flynas Introduces The Electronic Stopover Visa Issuing Service For Its Passengers
The stopover visa is valid for three months and allows for a four-day stay in Saudi Arabia
Riyadh – Asdaf News:
flynas, announced that its passengers can use its website to submit an electronic Stopover Visa application. The “Stopover Visa” is given out when an airline ticket is bought, and it has a three-month validity period with a four-day maximum stay in the Kingdom.
The application for a visa will be automatically forwarded to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ unified national visa platform, where it will be processed, issued a digital visa right away, and sent to the intended beneficiary via email.
Expecting that the new service will contribute to increasing the visitors to the Kingdom, including Umrah and Pilgrim visitors, tourists, and businessmen, Bandar Almohanna, CEO and Managing Director of flynas, said, “the Saudi Vision 2030 has laid the foundations for cooperation among the regulatory and executive sectors on one hand, and with the private sector on the other hand, to serve the Kingdom’s goals in all sectors. Today, we see a practical application of this integration and cooperation by enabling the national carriers to facilitate a request for issuing a Stopover visa, which facilitates procedures of obtaining a Stopover visa for whoever wishes to visit the Kingdom”.
Almohanna stressed that this service will contribute to strengthening the Kingdom’s position as a global hub for travel and business by facilitating quick business visits, making the Kingdom a point of contact between countries and continents. He indicated that the new service comes in line with the civil aviation strategy to reach 330 million passengers and link the Kingdom’s cities with 250 global destinations and 100 million tourists annually.
The Stopover visa is anticipated to help thousands of tourists attend the various cultural and entertainment events held in the Kingdom every year. Additionally, a 4-day visa may be utilized to conduct Umrah in Makkah Al-Mukarramah and to visit Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah to see the Prophet’s Mosque. Additionally, the Stopover visa allows business travelers to enter the Kingdom for brief business trips.
