Saudi Arabia Lifts Travel Ban From These 3 Countries Starting Today
Last night, the Ministry of Interior issued an important travel update on their Twitter handle.
The travel bans for the UAE, Argentina, and South Africa will be lifted at 11 a.m. today, according to the announcement.
إيقاف تعليق القدوم إلى المملكة من الإمارات وجنوب إفريقيا والأرجنتين والسماح بسفر المواطنين إليها. pic.twitter.com/eXT84Q8qzq
— وزارة الداخلية (@MOISaudiArabia) September 7, 2021
These countries were earlier banned owing to their Covid-19 caseloads. The ban on other countries that were banned earlier remains.
The Saudi Airlines website lists the following countries as suspended for travel for Saudi citizens on its website:
Libya, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Iran, Turkey, Armenia, Ethiopia, Somalia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Afghanistan, Venezuela, Belarus, India, Vietnam, Republic of Indonesia.
Now that the UAE is open for travel, a user asked if, as in the days before the pandemic, one might travel using their national ID cards.
The General Directorate of Passports’ Twitter account replied that the suspension of traveling using national ID cards is still in effect.
مرحباً بك، التعليمات تقضي بتعليق استخدام بطاقة الهوية الوطنية للسفر، ويجب أن لا تقل صلاحية سريان الجواز عن ٣ اشهر للسفر ضمن الدول العربية و ٦ أشهر لبقية الدول. نسعد بك
— الجوازات السعودية (@AljawazatKSA) September 7, 2021