UAE residents may enter the Kingdom from today.
The UAE is being removed from Saudi Arabia’s banned country list as of today (Wednesday 8 September).
Effective from 11am, passengers coming from the UAE to the Kingdom and vice versa will be allowed entry via land, sea and airports.
إيقاف تعليق القدوم إلى المملكة من الإمارات وجنوب إفريقيا والأرجنتين والسماح بسفر المواطنين إليها. pic.twitter.com/eXT84Q8qzq
— وزارة الداخلية (@MOISaudiArabia) September 7, 2021
The ban had been in place since 3 July when Saudi authorities restricted entry from several countries including the UAE, due to the prevalence of COVID-19 variants.
Other countries removed from the list include South Africa and Argentina.
Fancy a trip to see the Kingdom?
All passengers looking to visit Saudi Arabia must have had two doses of either Pfizer BioNTech, Oxford AstraZeneca or Moderna or one dose of Johnson & Johnson and must produce a certified vaccine certificate.
Those with the Sinopharm or Sinovac jab are permitted entry if they have received a booster shot of one of the four aforementioned vaccines.
A negative PCR test taken 72 hours prior to departure to Saudi Arabia is also required for entry.
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