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Going to Saudi Arabia?

Here is what your passport needs to get in. 180 of 198 passports can go visa free, on arrival or with an online visa. If yours is not one of them, that is the part we are good at.

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Entry rules for common passports

PassportEntry rule
MalaysiaVisa on arrival
Indonesiae-Visa
Philippinese-Visa
Vietname-Visa
ThailandVisa on arrival
ChinaVisa on arrival
Indiae-Visa
Pakistane-Visa
BangladeshVisa required
Sri Lankae-Visa
Nepale-Visa
NigeriaVisa required
Ghanae-Visa
Kenyae-Visa
Egypte-Visa
Moroccoe-Visa
TurkeyVisa on arrival
Irane-Visa
RussiaVisa on arrival
Brazile-Visa
Mexicoe-Visa
South AfricaVisa on arrival
United StatesVisa on arrival
United KingdomVisa on arrival

Every passport, grouped

Visa free (5 passports)

Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates

Visa on arrival (69 passports)

Albania, Andorra, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, San Marino, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan

e-Visa (106 passports)

Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, DR Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Visa required (17 passports)

Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Micronesia, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, North Macedonia, Palestine, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Timor-Leste, Tunisia, Vatican, Yemen

No admission (1 passports)

Israel

Questions people ask

Do I need a visa for Saudi Arabia?

It depends on your passport. In our data, 180 of 198 passports can enter Saudi Arabia visa free, on arrival, with an eTA or with an e-Visa. The other 18 need a visa from an embassy first. Find your passport in the table on this page, then confirm with the official embassy before you book.

Can Vibe Scout help with a Saudi Arabia visa?

Yes. We put together your visa file and plan the trip around it: flights, a place to stay, insurance and an eSIM. If the visa is refused, our promise page explains the refund.

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Want us to sort it?

Tell us your passport and dates. A real person checks the visa side, then we send flights and stays that fit your budget. You only pay when you are ready.

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Entry rules from Passport Index Data (MIT), updated 17 February 2026. Not verified by us country by country. Stay lengths and rules change, so always confirm with the official embassy of Saudi Arabia before you book or file.