Overview
The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington, D.C. is the Kingdom's senior diplomatic mission in the United States, overseeing a network of three Consulates General in New York, Houston, and Los Angeles. It represents Saudi interests across the bilateral relationship, processes visa matters for residents of the areas not covered by a consulate general, and provides consular support to Saudi nationals across the country.
Visa Services
Most US residents travelling to Saudi Arabia for tourism, business, family visits, or Umrah can apply online for the tourism e-visa — eligible nationalities are typically approved within minutes to hours, and the same route (plus a visa on arrival) is also open to holders of a valid Schengen or UK visa and to permanent residents of the UK or EU. Umrah can be performed year-round on the tourism e-visa, with the Umrah permit applied for online; Hajj is not covered by the e-visa and needs a separate permit, available only in the Hajj season. Purposes and durations the e-visa doesn't cover are handled through the embassy or the nearest consulate general.
Consular Services
The embassy provides passport and travel document services, civil registration (birth, marriage, death), power-of-attorney and document attestation, and emergency assistance for Saudi nationals in its consular district.
Trade & Export Support
The US and Saudi Arabia maintain one of the world's most consequential bilateral economic relationships, spanning energy, defence, and technology. A visible recent example is Lucid Motors, the California-based electric vehicle maker majority-owned by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund. The embassy's economic section supports bilateral trade promotion and business matchmaking between US and Saudi companies.
Service Area
The embassy directly serves the Washington, D.C. area and the states not assigned to the Consulates General in New York, Houston, or Los Angeles.
Appointment Information
Consular appointments are booked through the embassy's official channels; visa applications for most nationalities are handled via the Saudi eVisa portal rather than in-person embassy visits. Applicants should confirm current procedures on the embassy's official website before travel.
Special Notes
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's National Day is September 23. Residents of New York, New Jersey, and the wider tri-state area, Texas and the south-central states, or California and the western states, are served by the respective Consulate General rather than the embassy.
This overview comes from Visaja's worldwide missions database (visaja.com), checked against official government sources; for binding answers, the mission itself always has the final word.
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