Saudi Arabia extended the validity of expired visas of all expats who are outside the Kingdom for a period of three months free of charge, the Directorate General of Passports authority (Jawazat) said on Monday.The Saudi authority said the beneficiaries of this decision are expats whose exit and re-entry visas expired during the suspension of flights into and out of the Kingdom due to the coronavirus pandemic.Visit our dedicated coronavirus site here for all the latest updates.The Kingdom had suspended mid-March all international and domestic flights as part of its efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus.The country had started towards the end of May implementing its phased reopening plan and eventually announced the “return to normalcy” on June 21.It lifted the ban on domestic flights from May 31, however, international flights in and out of the Kingdom remain suspended.The Kingdom’s aviation authority said in mid-June that it was reviewing the decision to resume international flights but announced last week that it has not set a specific date for the resumption of international travel.Saudi Arabia reported 268,934 confirmed coronavirus, 222,936 recovered patients and 2,760 deaths as of Monday, according to the Ministry of Health.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Read more:Coronavirus: Saudi Arabia’s CDC launches national registry to collect COVID-19 dataCoronavirus: Saudi Arabia opens land entry for its citizens from UAE, Bahrain, KuwaitCoronavirus: COVID-19 PCR test needed to travel to UAE, here’s all you need to knowCoronavirus: All the COVID-19 guidelines for the Eid al-Adha holiday across the Gulf
Source: Al Arabiya
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