Use the Umrah visa within a month

By Amer Riaz, Director & Partner, Trip Station Tourism Published 31 October 2025

An Umrah visa that is not used within one month of issue is now cancelled automatically, so apply close to your travel dates. Once in the Kingdom, the permitted stay is still three months.

Sources

Gulf News, Lekshmy Pavithran gulfnews.com/world/gulf/saudi/saudi-arabia-announces-new-amendments-to-umrah-visa-rules-1.500328262

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Etihad cancellations to 5 November

Dammam's airport was attacked on 21 October, with two people killed, and reopened the next day according to Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority; Riyadh's airport handles only a limited number of Saudi domestic flights, each with prior permission. Etihad has cancelled all Abu Dhabi flights to Riyadh and Dammam and four Jeddah services through 5 November; Emirates' Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam flights are cancelled while Madinah operates; flydubai's Riyadh, Dammam and Abha flights are cancelled through 24 October while Jeddah, Madinah, Tabuk and Gassim operate; and Air Arabia's Sharjah flights to Riyadh, Dammam, Abha, Jizan, Al Jouf and Tabuk are cancelled. At Jeddah, flights that used the North Terminal moved to Terminal 4 and the Hajj and Umrah terminals on 17 October, so check your departure terminal. Residents who make Umrah more than once a year can hold a 365-day multiple-entry visa.

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