{"id":18474,"date":"2023-08-07T18:59:49","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T13:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=18474"},"modified":"2023-08-07T18:59:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T13:59:49","slug":"saudi-arabia-launches-visa-free-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/saudi-arabia-launches-visa-free-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia launches visa-free scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) officially launched a special e-visa waiver scheme. The fresh policy applies to all nationals from the United Kingdom (UK) and Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>Under this e-visa-free scheme, the applicant will get one-time entry to Saudi Arabia for a maximum period of six months. However, the traveler has to submit a waiver application which must be submitted between three months to a minimum of 48 hours before entering the KSA.<\/p>\n<p>To initiate the visa process, the traveler needs to visit the official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and fill out the required details.<\/p>\n<p>Through this initiative, Saudi Arabia aims to enhance its relationship with the UK by promoting visits for a range of purposes, including healthcare, education, tourism, and business.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/saudi-arabia-extends-1-million-bpd-oil-cut.html\">Saudi Arabia extends 1 million bpd oil cut<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Saudi Arabia Launches E-Visa for Pakistan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In another news, the Foreign Ministry of Saudi Arabia has launched electronic visas (e-visas) for a dozen countries, including Pakistan, making it easier for people from these nations to visit Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>The Saudi General Aviation Authority (GACA) officially announced that it has implemented a new method for issuing e-visas that employ QR codes.<\/p>\n<p>The system is now operational in 12 Saudi embassies \u2013 Pakistan, Turkey, Morocco, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Thailand, Bangladesh, India, Philippines, Indonesia, and Egypt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) officially launched a special e-visa waiver scheme. The fresh policy applies to all nationals from the United Kingdom (UK) and Northern Ireland. Under this e-visa-free scheme, the applicant will get one-time entry to Saudi Arabia for a maximum period of six months. However, the traveler has to submit a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":18475,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[9934,9935,855,407],"class_list":["post-18474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-kingdom-of-saudi-arabia","tag-saudi-general-aviation-authority","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}