Saudi Arabia Visa Fees for Indians: $80 + $21, and Who Can Actually Apply

Saudi Arabia's tourist visit visa costs an Indian passport holder $101 minimum — an $80 visa fee, a $10.5 visa digital services fee and a $10.5 insurance digital services fee — plus a compulsory medical insurance premium the government does not price. The $80 is not a marketing number: it is the statutory SAR 300 fee set by Royal Decree, converted at the riyal's fixed peg. The harder fact is eligibility: India is not on the list of nationalities that can simply buy a Saudi e-visa, so an Indian applicant needs a used US, UK or Schengen tourist or business visa, permanent residence in the USA, EU or UK, or a GCC residence visa in a listed profession — otherwise the doors are an approved tour package, a Saudi visa service centre or the embassy. All figures read from Saudi Arabia's own government sources on 29 August 2026.

How much does a Saudi tourist visa cost for an Indian passport holder?#

$101, before insurance, and an Indian passport holder pays exactly the same tariff as every other applicant. Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs publishes the fee for the tourism visit visa on its KSA Visa platform as four separate lines, and two of them are never coming back:

That $80 is a converted riyal figure, not an arbitrary dollar price, and the paper trail is unusually clean. Article 9 of Saudi Arabia's Tourist Visa Regulations, published by the Ministry of Tourism, reads: "The amount of SAR (300) shall be collected as a fee for a Tourist Visa, as prescribed by Royal Decree No. (2) dated 5/1/1441 AH." The riyal is pegged at 3.75 to the US dollar, so SAR 300 is exactly $80.00. And the national portal GOV.SA lists the same service — "Tourist visa", agency "Ministry of Foreign Affairs" — with a Service Cost of SAR 300, last updated 31 August 2025, its "Start the service" button pointing at the same KSA Visa page. Three government surfaces, one number.

The insurance is the part nobody prices. It is not optional — the regulation's Article 5 requires the applicant to "obtain a medical insurance that is approved in the Kingdom" — and the platform charges $10.5 just to handle it, yet describes the premium itself only as "Based on selected provider". Anyone quoting you a single all-in rupee figure for a Saudi tourist visa is quoting their own markup, not the Kingdom's tariff.

Can an Indian citizen apply for the Saudi e-visa online?#

Not on an Indian passport alone — India is not among the 66 nationalities Saudi Arabia lists as e-visa eligible. The Saudi eVisa portal at visa.visitsaudi.com publishes its eligible nationalities by continent, and under Asia it runs Azerbaijan, Brunei, China, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Maldives, Singapore, South Korea, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Uzbekistan. There is no India on that list, checked 29 August 2026.

What gets an Indian in instead is a condition, and the conditions are set in law. Article 6 of the Tourist Visa Regulations excludes from the slow embassy route — and treats under the fast e-visa and on-arrival rules — anyone who:

• Holds a valid tourist or business visa from the USA, the UK, or a Schengen country, which "shall have been used at least once to enter the country granting the visa. This shall include the Visa holder's first-degree relatives coming with them."
• Has permanent residence in the USA, the EU or the UK — again including first-degree relatives travelling with them.
• Holds a GCC residence visa valid at least three months, "for the professions published on www.visitsaudi.com", including first-degree relatives and domestic workers travelling with their sponsors.
• Has purchased a tour programme package approved by the Ministry, prepared by a licensed travel and tourism service provider.

Two details there matter more than the headline. It must be a tourist or business visa — a US student or work visa is not what the regulation names. And first-degree relatives count, which is the difference between one family member qualifying and the whole family qualifying.

Can Indians get a Saudi visa on arrival?#

Yes — but only with a Schengen, US or UK visit visa, or permanent residence in the USA, EU or the UK. Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs states the visa-on-arrival rule for the tourism visit visa in exactly two lines: "Holders of visit visas (Schengen, USA, UK)" and "Permanent residents in the USA, EU, or the UK." You apply at the airport itself — the platform describes using "the self-service devices (KIOSK) or go directly to the passport control office" at the Saudi entry point, and the regulation adds that the carrier checks your nationality against the authorised list before you board.

One condition catches more Indian travellers than any other, and it appears twice in Saudi Arabia's own material: inside the platform's visa finder as "Entered at least once", and in Article 6 of the regulation as a visa that "shall have been used at least once to enter the country granting the visa". A US or Schengen visa you were granted but never travelled on does not open the Saudi door. That is the same trap that recurs across the Gulf — see where an Indian passport goes easier with a US visa.

