How To Extend Family Visit Visa In Saudi Arabia During LockDown | 2020

Requirements For Family Visit Visa Extension

Some requirements will be met here before extending a family visit visa. When you begin the extension process, mention the rules and regulations for using the Abshar service. These are the rules and requirements

At the time of the visa extension, the remaining validity of the visit visa should be less than a week. Or within 3 days after its expiry.

“في وقت التمديد يجب أن تكون المدة المتبقية في صلاحية التأشيرة سبعة أيام أو أقل, أو أن لا يكون مضى على انتهائها أكثر من ثلاثة أيام.”

Now in the days of the Corona virus, licenses instruct to extend the visitor visa to 7 days before it expires. Extension option is available in Abshar Portal. If you have a 1 year visa. Then after months you need to leave the kingdom once and then re-enter.

Nowadays, however, if you have 6 months to go, you can extend it without leaving the Saudi Arabia.

“ بإمكانك تمديد تأشيرة الزيارة عبر منصة أبشر أو مقيم قبل إنتهاء صلاحية سريانها بـ ٧ أيام. شاكرين تواصلك”

• Pay the family visit visa extension fee before applying for an extension.

The family has a visa extension fee of only 100 Saudi riyals. The payment process is quite simple. All you need is a bank account. You can also use a QuickPAY or Tehweel Alrajhi account

• The visitor should be present in Saudi Arabia.
• The passport of the visitor should be valid. If it has expired, then Absher will not extend the visa.
• The visitor must be alive.
• If the visitor has any traffic violation, then pay it before applying for the extension.
• The visitor must have valid health insurance. If the insurance has expired, renew it and then apply for the family visit visa extension.

The permitted period to stay in Saudi Arabia cannot increase for more than 180 days.

This means that if you have a visit visa for a period of 3 months, you can renew it once for 3 months. Similarly, if the validity of the issued visa is 1 month, then it can be renewed 5 times.

Each renewal will be for one month. Therefore, the total stay will not exceed 180 days.

Procedure To Extend Family Visit Visa

There are two ways to extend a family visit visa in Saudi Arabia. We are explaining both manually and online. However, the online process is the most comfortable. First, we explain the online method.

• Login into Absher Account. Click here to visit the website for login.
• After successful login, on the dashboard. Type ‘Extend’ in the search bar. The service link will appear. Click on it.
• However, if you are using the Absher app or visiting the site through mobile, then click on ‘Family Member Services’. And select ‘Extend Visit Visa,’ which is the first available service.

Next

• The service will start. The first page will elaborate on the requirements to use the service. Just click on Next.
• On the next page, the list of visitors will appear. select the visitors and click on ‘Proceed’

• The service will auto pick the extension period. For example, at the time of applying for the visit visa, if you had selected 3 months as visa duration, then the service will choose the extension period as 3 months.
• But if you chose 1 month at the time of applying for the visa. Then you can extend it for just one month.

However, you can increase it 5 times because the maximum stay is 180 days.

• Now recheck the details and confirm the request
• The final page will open with the following message “The said visit visa (VV) is extended successfully.

That’s it. You have successfully extended the family visit visa.

Getting Error During Visa Extension

Try to extend the family visit visa through the procedure explained above and when the error comes same which is mentioned in the above picture, take a screen short of that, make one pdf file of all the below mentioned docs to upload it to Absher.

• Error Message Screen Short

• Passport Scan of Visa holder

• Visa Detail from Absher

• Insurance detail

Click here to Check Your Medical Insurance record

After Making the One PDF file

Login to Absher Account

Select Electronic Services > My Services

Select General Services >  messages and Documents

• Select the same options which is showing in the picture below

• Attach your PDf File, you have crated before.

• Your Family visit visa will be extended with in 24 hours

Extending Family Visit Visa By Visiting Jawazat (MOI)

If you have decided to extend the visit visa manually, you will need the following documents.

• A copy and original passport of the visitor. ( make a copy of the visa stamped in the passport also

• a passport size picture of the visitor

• Fill the family visit visa extension form. If you don’t know the Arabic language, then you may ask a friend or colleague to help you.

However, many people are sitting outside the Jawazat. They will fill it for only 15, 20 riyals.

• Pay the visa fee before visiting jawazat. the cost is 100 Saudi Riyals

• A copy and original iqama of the inviter. Please keep in mind that the inviter should visit jawazat him/herself for the extension process.

Visit Jawazat office  with the required documents. At the reception, an officcer will check the documents and send you to the relevant department. Go there, get a token and wait for your turn. Submit your documents, and within 15 minutes, the visa will be extended.