{"id":1323,"date":"2025-09-16T10:04:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T07:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/menbrsaudi.com\/?p=1323"},"modified":"2026-02-25T12:38:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:38:54","slug":"applying-for-a-schengen-visa-from-saudi-arabia-a-complete-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/menbrsaudi.com\/en\/1323\/","title":{"rendered":"Applying for a Schengen visa from Saudi Arabia: A Complete Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All citizens and residents of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia can apply for a Schengen visa through one of the offices of the Global Visa Center spread across several regions of the Kingdom after preparing the required documents and papers.<\/p>\n<h2>Steps to Apply for a Schengen visa from Saudi Arabia<\/h2>\n<p>Below you can learn about Applying for a Schengen visa from Saudi Arabia, follow these simple steps:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Step 1<\/strong>: Go to vfsglobal book appointment website &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/visa.vfsglobal.com\/sau\/en\/nld\/login\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">from here<\/a>&#8220;.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Step 2<\/strong>: Enter required data to log in, which are:\n<ul>\n<li>Email.<\/li>\n<li>Password.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Step 3<\/strong>: Click on &#8220;<strong>sign in<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1335\" src=\"https:\/\/menbrsaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Steps-to-Applying-for-a-Schengen-visa-from-Saudi-Arabia-550x400.jpg\" alt=\"Steps to Applying for a Schengen visa from Saudi Arabia\" width=\"550\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/menbrsaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Steps-to-Applying-for-a-Schengen-visa-from-Saudi-Arabia-550x400.jpg 550w, https:\/\/menbrsaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Steps-to-Applying-for-a-Schengen-visa-from-Saudi-Arabia-1024x744.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/menbrsaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Steps-to-Applying-for-a-Schengen-visa-from-Saudi-Arabia-768x558.jpg 768w, https:\/\/menbrsaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Steps-to-Applying-for-a-Schengen-visa-from-Saudi-Arabia-360x262.jpg 360w, https:\/\/menbrsaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Steps-to-Applying-for-a-Schengen-visa-from-Saudi-Arabia.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Step 4<\/strong>: Book an appointment at one of the offices of the Global Visa Center in Saudi Arabia according to the instructions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Step 5<\/strong>: Go to the office on time.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Step 6<\/strong>: Go to the competent employee and submit a Schengen visa application, providing all the required documents and papers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Step 7<\/strong>: pay the fees.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Step 8<\/strong>: Obtaining a Schengen visa after studying the application.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Schengen visa requirements\u00a0from Saudi Arabia<\/h2>\n<p>Below you can find out Schengen visa requirements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A passport.<\/li>\n<li>A copy of all pages of the passport.<\/li>\n<li>Personal photo.<\/li>\n<li>Evidence of legal residence.<\/li>\n<li>Proof of travel.<\/li>\n<li>Proof of health insurance.<\/li>\n<li>Pay the fees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>See more<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/menbrsaudi.com\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=1362&amp;action=edit&amp;lang=en&amp;classic-editor\">Which Schengen Country is Easy to Get Visa from Saudi Arabia<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/menbrsaudi.com\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=1381&amp;action=edit&amp;lang=en&amp;classic-editor\">Travel Insurance for Schengen Visa<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Schengen visa fee from Saudi Arabia<\/h2>\n<p>Below you can find out Schengen visa fee in Saudi Arabia:<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 144px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 48px;\">Schengen visa for adult<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 48px;\">90 euro<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 48px;\">Schengen visa of children 6-11 years<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 48px;\">45 euro<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 48px;\">Schengen visa reduced fees<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 48px;\">35 euro<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">Schengen visa for children less than 6 years<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">free<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Schengen visa photo size<\/h2>\n<p>The photo for each visa applicant submitted must measure:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The picture dimensions must be 240 pixels wide by 320 pixels high at least. A smaller picture will be rejected.<\/li>\n<li>The photo should keep a proportion of 3 x 4 (width x height) within limits.<\/li>\n<li>The image weight (size in Kbytes) can never be bigger than 120 Kbytes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Steps to apply for Schengen visa for Saudi Iqama holders<\/h2>\n<p>Below you can learn about applying for a Schengen visa from Saudi Arabia Iqama holders:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Step 1<\/strong>: Go to vfsglobal book appointment for Saudi Iqama holders website &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/visa.vfsglobal.com\/sau\/en\/nld\/login\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">from here<\/a>&#8220;.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Step 2<\/strong>: Enter required data to log in, which are:\n<ul>\n<li>Email.<\/li>\n<li>Password.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Step 3<\/strong>: Click on &#8220;<strong>sign in<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Step 4<\/strong>: Book an appointment at one of the offices of the Global Visa Center in Saudi Arabia according to the instructions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Step 5<\/strong>: Go to the office on time.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Step 6<\/strong>: Go to the competent employee and submit a Schengen visa application, providing all the required documents and papers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Step 7<\/strong>: pay the fees.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Step 8<\/strong>: Obtaining a Schengen visa after studying the application.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Applying for a Schengen visa from Saudi Arabia link<\/h2>\n<p>All citizens and residents of the Kingdom can submit a Schengen visa application at one of the Global Visa Center offices after booking an appointment through the Global Visa Center website by accessing the link <a href=\"https:\/\/visa.vfsglobal.com\/sau\/en\/nld\/login\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vfsglobal.com<\/a> and then go to the office specified at the appointment and submitting the application.<\/p>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>The Schengen visa is one of the most important visas applied for in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia due to the advantages this visa provides to its holders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All citizens and residents of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia can apply for a Schengen visa through one of the offices of the Global Visa Center spread across several regions&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[64],"class_list":["post-1323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-services","tag-schengen-visa"],"acf":[],"views":366,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/menbrsaudi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/menbrsaudi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/menbrsaudi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menbrsaudi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menbrsaudi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1323"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/menbrsaudi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2727,"href":"https:\/\/menbrsaudi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1323\/revisions\/2727"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menbrsaudi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/menbrsaudi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menbrsaudi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menbrsaudi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}