In implementation of the directives of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques. The General Directorate of Passports has started extending the validity of the final exit visa automatically to all expatriates, which were not used during the period of suspension of entry and exit from the Kingdom, without charge for those whose extension period expired until the date of 3/1442/1442 AH corresponding to 10/31/2020 AD.

The Passports indicated that the extension of the validity of the final exit visa for expatriates was done electronically in cooperation with the National Information Center through an automated system without reviewing the headquarters of the Passports departments.

The number of extended visas reached 28,884.