As of this June, Saudi nationals will only be granted an Electronic Visa Waiver (EVW) to enter the UK, bypassing the visa application process. More than 200 Saudi visitors have entered the UK as a result of the precise and rigorous electronic visa requirements.
The reasons for this stem from some travellers’ disregard for visa laws and regulations, which require having a residential address in the UK and providing flight details, including departure and arrival dates and times. This should be valid for a period between 3 months and 48 hours pre-travel.
Also, issuance of an Electronic Visa Waiver (EVW) to any person willing to travel, including children. Still, if the applicant is another person acting on their behalf, they must enter their contact details in addition to the traveller’s contact details.
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Many travellers failed to enter Heathrow Airport due to incorrectly entered personal information on their passports, including punctuation marks. Additionally, many neglected to print or display their EVW on their mobile device after deleting the link to the email containing the download link.
According to travel agents specialising in UK reservations, the main reasons are also a possible change of itinerary or travel dates in the traveller’s EVW. It could also be departure or arrival at an airport, port, or train station, different from the planned arrival in the UK more than 8 hours later. You will need your EVW number and your date of birth to change your data.
According to a travel agency, travellers who have returned from airports or changed their destination have suffered huge financial losses due to ignorance and disregard of visa-filing laws and regulations.
The agency added: Approval of the electronic waiver (e-visa waiver), even if granted, does not guarantee entry into the UK for those who were previously denied visas through the embassy using their old system. Those who had criminal records, which led to their departure from UK territory and those who overstayed during their previous visit to the UK. In addition to those who have overstayed in the past, the airport is screening numerous passengers with criminal records.
Furthermore, a travel agency that specialises in bookings for UK cities counselled Saudi nationals to make sure the right dates existed and to confirm that the dates in the exemption were accurate after obtaining it. The agency pointed out that most of those refused entry made mistakes in the flight number or the father’s and grandfather’s names.
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