Western Asia
Western AsiaSaudi Arabia visa requirements
Travellers from 74 of 198 countries can visit Saudi Arabia easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
What 198 passports need to visit Saudi Arabia
Find your own passport in the list below for the exact rule.
- No visa needed5 of 198 passportsJust show your passport at the border.
- Free to visit, live and work2 of 198 passportsVisit, live and work freely.
- Visa on arrival66 of 198 passportsGet it at the airport or border.
- eTA needed1 of 198 passportsA short online form, not a full visa.
- eVisa5 of 198 passportsApply on the official website.
- Visa needed118 of 198 passportsApply at the embassy or consulate.
- Entry is restricted1 of 198 passportsSpecial approval or set entry points.
Types of Saudi Arabia visa
- Tourist visa and visa-free entry6 optionsYour passport determines which tourist entry options you can use. Some visitors do not need a visa. Others can get an online permit, an online visa or a visa on arrival.
- Business visits3 optionsUK citizens can use an online travel permit for business visits. Business-event visas and limited special business visas are also mentioned.
- Education visits1 optionsUK citizens can use an online travel permit for education visits. A separate student visa process is not described.
- Medical visits1 optionsUK citizens can use an online travel permit for medical visits. A separate medical visa process is not described.
- Saudi tourist e-Visa1 optionsEligible travellers can apply online for a tourist visa before arrival.
- Visa on arrival2 optionsEligible passport holders can get a tourist visa on arrival. Travellers with certain previously used visas may also qualify.
Find your passport
198 of 198 passports
- BahrainVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- KuwaitVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- North MacedoniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe
- OmanVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- RussiaVisa not requiredEastern Europe90 days
- QatarFreedom of movementWestern Asia
- United Arab EmiratesFreedom of movementWestern Asia
- AlbaniaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe90 days
- AndorraVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe90 days
- AustraliaVisa on arrivalAustralia and New Zealand90 days
- AustriaVisa on arrivalCentral Europe90 days
- AzerbaijanVisa on arrivalWestern Asia90 days
- BahamasVisa on arrivalCaribbean
- BelgiumVisa on arrivalWestern Europe90 days
- BruneiVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- BulgariaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe90 days
- CanadaVisa on arrivalNorth America90 days
- ChinaVisa on arrivalEastern Asia90 days
- CroatiaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe90 days
- CyprusVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe90 days
- Czech RepublicVisa on arrivalCentral Europe90 days
- DenmarkVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe90 days
- EstoniaVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe90 days
- FinlandVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe90 days
- FranceVisa on arrivalWestern Europe90 days
- GeorgiaVisa on arrivalWestern Asia90 days
- GermanyVisa on arrivalWestern Europe90 days
- GreeceVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe90 days
- Hong KongVisa on arrivalEastern Asia90 days
- HungaryVisa on arrivalCentral Europe90 days
- IcelandVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe90 days
- IrelandVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe90 days
- ItalyVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe90 days
- JapanVisa on arrivalEastern Asia90 days
- KazakhstanVisa on arrivalCentral Asia90 days
- KosovoVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe90 days
- KyrgyzstanVisa on arrivalCentral Asia90 days
- LatviaVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe90 days
- LiechtensteinVisa on arrivalWestern Europe90 days
- LithuaniaVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe90 days
- LuxembourgVisa on arrivalWestern Europe90 days
- MacauVisa on arrivalEastern Asia90 days
- MalaysiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- MaldivesVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia90 days
- MaltaVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe90 days
- MauritiusVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- MonacoVisa on arrivalWestern Europe90 days
- MontenegroVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe90 days
- NetherlandsVisa on arrivalWestern Europe90 days
- New ZealandVisa on arrivalAustralia and New Zealand90 days
- NorwayVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe90 days
- PanamaVisa on arrivalCentral America90 days
- PolandVisa on arrivalCentral Europe90 days
- PortugalVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe90 days
- RomaniaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe90 days
- Saint Kitts and NevisVisa on arrivalCaribbean
- San MarinoVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe90 days
- SerbiaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe
- SingaporeVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- SlovakiaVisa on arrivalCentral Europe90 days
- SloveniaVisa on arrivalCentral Europe90 days
- South AfricaVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa90 days
- South KoreaVisa on arrivalEastern Asia90 days
- SpainVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe90 days
- SwedenVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe90 days
- SwitzerlandVisa on arrivalWestern Europe90 days
- TaiwanVisa on arrivalEastern Asia90 days
- TajikistanVisa on arrivalCentral Asia
- ThailandVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- TürkiyeVisa on arrivalWestern Asia90 days
- UkraineVisa on arrivalEastern Europe90 days
- United StatesVisa on arrivalNorth America90 days
- UzbekistanVisa on arrivalCentral Asia
- United KingdomeTA requiredNorthern Europe180 days
- BarbadoseVisaCaribbean90 days
- BelaruseVisaEastern Europe
- GrenadaeVisaCaribbean
- SeychelleseVisaEastern Africa90 days
- UgandaeVisaEastern Africa
- AfghanistanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- AngolaVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Antigua and BarbudaVisa requiredCaribbean
- ArgentinaVisa requiredSouth America
- ArmeniaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- BangladeshVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- BelizeVisa requiredCentral America
- BeninVisa requiredWestern Africa
- BhutanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- BoliviaVisa requiredSouth America
