Riyadh, April 7 -- The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has updated its electronic transit visa (e-stopover visa) policy, limiting eligibility to travellers associated with a specific list of 19 countries.

According to a circular issued by Saudia Airlines and based on guidance from the Kingdom's Civil Aviation Authority, the visa will now only be issued to passengers whose flights either depart from or arrive in countries listed under "Group A."

Eligible countries are

Canada

United States

United Kingdom

Austria

Cyprus

France

Germany

Greece

Italy

Netherlands

Spain

Switzerland

China (including Hong Kong and Macau)

Malaysia

Maldives

Singapore

Thailand

Turkey

Mauritius

In addition to being linked to a Group A country by tra...