Is booster dose a condition to enter into Saudi Arabia? Jawazat response and Find out who can travel from and to the Kingdom

Saudi Arabia’s General Directorate of Passports (Jawazat) has clarified the possibility of entry to the Kingdom without receiving the third or booster dose.

This was in answer to a question on Jawazat’s official Twitter account, which asked, “Peace be upon you, Is the third dose a condition for resident expatriates entering Saudi Arabia?”

“The requirements need the resident expat’s visa and iqama to be valid, with an approved document for a negative PCR test done before 48 hours of departure to enter the Kingdom,” the Jawazat responded.

The Ministry of Health stated that the categories allowed to travel from the Kingdom are:

• Saudi citizens who received the corona vaccine for the third or booster dosage.
• Those who did not wait more than 3 months after the second dose.
• Saudi citizens under the age of sixteen.
• According to the Tawakkalna application, the following groups are excluded.

Procedures for those coming to the Kingdom including Saudi citizens:

Providing a negative result for an approved PCR test done within 48 hours of departure, excluding children under the age of eight.

After the following period of time has passed, citizens afflicted with the Coronavirus are able to enter the Kingdom without having to re-test.


Those who finished the permitted vaccine doses have 7 days from the date of taking the positive sample.


Those who did not finish obtaining the approved vaccine doses have 10 days from the date of taking the positive sample.