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Saudi Visit Visa from Pakistan: Family, Tourist and Umrah Rules

Saudi visit visa from Pakistan: family and friends visas, when Pakistanis qualify for the tourist e-visa, Umrah on a visit visa, insurance and refusals.

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Last checked against official sources on 25 September 2026

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How much does a Saudi visit visa cost from Pakistan, and how long does it take?

Most Pakistanis visit on the family and friends visit visa, which your host in Saudi Arabia requests; the tourist e-visa is open only to those with a used US, UK or Schengen visa, or US, UK, EU or Gulf residence. The visa fee and the compulsory medical insurance are charged on KSA Visa, which shows the current amounts when you apply, and a family visit usually takes 3–6 weeks start to finish.

Checked against the official sources on 13 October 2026.

At a glance

What you are applying for

Most Pakistanis visiting Saudi Arabia for anything other than Umrah or Hajj go on a family and friends visit visa, requested by a relative or friend living there through KSA Visa, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' visa platform. The tourist e-visa is open to Pakistani passport holders only in certain cases: with a US, UK or Schengen visa already used to travel, permanent residence in the US, UK or EU, or a residence permit from a Gulf country.

For a family visit the decision rests mostly on your host — their status, the attestation of their invitation, and the relationship your documents prove. For the e-visa it rests on the supporting visa or residence. Either way, a Saudi visit visa lets you perform Umrah outside the Hajj season, and never lets you perform Hajj.

Most refusals come down to one of four

  1. An attested invitation
  2. A relationship documents prove
  3. A host with good status
  4. A qualifying visa, for the e-visa
Masjid al-Haram, Makkah
Saudi Arabia · Visit visa
Main route
Family and friends visit visa, requested by your host in Saudi Arabia
Tourist e-visa
Only with a used US, UK or Schengen visa, US, UK or EU permanent residence, or a Gulf residence permit
Where
KSA Visa, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' visa platform
Umrah
Allowed on any valid Saudi visa outside the Hajj season; Hajj needs a Hajj visa
Insurance
Medical insurance from a Saudi-approved insurer, bought with the application
Passport
Valid for at least six months from arrival

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Who it is for

Applying on the wrong visa is one of the quickest ways to a refusal, so read both lists before anything else.

You’re in the right place if you are

  • A relative of Pakistanis living there

    Parents, spouses, children and other relatives of Pakistanis living and working in Saudi Arabia.

  • A friend of a Saudi citizen or resident

    Friends of Saudi citizens or residents, where the host requests the visit.

  • Holding a qualifying visa or residence

    Pakistanis with a used US, UK or Schengen visa, or residence in the US, UK, EU or the Gulf, who want to travel as tourists.

  • Combining a family visit with Umrah

    Visitors who want to combine a family visit with Umrah.

Document checklist

Documents you will need

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Everyone

If a relative or friend is inviting you

For the tourist e-visa

Children

Step by step · with timings

How to apply, and how long it takes

In the order it happens. Each stage waits on the one before it, so the date you start decides the date you finish. Ranges, not promises — the mission owns the clock.

START TO FINISH3–6 weeksfor a family visit
  1. First

    Choose the route

    If a relative or friend lives in Saudi Arabia, the family and friends visit visa is the usual route. If you hold a used US, UK or Schengen visa, or residence in the US, UK, EU or the Gulf, you can apply for the tourist e-visa yourself on KSA Visa.

  2. Days to weeks

    Your host requests the invitation

    Your host applies on KSA Visa, logging in with Nafath. A resident's invitation is attested — through the chamber of commerce by their employer, or in their own account if they are on individual sponsorship — and then approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

  3. Insurance and payment

    Once the invitation is approved, the application is completed on KSA Visa with medical insurance from an approved insurer and the payment.

  4. 1–2 weeks

    Submit your passport

    The platform then directs visitors to hand in their passports at an authorised office or the Saudi embassy for processing, and fingerprints can be linked to the visa at this stage. The embassy is in Islamabad, with a consulate in Karachi.

  5. 1–3 days

    Or apply for the tourist e-visa

    Apply on KSA Visa with your passport and the supporting visa or residence permit, buy the medical insurance and pay. The e-visa is issued online.

  6. In Saudi Arabia

    You can perform Umrah on any valid Saudi visa, planning it through Nusuk, but not during the Hajj season — and never Hajj. Leave before your permitted stay ends.

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Money

What it costs

Fees are not quoted here because they change without notice. Each line says what a cost depends on and where the current figure is published.

  • Paid with the application

    Visa fee and insurance

    The visa fee and the medical insurance premium are charged on KSA Visa, which shows the current amounts during the application.

    FIGUREKSA Visa platform
  • Paid with the application

    Authorised office fees

    Authorised offices that handle passports for the embassy may charge their own service fee.

    FIGUREThe office
  • Priced by the agent

    Umrah and tour packages

    Umrah and tourism packages sold by travel agents are priced by the agent; the visa is only one part of them.

    FIGUREThe agent

Where the current rules and figures are published

LAST CHECKED 25 SEP 2026

This is general guidance. Rules change, sometimes without notice, and your case will have specifics this page cannot know about. Check anything decisive on the official pages, or send us your situation and we will tell you where you actually stand.

Read before you apply

Why Saudi visit visa applications are refused

The grounds that come up most on files from Pakistan. Most of them can be dealt with before you submit.

  • An invitation not attested or approved

    An invitation that was never attested, or that the ministry did not approve.

  • A relationship the documents do not prove

    A relationship the documents do not prove — for more distant relatives, a single certificate rarely shows the link.

  • A host whose status has problems

    A host whose residence permit is about to expire, or whose own status has problems.

  • An e-visa on a visa never used

    An e-visa application based on a US, UK or Schengen visa that has never been used, or on residence that does not qualify.

  • A past overstay in Saudi Arabia

    A previous overstay in Saudi Arabia, including staying on after Umrah or Hajj.

  • Passport or name problems

    Passport validity under six months, or a name that differs between passport, ticket and application.

  • Already been refused?

    Send us the refusal letter before you do anything else. It states the grounds, and they decide whether applying again is worth it or would just cost you the fee a second time.

    Send the letter

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Only in certain cases. You qualify if you hold a US, UK or Schengen tourist or business visa that you have already used to travel, permanent residence in the US, UK or EU, or a residence permit from a Gulf country. Otherwise the route is a family and friends visit visa, or a visa through the embassy.

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