{"id":36499,"date":"2025-06-27T09:59:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T09:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/?p=36499"},"modified":"2025-06-27T09:59:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T09:59:27","slug":"saudi-arabia-offers-a-30-day-grace-period-for-expired-visit-visa-holders-to-leave-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/saudi-arabia-offers-a-30-day-grace-period-for-expired-visit-visa-holders-to-leave-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia Offers a 30-day Grace Period for Expired Visit Visa Holders to Leave the Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi Arabia\u2019s General Directorate of Passports (Jawazat) has introduced a <strong>new policy that allows individuals with expired visit visas to extend their stay for final departure<\/strong> \u2014 a move aimed at regulating residency and simplifying the exit process for those who have overstayed their visas.<\/p>\n<p>The new initiative came into effect on 1 Muharram 1447 AH (June 26, 2025). It grants a <strong>30-day grace period to all types of visit visa holders whose visas have expired<\/strong>. The extension is strictly for the purpose of final departure and does not permit any further stay or employment in the Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34334\" src=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shutterstock_1422970910.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shutterstock_1422970910.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shutterstock_1422970910-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shutterstock_1422970910-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shutterstock_1422970910-150x75.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To make use of this policy, individuals must:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Settle all applicable fines and administrative fees<\/li>\n<li>Submit their extension requests through the Ministry of Interior\u2019s \u201cAbsher\u201d platform, using the \u201cTawasul\u201d service<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jawazat has made it clear that <strong>no additional extensions or exemptions will be provided after the grace period expires<\/strong>. Eligible individuals are strongly encouraged to act without delay.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30137\" src=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/shutterstock_2492858357.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/shutterstock_2492858357.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/shutterstock_2492858357-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/shutterstock_2492858357-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/shutterstock_2492858357-150x75.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This initiative follows a major enforcement drive earlier in May 2025, during which <strong>Saudi authorities arrested nearly 15,000 individuals suspected of violating residency, border security, and labour laws<\/strong>. The campaign, which ran from May 8 to 14, led to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>9,212 arrests for residency violations<\/li>\n<li>3,502 for border security offences<\/li>\n<li>1,873 for labour law breaches<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The new extension policy reflects a broader strategy by Saudi authorities to tighten immigration enforcement while offering a structured exit route for violators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi Arabia\u2019s General Directorate of Passports (Jawazat) has introduced a new policy that allows individuals with expired visit visas to extend their stay for final departure \u2014 a move aimed at regulating residency and simplifying the exit process for those who have overstayed their visas. The new initiative came into effect on 1 Muharram 1447 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":24754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-36499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"tags":[{"id":15448,"slug":"news","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News"}}],"countries":[{"id":15507,"slug":"ksa","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/ksa\/","api_id":215,"title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia"}}],"cities":[{"id":15508,"slug":"riyadh","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/ksa\/riyadh\/","api_id":283,"title":{"rendered":"Riyadh"}}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}