Does an Indian resident in the UAE or another GCC country pay a different Saudi visa fee?#

No — the fee is the same $80 + $10.5 + $10.5. What GCC residence changes is access, not price: it is one of the three conditions that unlock the online e-Visa for an Indian passport holder, and both the platform and the regulation attach limits to it. The platform's own condition text sets the duration — "Valid residence in the GCC countries (No less than three months)" — while Article 6 of the Tourist Visa Regulations adds a filter almost nobody reprints: the GCC residence route applies only "for the professions published on www.visitsaudi.com". Being resident in Dubai is not automatically enough; the profession on your residence permit is part of the test.

Here the Kingdom's own platform is also not fully consistent, and it is worth knowing before you book a flight. The tourism page's visa-on-arrival paragraph names only Schengen/US/UK visa holders and US/EU/UK permanent residents — GCC residents are absent from it. But the same platform's visa finder, queried on 29 August 2026 for nationality India with the GCC-residence condition, returns Visa on Arrival among the options alongside the e-Visa. An Indian resident of Dubai, Doha or Kuwait should therefore treat the e-Visa as the safe route and the on-arrival route as unconfirmed. If you are pricing the neighbourhood, we have the same breakdown for UAE visa fees for Indians and Qatar visa fees for Indians.

How much is the Saudi tourist visa fee in Indian rupees?#

Roughly ₹9,630 at the 28 August 2026 European Central Bank reference rate of 1 USD = ₹95.39 — that is the $101 minimum for Saudi Arabia's tourism visit visa expressed in rupees. Broken out, the $80 visa fee is about ₹7,630, and each $10.5 digital services fee is about ₹1,000.

Treat that as a planning figure, not a price an Indian applicant will see on a receipt. Saudi Arabia sets this fee in riyals (SAR 300) and displays it to applicants in US dollars — never in rupees, unlike Thailand's or South Korea's missions in India, which publish rupee tables their consulates actually charge. GOV.SA lists the accepted payment channels as credit card and mada, so your card issuer's rate on the day plus any cross-currency markup will move the number, and the unpriced insurance premium sits on top of all of it.

How long does a Saudi visa take for an Indian applicant?#

"1 minute to 3 business days" is the service duration Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs publishes for the tourism visit visa. Its FAQ puts the same thing more cautiously: after the application is submitted and the fees are paid, processing "may take a maximum of 3 working days, and in some exceptional cases it may take longer to process."

The one-minute end of that range belongs to the instant e-Visa route — the platform's own homepage claims a 60-second e-Visa issuance and 18.6 million visas issued in 2023. An Indian applicant going through a service centre or the embassy is not on that clock at all, because the platform publishes no processing time for that channel.

How long is the Saudi tourist visa valid, and how long can an Indian stay?#

Two shapes, and the multiple-entry one is where the government's own sources agree. Saudi Arabia's KSA Visa platform publishes this duration table for the tourism visit visa:

• Single entry visa — validity 90 days, stay duration 90 days.
• Multiple entry visa — validity 1 year, stay duration 90 days.

The Tourist Visa Regulations describe the multiple-entry visa identically — "valid for one year, provided that the duration of the stay does not exceed 3 months during its validity period" — but describe single entry differently: "valid for three months, provided that the duration of the stay does not exceed one month." The platform is the live system an Indian applicant actually pays into, so treat its 90/90 as operative, but do not plan a two-month single-entry trip on the strength of it; the regulation still says one month, and we could not establish that Article 3 has been formally superseded.

Validity and stay are different clocks either way: on a single-entry visa the validity is the window in which you must enter, not a rolling permission. The visa is not city-locked — asked whether a holder can travel to other cities, Saudi Arabia answers "Yes, you can freely move between cities within Saudi Arabia."

What documents does an Indian need to apply for a Saudi visa at the embassy?#

Four extra documents on top of the six baseline requirements, and both lists are set in the regulation rather than left to the counter. Because India is not on the visa-on-arrival nationality list, an Indian applicant with no qualifying third-country visa or residence falls under Article 6.1 of the Tourist Visa Regulations, which requires them to submit:

1. Return ticket including flight itinerary — travellers arriving by land or sea are excluded from this one.
2. Accommodation booking inside the Kingdom, plus personal information including the applicant's residence address in their own country.
3. Employee identification certificate.
4. Proof of financial solvency — "by submitting a bank statement or salary certificate".

On top of that, Article 5 applies to every tourist applicant regardless of route: a completed application form with supporting documents, biometrics registered either during the application or on arrival, a passport valid at least six months, approved medical insurance, a registered address inside the Kingdom, and payment of the fee. The applicant must be at least 18 "unless they are accompanied by their guardian or a safe companion".

