{"id":4902,"date":"2021-07-19T12:09:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T12:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saudiexpatriate.com\/?p=4902"},"modified":"2021-07-19T12:09:46","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T12:09:46","slug":"india-pakistan-7-other-countries-banned-on-direct-entry-to-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saudiexpatriate.com\/india-pakistan-7-other-countries-banned-on-direct-entry-to-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"India, Pakistan &#038; 7 Other Countries banned on Direct Entry to Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>General Directorate of Passports (Jawazat) has announced that Expatriates from 9 countries will be unable to directly enter Saudi Arabia including India &amp; Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignnone wp-image-4903 size-full\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 800 500'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/saudiexpatriate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/India-Pakistan-7-Other-Countries-banned-on-Direct-Entry-to-Saudi-Arabia-SaudiExpatriate.com_.png\" alt=\"India, Pakistan &amp; 7 Other Countries banned on Direct Entry to Saudi Arabia - SaudiExpatriate.com\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Below are the Nine Countries who will be facing a direct ban on arrival:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>India<\/li>\n<li>Pakistan<\/li>\n<li>Egypt<\/li>\n<li>Indonesia<\/li>\n<li>Turkey<\/li>\n<li>Argentina<\/li>\n<li>Brazil<\/li>\n<li>South Africa &amp; Lebanon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All expatriates must not pass through any of the banned countries listed above in the past 14 days before their enter into Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, in the month of February travelers from 20 countries were banned to Enter Saudi Arabia directly<\/p>\n<p>Apart from the above 9 countries, the other countries were <em><strong>United Arab Emirates (UAE), United States (USA), United Kingdom (UK) Germany, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, France and Japan<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>GACA has issued a circular to all the air carriers in Saudi Arabia to suspend the travel of travelers coming from these countries.<\/p>\n<p>This decision was taken into consideration because of new variants coming up and the kingomd have seen an increase in COVID cases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Directorate of Passports (Jawazat) has announced that Expatriates from 9 countries will be unable to directly enter Saudi Arabia including India &amp; Pakistan. 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