Visa Information

Learn up-to-date visa requirements for over 150+ nationalities.

Port Restrictions

Crew change at Al-Jubail subject to the ships movement / ship stay / ship berthing at Jubail.
Crew change at Al-Jubail anchorage is not permitted/allowed.
It is not possible/allowed to obtain permission/clear immigration with documents in advance from concern authorities.
We cannot delay vsl for sailing / vsl cannot await at jetty for crew sign-off.
Crew must be leave the country Saudi Arabia within 2 days (date wise) once out fm vsl.
Crew change during the weekend (Friday/Saturday local weekend) not possible / Saudi Immigrations offices closed.
Crew change at Al-Jubail subject to Saudi Immigrations permission. It is all depend on them.
PCR is not required, if required at destination port then we shall arrange PCR Test and cost is USD 125/crew.

Note: Immigration officer available during day time form 1000-1500Hrs only in this period if possible we will arrange.
Following are the regulations for Joining / Leaving as a crew.

All Crew Signing Off must possess valid Passport and Seaman Book.
Crew must arrive / depart Dammam (DMM) thru King Fahad Int'l Airport, Dammam (DMM) only. Arrival/departure thru another Airports/Saudi-Bahrain causeway is not allowed.
For on-signers booking details with locator PNR...

Passengers who in the past 14 days have been in Iran are not allowed to enter.
Passengers with a visit visa must have medical insurance to cover COVID-19 expenses.
Passengers traveling to performÂ Umrah must have

Airlines can check the validity of the exit/entry visas for residents of Saudi Arabia at https://muqeem.sa/#/visa-validity/check

Last updated on 30th Mar 2022

Total number of nationalities completing a crew change here since 2 years ago