1. The Director-General of Passports shall supervise the Passports Departments tasks, organize and direct his subordinate leaders and departments and set the duties, tasks and rules of work for each one under his instructions and orders based on the Travel Document Law and under the provisions of these Regulations and within his jurisdiction.
2. The General Directorate of Passports shall implement the provisions mentioned in the Travel Document Law and its Implementing Regulations and shall be responsible for the Passports Departments' work.
3. The Saudi Diplomatic Missions abroad shall be responsible for the Passports Departments' work regarding the issuance of passports or laissez-passers to Saudi citizens who are residents abroad.

The following terms mentioned in these Regulations shall have the following meanings:
A. Directorate: it is the General Directorate of Passports.
B. Director-General: he is the Director-General of the General Directorate of Passports.
C. Passports Departments: they are the Directorate sub-departments in the cities where the Saudi travel documents are issued.
D. Ports: they are the official places for exit and entry into Saudi Arabia and are exclusively determined whether by land, sea or air.
E. Diplomatic Missions: they are the bodies representing the Government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques abroad to the interests of Saudi citizens, which are associated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs including Embassies, Consulates and Commissions.
F. Exit Visa: it means the stamp of approval for a citizen’s departure at the port he leaves through, and it is issued by the Passports Department at the ports.
G. Entry Visa: it means the stamp of approval for entering the port, which he enters through, and it is issued by the Passports Department at the port.

The general description of the machine-readable Saudi passport
1. The passport shall contain 48 pages.
2. The personal information shall be printed in Arabic and English on a special film attached to the internal side of the booklet's front cover page. This personal information is the passport number, personal photo of the passport holder, name, nationality, date of birth, gender, national ID number, place of issue and date of issue and expiry. There is no writing on this page at the time of the new passport printing by the Government Printing Press except for the relief printing of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the passport number.
3. Page 1 includes:
- The basis for issuing the passport (By the order of ...) which is the order number by which the passport is issued.
- The signature of the Manager of Passports or the Consul General.
- The square that contains the phrase, "This passport is valid for travel to all countries in the world except for the excepted".
4. Page 2 is specified for auto-printing the information of the accompanying individuals on an adhesive film when issuing the passport, and there is no writing on this page at the time of printing the passport by the Government Printing Press. The auto-printed information of the accompanying individuals on this page on an adhesive film shall include a group photo of four persons only and fields for name, date of birth and relationship.
5. Page 3 includes:
- Marital status.
- Name of the husband.
- Signature of the passport holder.
6. Page 4 to 47 specified for Visas.
7. The last page includes the instructions for passport issuance and usage.
8. The back cover page where all the call information is printed.

A. The passport shall be valid for five years for those who are twenty (20) years old and below, and it may be valid for ten years for those who are twenty-one (21) years old and over.
B. The validity of the passport expires on the specific date of expiry or when all pages are fully used.

• A. The following conditions must be met to obtain a passport for those who have reached the age of eighteen (18) years up to twenty-one (21) years:

  • 1- The biometric features must be registered in the system.

  • 2- Registration in the (Absher) service.

  • 3- Registration in the national address.

  • 4- Payment of the passport issuance fee automatically.

  • 5. Approval from one of the parents for the issuance of the passport, or from those they delegate. In the event of the parents' death, the issuance of the passport requires the approval of one of the siblings who have reached the age of twenty-one (21) years, based on the Determination of heirs document, or from those delegated by the system.

  • 6 - Accessing the (Absher) service, agreeing to the instructions and commitments, and completing the steps for issuing the passport.

  • 7 - When requesting a replacement passport, the old passport must be presented at the passport offices, and delegation may be done through the (Absher) service.

• B. The following conditions must be met to obtain a passport for those under the age of eighteen (18) years:

  • 1 - Adding children to the family register.

  • 2- Payment of the passport issuance fee automatically.

  • 3. Approval from one of the parents for the issuance of the passport, unless the other parent’s approval is required, or by delegating one to the other. In the event of the parents' death, the issuance of the passport requires the approval of one of the siblings who have reached the age of twenty-one (21) years, based on the Determination of heirs document, or from those delegated by the system.

  • 4 - Providing two recent color photographs with a white background, not instant or scanned, of the passport holder.

  • 5- Filling out the fields of the passport issuance form electronically, and attaching a copy of the parents' identity cards and the family register. In the event of their death, a copy of the identity card of one of the siblings who issued the approval must be attached, along with the original for verification.

  • 6- When requesting a replacement passport, the old passport must be presented at the passport offices, and delegation may be done through the (Absher) service.

  • 7- Receiving the new passport from the passport departments by the guardian, and delegation may be done through the (Absher) service.

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Children under the age of (18) may travel with the consent of one parent, unless the other parent requires their consent, or by delegating one to the other, or by someone authorized by the law.