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Visit Visa for Saudi Arabia


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By Selija Seli - Posted on
10 September 2011
I would like to visit Riyadh, Saudi Arabia this year, and i would like to find out what what kind of ducmentation I need to entery the country. I am a UK citizen, do I need a visit visa to fly there? I am waiting for your answer thank you for your cooporation.
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Bad news - you can't just pop over to Saudi Arabia for a quick visit whenever you want. The country doesn't grant tourist (visit) visas in the same way the UK, the US or other destinations do. You can only obtain a visitor's visa to Saudi Arabia with a formal letter of invitation from a Saudi sponsor. If you want to tour the country, you'll  need to make arrangements to do so with a large tour group that has an organised itinerary, and if you're going there on business, you'll need to receive a sponsoring letter from the company with whom you have business.

If you can be more specific about the reasons for your visit, perhaps I can provide you more helpful information. Otherwise, have a look at the Expat Arrivals Visas for Saudi Arabia page.
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Thank you stephanie for you advise
but my concern it's i don't have someone over there that can sponsoring me
can you tell me or you can advise how i have to do to get one of sponsor
i want to realized my dream to came true
to visit riyadh

thank you for your cooporation

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If you would like to go to Riyadh on holiday, perhaps you should contact Bestways Tours and Safaris, they have a Middle East Tour that goes through  Riyadh as well as a number of other KSA cities. They may have some information about how you can join one of their groups, and they can thus organise you a visit visa.
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