Do Somalia citizens need a visa for Saudi Arabia?

Visa required: Somalia passport holders need a visa obtained in advance when visiting Saudi Arabia.

Can Somalia citizens enter Saudi Arabia with a US visa (B1/B2 etc.)?

Saudi Arabia: holders of used US/UK/Schengen visas or residence permits of those countries get a visa on arrival. Conditions: tourist/business visa that has been used (entry stamp of the issuing country present)

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Saudi Arabia visa requirements for Somalia citizens

Updated 2026-07-07 · verified against the Passport Index dataset

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Visa required

Yes — Somalia citizens need a visa for Saudi Arabia.

🔓 Skip the visa with a third-country document

Saudi Arabia admits Somalia citizens on better terms if they already hold certain visas or residence permits of other countries:

Visa on arrival · 90 days

🇸🇴 Somalia passport＋🇺🇸 US visa (B1/B2 etc.) or 5 more→🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: visa on arrival · 90d

Saudi Arabia: holders of used US/UK/Schengen visas or residence permits of those countries get a visa on arrival.

Qualifying documents: US visa (B1/B2 etc.), UK visa, Schengen visa (multiple-entry), US Green Card

Conditions: tourist/business visa that has been used (entry stamp of the issuing country present)

Source: visa.visitsaudi.com · verified 2026-07-04

Entry details

Holders of a Somalia passport need a visa obtained in advance when visiting Saudi Arabia. The Somalia passport currently ranks #195 of 199 worldwide, with 33 destinations reachable visa-free or via visa on arrival / eTA.

Saudi Arabia is middling in how freely it admits visitors, admitting 74 of the world's 198 other passports without a prior visa; its own passport ranks #102 with 87 open destinations. Access is actually lopsided the other way — Saudi Arabia citizens enter Somalia more easily (visa on arrival).

In the opposite direction, Saudi Arabia citizens travelling to Somalia face: visa on arrival.