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sherief Ismaiel

Iam a resident UNABLE TO come back to Saudi and my wife and me are here in Bahrain. The new forum is only for saudi nationals  not for expats as i called them and hey said for expats nothing till now.
my wife have a family visit visa stamped in her passport and i have a valid residence   what can we do!

RedTrumpet

Stay where you are right now and keep safe. As you are aware that Khobar, Dammam, and other cities are now imposed with a 24/7 enhance quarantine curfew lockdown that started on 7 April 2020 and it will presumably lasts for more or less than a month.

XTang

To the OP, your issue has been commented on multiple times by myself and others on various threads with pretty much the same answers. Don't know what you are expecting when you keep posting the same question on different threads.

sherief Ismaiel

i am keeping sending as i will be waiting for any new information  so if you have any please share it!

XTang

So far same situation. It won't change until the peak of the cases has been reached in Saudi.  As I said before, you can try your luck at the causeway..... The longer you wait, the more your chances go down.  As I said, a friend of mine was able to go across with an iqama a few weeks ago.  But then again, even if you get through, there is a 24 hour curfew and you are at risk of getting fined.  So either wait in Bahrain, which might be a few months or find a big wasta to be able to get you across.

RedTrumpet

Update.

Don't try to cross the causeway border from Bahrain to Khobar or ended up paying SR10,000 fine.

Still the 24/7 enhance quarantine curfew lockdown is imposed in Khobar, and other cities of course.

sherief Ismaiel

Dear All
any updates   
please publish it here or send to us

XTang

No updates re: causeway.  Same information as before.

RedTrumpet

Still you have to stay in Bahrain and don't even think of coming to KSA as the MOI has announced recently to whoever violates the instructions of isolation or quarantine shall be punished with a fine not exceeding SR 200,000, or imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years, or both imprisonment and fine. In the case of recurrence, the fine imposed in the previous violation shall be doubled.

sherief Ismaiel

Dears
is this true that Residents will not be allowed to come back till end of corona which un-quantitative  decision  any information please respond

XTang

That's what the Jawazat response to a resident on it's twitter account said.  And this was picked up and reported by many newspapers day before yesterday. However, they mean until the Corona virus is under control and this sort of a response is expected anyways if you ask Jawazat a question.   They have been saying that since the very beginning - they even said that to me when I exited Saudi via the causeway in March.

In terms of rumors, the following are making the rounds (who knows which one is true):

1) Exceptional return will be allowed for residents during July with a 14 day quarantine period and wearing of bracelets - rumor from people in touch with Saudi Embassies in US/UK/Europe
2) Flights will resume after Hajj - either August or September.  This will be in tandem with announcement of mechanism for renewal of exit re-entry visas for people stuck outside the Kingdom (and whose visas have expired) - old rumor since last few months

Nothing you can do except to wait until one of the rumors comes true or something else happens.

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