The US Embassy in Saudi Arabia announced the extension of the validity of visitor visas for Saudis to the United States from 5 years to 10 years.
The embassy added that an agreement had been reached with the Kingdom to extend the validity of visitor visas as of August 1.
The embassy indicated that an agreement was reached to extend the validity of visitor visas through Close cooperation with the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia On the basis of reciprocity, to facilitate tourism and business between the two countries.
and fell Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman And the ministers of investment, communications and health in Saudi Arabia, with their counterparts in the United States, 18 agreements and memoranda of joint cooperation in the fields of energy, investment, communications, space and health, on the sidelines of US President Joe Biden’s visit to the Kingdom.
According to what was published by the Saudi Press Agency “SPA”, these agreements come in light of what the “Kingdom’s Vision 2030”, led by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, provides for wide opportunities to invest in promising sectors, and for the benefit of the two friendly countries and peoples.
Among the agreements signed between the two sides, 13 were signed by the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Investment, the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu, and a number of private sector companies, with a group of leading American companies, such as Boeing Aerospace Industries, Raytheon Defense Industries, Medtronic, and Digital Diagnostics. , IKVIA in the healthcare sector, and a number of other US companies specializing in energy, tourism, education, manufacturing and textiles.