The Passport Department has categorically denied any increase in the exit/re-entry fees.
"There is no change in the existing fee structure," said Imad Al-Abdulqader, the official spokesman for the department in the Eastern Province. "We have not issued any circular in this regard."
Talking to Arab News yesterday, he said: "As was the case before, a single exit/re-entry visa costs SR 200 and a multiple one SR 500. Nothing more, nothing less."
On reports about the possibility of any increase in the future, Al-Abdulqader said: "We cannot speak what is going to happen in the future, but as of now, there is absolutely no change, we have not doubled the visa fee."
Al-Abdulqader's statement scotches all rumors that have been circulating among expatriates for quite sometime now.
"It is excellent news for all of us," said a relieved Jamal H. Siddique, a longtime expatriate from South Africa. "For those who have large families like mine, those rumors about the doubling of exit/re-entry fees were quite unnerving," he told Arab News.
http://www.zawya.com/story/Rumors_quashed_about_exitreentry_fee_hike_in_KSA-ZAWYA20130128032415/
"There is no change in the existing fee structure," said Imad Al-Abdulqader, the official spokesman for the department in the Eastern Province. "We have not issued any circular in this regard."
Talking to Arab News yesterday, he said: "As was the case before, a single exit/re-entry visa costs SR 200 and a multiple one SR 500. Nothing more, nothing less."
On reports about the possibility of any increase in the future, Al-Abdulqader said: "We cannot speak what is going to happen in the future, but as of now, there is absolutely no change, we have not doubled the visa fee."
Al-Abdulqader's statement scotches all rumors that have been circulating among expatriates for quite sometime now.
"It is excellent news for all of us," said a relieved Jamal H. Siddique, a longtime expatriate from South Africa. "For those who have large families like mine, those rumors about the doubling of exit/re-entry fees were quite unnerving," he told Arab News.
http://www.zawya.com/story/Rumors_quashed_about_exitreentry_fee_hike_in_KSA-ZAWYA20130128032415/
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