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- BotswanaVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- BrazilVisa requiredSouth America
- Burkina FasoVisa requiredWestern Africa
- BurundiVisa requiredEastern Africa
- CambodiaVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- CameroonVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Cape VerdeVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Central African RepublicVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChadVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChileVisa requiredSouth America
- ColombiaVisa requiredSouth America
- ComorosVisa requiredEastern Africa
- CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Costa RicaVisa requiredCentral America
- CubaVisa requiredCaribbean
- DjiboutiVisa requiredEastern Africa
- DominicaVisa requiredCaribbean
- Dominican RepublicVisa requiredCaribbean
- DR CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- EcuadorVisa requiredSouth America
- EgyptVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- El SalvadorVisa requiredCentral America
- Equatorial GuineaVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- EswatiniVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- EthiopiaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- FijiVisa requiredMelanesia
- GabonVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- GambiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GhanaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GuatemalaVisa requiredCentral America
- GuineaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Guinea-BissauVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GuyanaVisa requiredSouth America
- HaitiVisa requiredCaribbean
- HondurasVisa requiredCentral America
- IndiaVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- IndonesiaVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- IranVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- IraqVisa requiredWestern Asia
- Ivory CoastVisa requiredWestern Africa
- JamaicaVisa requiredCaribbean
- JordanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- KenyaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- KiribatiVisa requiredMicronesia
- LaosVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- LebanonVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LesothoVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- LiberiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- LibyaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- MadagascarVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MalawiVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MaliVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Marshall IslandsVisa requiredMicronesia
- MauritaniaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MexicoVisa requiredNorth America
- MicronesiaVisa requiredMicronesia
- MoldovaVisa requiredEastern Europe
- MongoliaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- MoroccoVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- MozambiqueVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MyanmarVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- NamibiaVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- NauruVisa requiredMicronesia
- NepalVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- NicaraguaVisa requiredCentral America
- NigerVisa requiredWestern Africa
- NigeriaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- PakistanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- PalauVisa requiredMicronesia
- PalestineVisa requiredWestern Asia
- Papua New GuineaVisa requiredMelanesia
- ParaguayVisa requiredSouth America
- PeruVisa requiredSouth America
- PhilippinesVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- RwandaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- Saint LuciaVisa requiredCaribbean
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa requiredCaribbean
- SamoaVisa requiredPolynesia
- São Tomé and PríncipeVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- SenegalVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Sierra LeoneVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Solomon IslandsVisa requiredMelanesia
- SomaliaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- South SudanVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Sri LankaVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- SudanVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- SurinameVisa requiredSouth America
- SyriaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- TanzaniaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- Timor-LesteVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- TogoVisa requiredWestern Africa
- TongaVisa requiredPolynesia
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa requiredCaribbean
- TunisiaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- TurkmenistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- TuvaluVisa requiredPolynesia
- UruguayVisa requiredSouth America
- VanuatuVisa requiredMelanesia
- Vatican CityVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- VenezuelaVisa requiredSouth America
- VietnamVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- YemenVisa requiredWestern Asia
- ZambiaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- ZimbabweVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- IsraelAdmission restrictedWestern Asia
Who can visit easily, by part of the world
For each part of the world: how many countries' travellers can come easily. Easy means no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
- Europe42 of 46 countries
- Asia23 of 49 countries
- Americas5 of 35 countries
- Oceania2 of 14 countries
- Africa2 of 54 countries
Questions
How many passports can enter Saudi Arabia without a visa?
74 of 198 passports can enter without applying before travel.
What is the most common entry rule for Saudi Arabia?
Visa needed: it applies to 118 passports.
Which passports need an embassy visa for Saudi Arabia?
118 passports, including India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Nigeria Brazil, and 113 more.
Do India passport holders need a visa for Saudi Arabia?
Visa needed.
Do China passport holders need a visa for Saudi Arabia?
Visa on arrival, for up to 90 days.
Do United States passport holders need a visa for Saudi Arabia?
Visa on arrival, for up to 90 days.
Do Nigeria passport holders need a visa for Saudi Arabia?
Visa needed.
Do Pakistan passport holders need a visa for Saudi Arabia?
Visa needed.
Do Brazil passport holders need a visa for Saudi Arabia?
Visa needed.
Which region's passports have the easiest access to Saudi Arabia?
Europe: 42 of 46 passports enter without applying first.
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