The employee identification certificate and the bank statement or salary certificate are the two items Indian applicants most often arrive without, because the fast e-visa route — the one most online guides describe — does not ask for them.

How much does an Umrah visa cost for an Indian?#

SAR 300, about $80 — and the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah says so in its own words. Its FAQ, last updated 16 August 2026, answers the question directly: "What is the Umrah visa fee for arrivals from outside Saudi Arabia? There is a fee for issuing the Umrah visa, estimated at 300 Saudi Riyals." That is the same statutory figure as the tourist visa, and the KSA Visa platform shows the Umrah visit visa carrying an identical published block — $80 visa fee, $10.5 visa digital services fee, $10.5 insurance digital services fee, plus insurance.

The catch is that an Indian pilgrim cannot buy that SAR 300 on its own:

• The visa is bundled. "Can I come with an Umrah visa without a service package? An Umrah visa cannot be issued by the external agent without service packages (accommodation - transport)." So what an Indian pilgrim actually pays is a package price from an authorised operator, of which the visa fee is one small line.
• Where you apply. Through Nusuk (nusuk.sa) and authorised agents; the KSA Visa platform's Umrah entry is an external link to it. Applying directly to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Umrah Al-Mujamala) is only for people who already hold prior embassy approval.
• Who may go. "The Visit Visa for Umrah is available for Muslims of all nationalities" — nationality is not the gate here, unlike the tourist e-visa.
• How long. "The duration of stay for arrivals with Umrah visas is 90 days," and "the system does not allow extending the Umrah visa for more than 90 days." A separate answer in the same FAQ describes embassy-issued cases with a 30-day stay ending no later than 15 Dhu al-Qi'dah, so the two figures are not interchangeable — check which one your operator is applying under.
• Repeat Umrah. "Yes, it is possible to obtain an Umrah visa more than once in a year," and "there are no fees for repeating Umrah."
• Mahram. "Women do not require a male guardian (mahram) to accompany them for Umrah." Under-18s do need an accompanying guardian.
• You may not switch. "Travelers are not authorized to undertake the Haj pilgrimage while on this visa."

And the point that saves many Indian travellers a second application: an ordinary Saudi tourist visit visa already permits Umrah. Saudi Arabia's tourism FAQ asks "Can I perform Umrah?" and answers "Yes, Muslim tourists can perform Umrah," adding that a Muslim visitor may "visit and engage in religious activities in Mecca and Medina with a visit tourism visa" — subject to Article 10 of the regulation, which forbids performing Umrah on a tourist visa during the Hajj season.

How much does a Hajj visa cost for an Indian pilgrim?#

Nothing — Saudi Arabia publishes the price and it is zero. The GOV.SA service card for the Hajj visa issuance service, an integrated service between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, lists its Service Cost as "Free", last updated 11 June 2026. The described flow is short: pilgrim data is submitted from the Nusuk platform, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs runs security verification, and the visa is issued immediately.

For an Indian pilgrim the binding constraint is therefore the quota, not the fee. India's Haj Policy 2027, published by the Haj Committee of India, sets out the mechanism: "The Government of India (GoI) and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) sign the bilateral Haj Agreement every year, in which the number of Haj seats allocated to India is incorporated. Out of the total number of quota allocated to the Government of India (GoI), 70% will be allocated to the HCoI and the remaining 30% will be allocated to HGOs." Those state-level seats are then "distributed across all the States and Union Territories in proportion to their Muslim population". For scale, the Ministry of Minority Affairs announced on 17 April 2026 that "a total of 1,75,025 pilgrims are expected to undertake this pious pilgrimage of Haj" in 2026.

The Haj Policy runs to dozens of pages on eligibility, embarkation and payment schedules and does not mention a Saudi visa fee once — consistent with GOV.SA pricing the visa at zero. So any Indian-rupee "Hajj visa price" you are quoted is a tour operator's or Haj Group Organiser's package price, not a government fee, and no visit visa — tourist or Umrah — converts into Hajj permission. Article 10 of the tourist regulation puts it plainly: "Not performing Hajj except under a Hajj Visa."

Is the Saudi visa fee refundable if my application is rejected?#

Yes, before issuance — and no, after it. The KSA Visa platform's FAQ is unusually explicit for a government site, and the two answers pull in opposite directions:

• Rejected or cancelled: "an automatic refund request will be submitted and processed within 45-60 business days."
• Already issued: "After the visa is issued, its fees cannot be refunded and cannot be cancelled."
• Before payment: "The application can be amended unless the application is completed, and the fees are paid" — so mistakes are free to fix right up to the moment you pay.

