9 Countries are initially included in this service ( Egypt – Pakistan – Bangladesh – Philippine – Indonesia – Nigeria – Tunis – Afghanistan – India )
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The initiative (Awdah) was launched to service the legal residents in Saudi who hold a visa (exit and return,final exit,visit of all kinds,tourism)to submit requests to return to their countries via Absher
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1 — Once your application is approved you will be notified by text message. Including Flight Number & Ticket Number.
2 — The passengers then must purchase the tickets and go to airport on specified date.
3 — The reservation message on your phone from Absher is a travel permit that enable you to go to airport before your flight.
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How To Apply Online
Yesterday the procedure to process the application was not announced by Ministry.
Now Ministry already have added this service to Absher Website. To access the service its no important to have an Absher Account.
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1- To Apply for return go to Absher website. (www.absher.com)
2- Select Individual from the screen.
3- Change the Language into English if Required.
4- Login window will open. No need to login here, keep scrolling down.
5- At the bottom of the page you can find the Word (Awdah) with airplane logo. Select this.
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No need to login into absher account. keep scrolling down

6- Once yous select “Awdah” option a new window will appear.
7- Select “New Travel Request”.
8- In the Next Window Fill the form with ( Iqama Number – Mobile Number – Date of Birth – and image code which is given) and select continue button.

Select New Travel Request Option

Fill out all the information and select continue.

10- In the next window it will ask for passport detail and departure airport name and arrival airports name. (But in our we make this post only to explain how expats can apply. As you can see we an error appear that we don’t have Exit Re-entry or Final Exit that’s why we cannot proceed further. It also says you can get your Exit Re-Entry first and then apply for this service).
تم إطلاق خدمة “عودة” والتي تُمكّن المقيمين المتواجدين داخل المملكة من تقديم طلب عودة إلى بلدانهم بشكل إلكتروني خلال فترة جائحة كورونا عبر منصة أبشر https://t.co/SNpBew6YZq#كلنا_مسؤول pic.twitter.com/T5oNBCaX18
— أبشر (@Absher) April 22, 2020
تشمل #مبادرة_عودة عدة دول يمكن لمواطنيها المقيمين النظاميين داخل #السعودية تقديم طلبات العودة إلى بلدانهم إلكترونياً عبر منصة #أبشر#الجوازات_في_خدمتكم
— ا لـ ـجـ ـو ا ز ا ت السعودية (@AljawazatKSA) April 27, 2020
الدول المشمولة، هي: pic.twitter.com/eLaNIJdb4C