The efforts of the Ministry of Interior represented by the General Directorate of Passports have contributed to the implementation of the Royal Decree issued by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to correct the conditions of Yemenis living on the Saudi territories as violating residents before the date of 20/6/1436H and grant them visas for a period of 6 months, which can be extended after obtaining travel documents from the legitimate government of their country, where the number of Yemenis whose statuses were corrected and visitor's identities were issued exceeded more than 500,000 visitors. These efforts come as an extension of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's positions with the Government and people of Yemen and in recognition of its citizens and the alleviation of the burdens imposed on them in view of the current situation in Yemen. In response to the request of the Yemeni legitimate government represented by Yemeni President Abdu Rabbo Mansour Hadi to stand by the government and the Yemeni people, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques issued a directive to the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior, to take the necessary measures to correct the situations of Yemenis violating the Saudi labor law and residency regulations before 20/06/1436 by granting them visas for a visit for 6 months, which can be extended after obtaining travel documents from their legitimate government. Thus, the General Directorate of Passports across all the regions of the Kingdom since the issuance of the Royal Decree to prepare and equip more than 46 locations to receive Yemenis in various regions of the Kingdom and to exploit the human, media and technical capabilities to serve them. It also developed an electronic service at Abshir platform to extend the identity of a visitor among Yemeni brothers to facilitate the extension of their identity every six months and also carried out a media campaign to inform the Yemeni brothers of the terms and conditions of the correction as well as the way of the extension and obtaining the cards of a visitor identity.
