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I am not going for the Hajj or for the Jeddah Season Events.

I understand that there is no tourist visa for Saudi Arabia, but I have friends there to visit.

However, the Canadian website for the Saudi Arabia embassy only contains information for Saudi people to visit Canada:
https://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/saudi_arabia-arabie_saoudite/index.aspx?lang=eng

And the Saudi website has a visa application form for "personal visit" but everything is in Arabic, even if you click on "English": https://visa.mofa.gov.sa/PersonalVisitVisa

Is there any way to do the application without the assistance of someone (or some translation device) that knows Arabic?

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  Reading this Wikipedia article, it is not clear if they even issue tourist visas or not en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Saudi_Arabia
  
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  That is the Canadian embassy in Saudi Arabia, not the Saudi embassy in Canada. That is why it only has information for Saudi people to visit Canada. Try the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Canada web site instead.
  
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I am not going for the Hajj or for the Jeddah Season Events.

I understand that there is no tourist visa for Saudi Arabia, but I have friends there to visit.

However, the Canadian website for the Saudi Arabia embassy only contains information for Saudi people to visit Canada:
https://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/saudi_arabia-arabie_saoudite/index.aspx?lang=eng

And the Saudi website has a visa application form for "personal visit" but everything is in Arabic, even if you click on "English": https://visa.mofa.gov.sa/PersonalVisitVisa

Is there any way to do the application without the assistance of someone (or some translation device) that knows Arabic?

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  Reading this Wikipedia article, it is not clear if they even issue tourist visas or not en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Saudi_Arabia
  
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  That is the Canadian embassy in Saudi Arabia, not the Saudi embassy in Canada. That is why it only has information for Saudi people to visit Canada. Try the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Canada web site instead.
  
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I am not going for the Hajj or for the Jeddah Season Events.

I understand that there is no tourist visa for Saudi Arabia, but I have friends there to visit.

However, the Canadian website for the Saudi Arabia embassy only contains information for Saudi people to visit Canada:
https://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/saudi_arabia-arabie_saoudite/index.aspx?lang=eng

And the Saudi website has a visa application form for "personal visit" but everything is in Arabic, even if you click on "English": https://visa.mofa.gov.sa/PersonalVisitVisa

Is there any way to do the application without the assistance of someone (or some translation device) that knows Arabic?

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Realistically, you probably can't - at least, not at the moment.

Saudi Arabian visas are incredibly difficult to get. As you've said, there is no Tourist visa, and presumably you don't qualify for a Hajj visa (and even if you did, they only allow entry to specific areas and on specific dates - you can't travel within the country).

In general, the only visa a Canadian could get to access the country generally would be a business visa - but the chances of getting one of these without a valid business reason is basically zero. The paperwork required to justify your application is significant, as are the costs (my last Saudi visa cost over US$1600). All applications need to be done via an authorized agent, of which there are only a few - and as you've discovered several parts of the process need to be completed in Arabic.

The Saudi government stated in 2013 that they were going to start issuing tourist visas to citizens of select countries, however to date this has not started - with the latest estimates being by the end of 2019. However even if that occurs, Canada was not on the published list of countries that were to be included - although that could well change by the time they start issuing visas.

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  "getting one of these without a valid business reason is basically zero" - of course, you could always come up with a business reason, such as wanting to visit a trade expo of some sort or wanting to meet with suppliers of something you might want to resell in your country. Plenty of hardcore travelers do that every year.
  
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  @JonathanReez The bar set for such things is incredibly high. Despite working for a >100,000 person company with a globally household-known name, I had to get paperwork like a certificate of incorporation to prove that we existed. The requirements from the Saudi company that is inviting you is similar. I'm not saying it's impossible (I read an article by someone recently who did it), but it's about as close to it as you could get.
  
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  The article I was referring to - onestep4ward.com/i-got-saudi-arabia-visa
  
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Realistically, you probably can't - at least, not at the moment.

Saudi Arabian visas are incredibly difficult to get. As you've said, there is no Tourist visa, and presumably you don't qualify for a Hajj visa (and even if you did, they only allow entry to specific areas and on specific dates - you can't travel within the country).

