Passport validity
Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months.
Your passport must be valid for a minimum of six months beyond the date of entry into Saudi
Visa rules · Tourist entry
Saudi Arabia visa rules for United Kingdom passport holders
Other passports: see the rules for every passport visiting Saudi Arabia.
The answer
ETA needed. United Kingdom passport holders need an ETA granted before travel to visit Saudi Arabia.
- Entry
- ETA
- Stay
- 180 days per entry
- Fee
- SAR 50.00
- Covers
- Tourist entry
"visaGroup":"Electronic Travel Authorization UK"
Before you go
Tourist entry only
These rules cover tourist visits. Work, study and transit follow other rules.
The other way round
What Saudi Arabia passport holders need to visit the United Kingdom.
Saudi Arabia passport United Kingdom
- Fee
- £20.00
- Maximum stay
- Up to 6 months
ETANL 1.1. Nationalities of the following locations (including countries and associated territories) are subject to the requirement to obtain an ETA for travel to the UK, pursuant to Appendix Electronic Travel Authorisation: (a) for travel to the UK on or after 15 November 2023: Qatar (b) for travel to the UK on or after 22 February 2024: Bahrain Kuwait Oman United Arab Emirates Saudi Arabia (c) for travel to the UK on or after 8 January 2025: Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Australia Barbados Belize Brazil Brunei Canada Chile Costa Rica Grenada Guatemala Guyana Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Israel Japan Kiribati Macao Special Administrative Region Malaysia Maldives Marshall Islands Mauritius Mexico Federated States of Micronesia New Zealand Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru St Kitts and Nevis St Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Seychelles Singapore Solomon Islands South Korea Taiwan* The Bahamas Tonga Tuvalu United States Uruguay *Those who hold a passport issued by Taiwan that includes in it the number of the identification card issued by the competent authority in Taiwan. (d) travelling to the UK on or after 2 April 2025: Andorra Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czechia Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania San Marino Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Vatican City
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Visa-free nearby
Other places United Kingdom passport holders can visit without a visa, within 2,500 km of Riyadh, nearest first.
Weather in Riyadh
Average high and low temperature and rainfall in Riyadh, month by month.
- High 20.1°CLow 9.0°CRain 18 mm
- High 23.6°CLow 11.4°CRain 6 mm
- High 27.7°CLow 15.2°CRain 22 mm
- High 33.7°CLow 20.7°CRain 24 mm
- High 39.5°CLow 25.7°CRain 6 mm
- High 42.9°CLow 28.2°CRain 0 mm
- High 43.4°CLow 29.7°CRain 1 mm
- High 43.7°CLow 29.4°CRain 0 mm
- High 40.6°CLow 26.2°CRain 0 mm
- High 35.2°CLow 21.3°CRain 1 mm
- High 27.4°CLow 15.3°CRain 14 mm
- High 22.2°CLow 10.8°CRain 13 mm
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Help with your application
An agency can prepare and file your application for Saudi Arabia for a service fee. You can also apply yourself through the official source above.
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Flights to Riyadh
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