News released from an official source at the ministry announced on Tuesday that, Saudi Arabia will allow direct entry of fully vaccinated expatriates from countries facing a travel ban,
The Ministry said that those Expats allowed to direct entry in the kingdom who have a valid residency permit (iqama) and left the Kingdom on exit and re-entry visa after taking two doses of vaccine against coronavirus from Saudi Arabia.
Currently, the below-listed Countries facing a Travel ban
01. India,
02. Pakistan,
03. Indonesia,
04. Egypt,
05. Turkey,
06. Argentina,
07. Brazil,
08. South Africa,
09. United Arab Emirates,
10. Ethiopia,
11. Vietnam,
12. Afghanistan
13. Lebanon.
All other segments are required to spend 14-day quarantine in a third country before their entry into the Kingdom.
Saudi Arabian Ministry clearly instructed that those coming from other countries required 14 days quarantine in a third country if they had passed through any of these 20 countries during the 14 days preceding their application to enter the Kingdom.