{"id":72,"date":"2026-04-04T20:01:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T20:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creatcareer.com\/blogs\/?p=72"},"modified":"2026-04-04T20:01:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T20:01:06","slug":"saudi-arabia-new-visa-rules-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/creatcareer.com\/blogs\/saudi-arabia-new-visa-rules-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia New Visa Rules 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Saudi Arabia is a vast country, which is full of natural resources especially with petroleum products and also generate it’s main revenue from visitors. The visitors visit this part of the world for religious ceremonies like pilgrimage and umrah. This Islamic country hosts millions of visitors from all over the world round the year, but especially on the eve of Hajj. This government manages these visitors within country smoothly, similarly majority of workers or employees also visit this country for different jobs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All visitors from other countries need a valid works or visit visa to enter this country. The Saudi government changes its visa policies from time to time according to situation or need. So currently the finance ministry and ministry of economy plan to increase its non-oil revenue from other sources. This meeting session was chaired by Prince Mohammad bin Naif here at Jeddah palace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia Updated Visa Fee Structure 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Visa Type<\/th>Fee<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
One time visa fee<\/td>SR 2,000<\/td><\/tr>
Multiple exit\/entry (6 months)<\/td>SR 3,000<\/td><\/tr>
Multiple exit\/entry (1 year)<\/td>SR 3,000<\/td><\/tr>
Multiple exit\/entry (2 years)<\/td>SR 8,000<\/td><\/tr>
Transit visa<\/td>SR 300<\/td><\/tr>
Departure visa fee (seaports)<\/td>SR 50<\/td><\/tr>
Single visit re-entry (2 months)<\/td>SR 200<\/td><\/tr>
Extra month re-entry<\/td>SR 100<\/td><\/tr>
Multiple visit visa (3 months)<\/td>SR 500<\/td><\/tr>
Extra month (multiple visit)<\/td>SR 200<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

According to new visa policy one time visa fee will be charged SR2.000 however, this fee will be paid by the Saudi government if the visitor visit for Hajj or Umrah the first time. According to new visa rules the visa fee for multiple exit or entry will be SR3,000 for six months. Similarly, visa fee for one year will be charged SR 3,000 and SR8,000 for two years. The new visa policy also indicates that transit visa fee will be SR300. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visitors who start their journey from Saudi Arabia to other countries through seaports will pay SR50 as departure visa fee. The new visa policy about exit and re-entry will be as under single visit for two months need SR200 and SR100 for next extra month, but resident visa validity is also necessary in this case. Similarly, multiple visit visas require SR500 for three months and if visitor want to stay behind this limit, then he\/she will pay SR200 for extra one month, but residence validity is condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabian New Family Visa Rules 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The issue of visa for worker families of this country will be based on workers salary or income, but it will not be on profession, visa and iqama or resident visa. However, in past this family visa was for only professionals, but now it will for employees or workers including Pakistani employees working in Saudi Arabia. Before, this the family visa was not sanction for worker families and now all categories of employees can bring their families in this country on family based visa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia foreign minister released permanent resident visa for elite class workers like doctors, engineers and executives of different departments. According to newspapers the ministry considers financial position of employee before issuing family visa and it is not interlinked with profession or trade. According to new visa policy profession mention on Iqama will not consider for issuing family visa. According to new visa policy all employees belong to any country of the world are now titled for family visa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read Also: Dubai Employment Visa Rules and Regulations 2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Basic Requirements for Family Visa<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. It is necessary that sponsor must file a request to process family visa and this should be attested from the chamber of commerce in Saudi Arabia.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. A form required for this family visa dully filled by applicant in Arabic and attested from chamber of commerce. This form can be downloaded from online or from Isteqdam office.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Family visa fee, which is 2000SR should be deposit online from applicant personal banking.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Submit all required documents in your concern Isteqdam office<\/a> included passport copies of all concerned family members.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Copies of Iqama and official letter from employer dully attested from chamber of commerce.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. All family members must have valid passport and the validity must be at least six months on the date of submission.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia is a vast country, which is full of natural resources especially with petroleum products and also…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":73,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-72","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-visa-rules"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/creatcareer.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/creatcareer.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/creatcareer.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/creatcareer.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/creatcareer.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/creatcareer.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74,"href":"https:\/\/creatcareer.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions\/74"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/creatcareer.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/creatcareer.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/creatcareer.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/creatcareer.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}