I’m travelling on KL flight 0421 from Amsterdam to Muscat. This flight stops in Dammam en route for 45 mins ... I do not believe you get off the plane.
I am presuming I won’t need a Saudi transit visa for this but can somebody please confirm?
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Could you please state your citizenship, as this is often relevant for visas.– CMasterCommented Mar 6, 2019 at 11:06
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You do not require a Saudi transit visa for this itinerary even if you have to change planes.
TWOV (Transit Without Visa):
Passengers transiting through Dammam (DMM), Jeddah (JED) or Riyadh (RUH) with a confirmed onward ticket for a flight to a third country within 12 hours. They must stay in the international transit area of the airport and have documents required for the next destination. Only one transit stop-over in Saudi Arabia is permitted.
Source: Timatic via Emirates
answered Mar 6, 2019 at 7:18
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2The last sentence of their quote seems to suggest that, I also have no clue why would that be so. Or probably it means that one stop-over per leg of your ininerary. But that would then be a useless warning as most if not all scheduled stopovers are 1 per country. Commented Mar 6, 2019 at 7:53
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@jpatokal I think it means in the same flight, so no domestic connection as you'd need to go through immigration then and need a visa. Commented Mar 6, 2019 at 10:50
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@BritishSam every airside transit means that. Then why does Saudi Arabia have such a note for a single transit only? Commented Mar 6, 2019 at 13:32
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Well what does it mean, only one ever? In a year? This is what airline staff use to see if someone is allowed on a flight, they'd see they only have one stop in SA on that flight so the customer may board? Commented Mar 6, 2019 at 14:10