to board your plane. You are required to complete a pre-arrival form.
🌡️ Testing requirements
You will need a formal Medical Certificate presenting a Covid-19 test from an accepted establishment taken prior to your departure from the first embarkation point.
On Arrival you may be required to complete a test for Covid-19 and/or some form of medical screening, at no cost to the traveller
Details:
Authorities lifted a pre-departure test requirement as well as institutional and home quarantine on arrival for incoming travellers, effective from 5 March, as part of an easing of COVID-19 related restrictions. Social distancing measures were also lifted in all open and closed public spaces, including mosques. Individuals are no longer required to wear face masks outdoors; however, face masks in closed venues remained in effect.
For more information you may go to:
and https://www.saudiarabiavisa.com/travel-restrictions/
😷 Quarantine requirements
General arrivals will be required to quarantine for up to 14 days. Quarantine is to be served at a dedicated facility (costs borne by traveller)
Details:
Authorities lifted a pre-departure test requirement as well as institutional and home quarantine on arrival for incoming travellers, effective from 5 March, as part of an easing of COVID-19 related restrictions. Social distancing measures were also lifted in all open and closed public spaces, including mosques. Individuals are no longer required to wear face masks outdoors; however, face masks in closed venues remained in effect.
Reduced restrictions may apply to vaccinated travellers, please see Vaccine Exemptions for details
For more information you may go to:
https://www.visitsaudi.com/en/covid-19-information-page
Details:
• Nationals of these countries may enter
Countries:
Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates
Details:
• Entry for travellers arriving from Afghanistan, Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Lebanon, Pakistan is limited to nationals or fully vaccinated residents of Saudi Arabia (they must have been vaccinated in Saudi Arabia).
• Entry for travellers who in the past 14 days have been in or transited through Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa or Zimbabwe is limited to nationals of Saudi Arabia. • A ban remains in place for Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Libya, Indonesia, Armenia, Belarus and Venezuela.
• Vaccine exemptions do not apply to these travellers
Countries:
Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Nigeria
• Foreign nationals must have a COVID-19 vaccination certificate showing that they were fully vaccinated with AstraZeneca (Covishield), AstraZeneca (SK Bioscience), AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria), Janssen, Moderna (Spikevax), Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty), Sinopharm or Sinovac at least 14 days before departure. They must register at https://muqeem.sa/#/vaccine-registration/home , and must download the Tawakkalna App and submit their personal details within 8 hours after arrival. Travellers who received Sinopharm or Sinovac must have also received one vaccine dose of AstraZeneca (Covishield), AstraZeneca (SK Bioscience), AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria), Janssen, Moderna (Spikevax) or Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty) at least 14 days before departure.