The General Directorate of Passports (GDP) has completed all preparations necessary to implement the royal decree ordering the extension of the visit visas issued for Yemenis living in the Kingdom for a period of six months as of 20/03/1437H.
The GDP said Yemeni expatriates could extend their visit visas by paying a fee of SR100 and applying online through the Absher system.
The GDP explained that the visa extension request requiring a fee of SR100 through banking channels will begin on 25 Dec. 2015 and continue until 3 January 2016 and the visa will be extended without the need for a review of the passport department.
As the applicant will deposit the fee on their personnel Absher account, the beneficiary will receive an automatically generated message, the GDP added.
The GDP has urged the applicants not to rush to the passport offices needlessly and rather apply online with the prescribed fee and wait to receive the card at the given address through “Wasel” service of the Saudi post.
For printing of the visitor’s card, the host will have to log in to the Absher service by clicking on the icon “Print visitor’s card” and the new card will be sent to the recipient through Wasel.
With regard to the delay in the payment of the prescribed fee for visa extension beyond Jan. 3, the official said that the applicant could request through Absher after payment of the fee with a fine.
For those who are not registered with Absher, the GDP urged them to speed the registration with the online service.
