Saudi, Russian citizens to be eligible for fast-track visa applications

Citizens of both countries will be eligible for a one-year business visas or a longer-term five-year business visas, as well as humanitarian visas. (File/AFP)
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  • Citizens of both countries will be eligible for six-month multiple entry tourist visas

DUBAI: Citizens from Ƶ and Russia will have an easier time travelling between the two countries with the implementation of a bilateral agreement that fast-tracks all visa applications.
“From Aug. 30, a Memorandum of Understanding between the governments of Ƶ and Russia on simplified issuance of visas to the nationals of the two countries enters into force,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said, in a report from daily The Saudi Gazette.
Citizens of both countries will be eligible for six-month multiple entry tourist visas, a one-year business visas or a longer-term five-year business visas, as well as humanitarian visas, the report said.