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18 Nov 2011
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transit/tourist visa for Saudi Arabia...where to start?
My car and I will arrive in Durban in a few weeks, plan is to drive North from there. I'm considering once I get to Sudan to cross into Saudi Arabia then UAE then Iran. Where do I start with regards to getting a visa to enter Saudi Arabia? Is there a Saudi embassy in sudan or Addis?
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18 Nov 2011
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Originally Posted by m2m
Where do I start with regards to getting a visa to enter Saudi Arabia? Is there a Saudi embassy in sudan or Addis?
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There is one in Sudan, don't know about Ethiopia.
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27 Nov 2011
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saudi trnsit visa problem
i recently left UAE and am now in Iran having a great time
I originally tried to get a transit visa for my wife and I to cross Saudi to Jordan and on to Syria. I have done this twice before some years ago but this time I was told by the visa issuing office that Transit Visas were no longer being issued to non Arabs because of personal security risk after the spat of Al Qaida attacks a few years ago.
So,I have come to Iran instead and we are having a great time. Warm friendly people where ever we go and massive things to do and see.
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28 Nov 2011
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Yes, I read that it's no longer possible to get transit visa to go to Jordan overland because some people were killed in that region. Hopefully there no such ban for travel from Sudan to UAE. I guess that Roaming Yak is correct and I'll only find out when I get to Sudan and visit the Embassy.
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Hi, any update on this?
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I spent the last year in Saudi and looked into this. Unless you're from one of the neighboring countries, Saudi won't give transit visas or tourist visas.
I offered my place to a couple bikers making their way up Africa. They said all the Saudi embassies said no problem. When they got to the last embassy, they were told no.
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