1. NEW SAUDI ENTRY PROCEDURES
FOR ALL INTERNATIONAL TRAVELERS
SAUDI GACA CIRCULAR
2. The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) announced the
implementation of new procedures for the entry of all non-Saudi
citizens and exempted travellers to the Kingdom by a circular
issued today to all airlines operating in the Kingdom's airports. This
was in reference to the Ministry of Interior statement regarding
institutional quarantine procedures for all arrivals to the Kingdom
from countries that entry from it is not suspended.
3. The circular stipulates the application of the institutional
quarantine to non-Saudi citizens and the exempted travellers,
unvaccinated groups who come from countries from which their
arrival has not been suspended at their own expense. The cost
will be included in the ticket price with a valid health insurance
policy to cover the risks that may result from infection with the
Coronavirus (COVID 19).
4. GACA STRESSED ON THE AIR CARRIERS THE NEED TO CARRY ALL
TRAVELLERS WHO ARE NOT SAUDI CITIZENS AND THE EXEMPTED
TRAVELLERS, IMMUNIZED AND UNVACCINATED GROUPS THE HEALTH
CERTIFICATES APPROVED IN THE KINGDOM (CORONAVIRUS EXAMINATION
CERTIFICATES PCR) NOT EXCEEDING 72 HOURS FROM THE FLIGHT TIME FOR
THOSE OVER 8 YEARS OR OLDER, WHILE NON-CITIZEN IMMUNIZED
PERSONS ARE ALLOWED ENTRY, AND THE EXEMPTED GROUPS WHO
RECEIVED FULL DOSES OF ONE OF THE VACCINES APPROVED BY THE
MINISTRY OF HEALTH, TO ENTER THE KINGDOM WITHOUT THE NEED FOR A
QUARANTINE PERIOD, PROVIDED THEY PRESENT AN OFFICIAL VACCINATION
CERTIFICATE BEFORE AND UPON THEIR ARRIVAL.
5. GACA obligated air carriers to contract with shelters and
accommodation facilities approved by the Ministry of Tourism to
accommodate travellers who are not Saudi citizens and excluded
groups who meet the conditions of institutional quarantine for a
period of seven days, provided that a swab is done on the sixth
day and the result is negative.
GACA confirmed that these procedures will start on Thursday,
Shawwal 8, 1442, corresponding to May 20, 2021.
6. It is worth noting, that GACA applies all precautionary and
preventive measures at the Kingdom's airports with the aim of
providing an integrated health environment for the visitors of the
terminals in the Saudi airports, and the measures taken by GACA
include obliging the concerned authorities and the air transport
companies operating in the Kingdom's airports to comply with
all health safety requirements and precautionary and preventive
measures. GACA has also opened communication channels in
the Passenger Care Center around the clock at the following toll
free number: (8001168888). This in addition to social media sites
to receive travelers' inquiries (@GacaCare), e-mail
(CustomerCare@gaca.gov.sa), or the Authority's website:
(gaca.gov.sa).