In general, the only visa a Canadian could get to access the country generally would be a business visa - but the chances of getting one of these without a valid business reason is basically zero. The paperwork required to justify your application is significant, as are the costs (my last Saudi visa cost over US$1600). All applications need to be done via an authorized agent, of which there are only a few - and as you've discovered several parts of the process need to be completed in Arabic.

The Saudi government stated in 2013 that they were going to start issuing tourist visas to citizens of select countries, however to date this has not started - with the latest estimates being by the end of 2019. However even if that occurs, Canada was not on the published list of countries that were to be included - although that could well change by the time they start issuing visas.

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  "getting one of these without a valid business reason is basically zero" - of course, you could always come up with a business reason, such as wanting to visit a trade expo of some sort or wanting to meet with suppliers of something you might want to resell in your country. Plenty of hardcore travelers do that every year.
  
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  @JonathanReez The bar set for such things is incredibly high. Despite working for a >100,000 person company with a globally household-known name, I had to get paperwork like a certificate of incorporation to prove that we existed. The requirements from the Saudi company that is inviting you is similar. I'm not saying it's impossible (I read an article by someone recently who did it), but it's about as close to it as you could get.
  
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  The article I was referring to - onestep4ward.com/i-got-saudi-arabia-visa
  
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  that's what I was talking about :) it's hard but not impossible.
  
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  4 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

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Realistically, you probably can't - at least, not at the moment.

Saudi Arabian visas are incredibly difficult to get. As you've said, there is no Tourist visa, and presumably you don't qualify for a Hajj visa (and even if you did, they only allow entry to specific areas and on specific dates - you can't travel within the country).

In general, the only visa a Canadian could get to access the country generally would be a business visa - but the chances of getting one of these without a valid business reason is basically zero. The paperwork required to justify your application is significant, as are the costs (my last Saudi visa cost over US$1600). All applications need to be done via an authorized agent, of which there are only a few - and as you've discovered several parts of the process need to be completed in Arabic.

The Saudi government stated in 2013 that they were going to start issuing tourist visas to citizens of select countries, however to date this has not started - with the latest estimates being by the end of 2019. However even if that occurs, Canada was not on the published list of countries that were to be included - although that could well change by the time they start issuing visas.

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  "getting one of these without a valid business reason is basically zero" - of course, you could always come up with a business reason, such as wanting to visit a trade expo of some sort or wanting to meet with suppliers of something you might want to resell in your country. Plenty of hardcore travelers do that every year.
  
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  @JonathanReez The bar set for such things is incredibly high. Despite working for a >100,000 person company with a globally household-known name, I had to get paperwork like a certificate of incorporation to prove that we existed. The requirements from the Saudi company that is inviting you is similar. I'm not saying it's impossible (I read an article by someone recently who did it), but it's about as close to it as you could get.
  
  – Doc
  5 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  The article I was referring to - onestep4ward.com/i-got-saudi-arabia-visa
  
  – Doc
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  that's what I was talking about :) it's hard but not impossible.
  
  – JonathanReez♦
  4 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

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Realistically, you probably can't - at least, not at the moment.

Saudi Arabian visas are incredibly difficult to get. As you've said, there is no Tourist visa, and presumably you don't qualify for a Hajj visa (and even if you did, they only allow entry to specific areas and on specific dates - you can't travel within the country).

In general, the only visa a Canadian could get to access the country generally would be a business visa - but the chances of getting one of these without a valid business reason is basically zero. The paperwork required to justify your application is significant, as are the costs (my last Saudi visa cost over US$1600). All applications need to be done via an authorized agent, of which there are only a few - and as you've discovered several parts of the process need to be completed in Arabic.

The Saudi government stated in 2013 that they were going to start issuing tourist visas to citizens of select countries, however to date this has not started - with the latest estimates being by the end of 2019. However even if that occurs, Canada was not on the published list of countries that were to be included - although that could well change by the time they start issuing visas.

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