Read that against the fee table and the arithmetic is clear: on a rejection, an Indian applicant gets the $80 back and loses the $21 of digital services fees. A 45–60 business-day refund window is roughly two to three months, which matters if you are funding the next application from the refund.

Where do Indians apply for a Saudi visa if they do not qualify for the e-visa?#

Two channels, both named by Saudi Arabia itself. Queried on 29 August 2026 for nationality India with the platform's own "None" condition selected — meaning no US, UK or Schengen visa, no US/UK/EU permanent residence and no GCC residence — the Ministry of Foreign Affairs visa finder returns exactly two options for a tourism visit visa, and neither is the e-visa:

1. Package Visa — "Get your visa inclusive of approved tourism packages", handled through visitsaudi.com rather than the visa platform. This is the same route the regulation describes as a "Tour Program Package, approved by the Ministry, prepared by the licensed Travel and Tourism Service Provider".
2. Embassies — "You can obtain your visa through Saudi embassies worldwide." The route is to submit the application on the KSA Visa platform first, then "proceed directly to the Saudi Arabian embassy in their country of residence".

Saudi Arabia also runs visa service centres, and India has an unusually dense network of them: the platform's own office list for India returns 11 locations — Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, New Delhi, Lucknow, two in Calicut, Cochin, Kolkata and Mumbai. The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in India lists two missions, the embassy at EP 30 Chandergupta Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi and the consulate at Maker Tower F Wing, Cuffe Parade, Mumbai, both open Monday to Friday. Notably, the embassy site publishes no visa fee and no fee schedule at all — its only visa link is to the KSA Visa platform, which is where every published number on this page comes from.

What could not be confirmed about Saudi visa fees for Indians?#

Four things, named rather than filled in with plausible numbers.

• The insurance premium. Saudi Arabia makes approved medical insurance compulsory in Article 5 of the regulation and charges $10.5 to handle it, then prices the insurance itself only as "Based on selected provider". No figure, no range and no list of providers is published. Any fixed rupee or riyal insurance number you are quoted comes from a seller, not from the Kingdom.
• Who runs the Indian service centres, and what they charge. The 11 Indian centres appear in the Ministry's own office list with addresses, but the record carries no operator name and no fee field, and no Saudi government page names the Indian operator. Whatever a centre charges on top of the $101 is not a number this page can source.
• A separate visa-on-arrival price. The fee block on the platform sits at the visa level, not per channel. Saudi Arabia does not publish a distinct on-arrival tariff, so we do not assert that the airport kiosk costs the same $101 — only that no other number is published.
• The single-entry stay period. The KSA Visa platform says 90 days' stay on a single-entry tourist visa; Article 3 of the Tourist Visa Regulations says one month. We could not establish which supersedes the other, so both are stated above rather than averaged into a comfortable middle.

VisaGyan is not affiliated with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, its Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Tourism or Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, Nusuk, Visit Saudi, or the Haj Committee of India; we book nothing and process nothing. The tourist fee lines, validity table, processing time, eligibility conditions and refund rules are quoted from Saudi Arabia's KSA Visa platform (ksavisa.sa, operated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reached from its visa portal visa.mofa.gov.sa) and were read four times by independent methods on 29 August 2026 — the rendered English page, the platform's own JSON service in English, the same service in Arabic, and the rendered page from an Indian IP address; all four returned the identical $80 / $10.5 / $10.5 block, so there is no geo-differentiated price for Indian applicants. The SAR 300 statutory fee and the eligibility and document rules are quoted from the Ministry of Tourism's Tourist Visa Regulations (Articles 3, 5, 6, 9 and 10); the SAR 300 service cost and the free Hajj visa from the national portal GOV.SA; the Umrah fee, package requirement and stay rules from the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah's own FAQ at haj.gov.sa; the 66 eligible nationalities from the Saudi eVisa portal visa.visitsaudi.com; the mission details from the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in India; and the Haj quota mechanism from the Haj Committee of India's Haj Policy 2027 and a Ministry of Minority Affairs release of 17 April 2026. The USD to INR conversion uses the European Central Bank reference rate for 28 August 2026 and is indicative only. Fees and eligibility change without notice — verify the live rule on ksavisa.sa, haj.gov.sa or nusuk.sa before you book or travel.

Sources cited only — expert review pending. For individualized advice, consult a licensed professional.