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Travel to Riyadh on Umrah Visa

Last activity 24 January 2016 by aftabv

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waqarahmed1985

Dears;

My aunt living in UK want to visit me in Riyadh, she is planning for Umrah, is it possible that she can come to Riyadh on same visa?

TheLegendLeads

Legally, she can't. Umrah visas limits commute to Mecca, Medina (and Jeddah).

mozaffar421

in principle no, she cannot move out from these three cities:  Jeddah/makkah and Madinah

GuestPoster7415

She cant really. But you can go to meet her in Mekkah

javedakb

waqarahmed1985 wrote:

Dears;

My aunt living in UK want to visit me in Riyadh, she is planning for Umrah, is it possible that she can come to Riyadh on same visa?


waqar bhai your aunt can do one thing that in return from jeddah buy a ticket connecting via Riyadh and keep a gap of a day to meet you here.
one of my friend did this.

mozaffar421

Where immigration procedure will be done, jeddah ir in riyadh?

javedakb

mozaffar421 wrote:

Where immigration procedure will be done, jeddah ir in riyadh?


Riyadh

aftabv

From the Saudi Airlines website :::

Umrah visa holders should enter and depart from King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz Airport in Madinah or Prince Abdulmohsin Bin Abdulaziz Airport in Yanbu only without passing through other Saudi airports.

Umrah visa holders enter and depart from King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, should have confirmed tickets for the whole itinerary (international and domestic flights) via Jeddah or Madinah and the Minimum connecting time for domestic flights shouldn’t be less than (4-6 hours). In addition, they should be at the airport 4 hours prior to departure of the international flight that has a connected domestic flight.

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