Directions · Portugal
Portugal applications from Saudi Arabia go through the VFS Global centre in Jeddah. Appointments are released without notice and taken within minutes — we watch the calendar so you do not have to refresh it.
Open for requestsNew direction · monitoring starts on your request
We have not published monitoring figures for this route — so instead of numbers, here is what is officially documented.
What we can tell you about this route
Monitoring on this route starts when you place a request. We will not quote you odds we have not measured.
The same visa, the same fee — the difference is which building you attend, and how the calendar there has actually behaved.
| Centre | Calendar checks | Openings | Last opening |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeddah | not watched yet | — | — |
The categories VFS Global accepts on this route. They are the same at every centre listed above.
| Visa type | Processing |
|---|---|
| Tourism / Other Private Visits | 15 working days |
| Business/conference/training | 15 working days |
| Close Relatives / Family Member Visits | 15 working days |
| Transit | 15 working days |
| RESIDENCE VISA FOR EMPLOYMENT | 60 days |
| RESIDENCE VISA FOR SELF-EMPLOYMENT OR IMMIGRANT ENTREPRENEUR AND STARTUP VISA | 60 days |
| RESIDENCE VISA FOR TEACHING, HIGHLY QUALIFIED AND CULTURAL ACTIVITY OR HIGHLY QUALIFIED ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY SALARIED EMPLOYEES | 60 days |
| RESIDENCY VISA FOR RESEARCH, STUDY, STUDENTS EXCHANGE, INTERNSHIP AND VOLUNTARY WORK | 60 days |
| RESIDENCY VISA FOR FAMILY REUNIFICATION | 60 days |
| RESIDENCY VISA FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF RESIDENCE FOR PENSIONERS, RELIGIOUS PURPOSES OR PEOPLE LIVING ON THEIR OWN INCOME | 60 days |
| RESIDENCY VISA FOR ACCOMPANYING A FAMILY MEMBER HOLDING A RESIDENCY VISA | 60 days |
| RESIDENCY VISA FOR REMOTE WORK - “DIGITAL NOMADS” | 60 days |
| TEMPORARY STAY VISA FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT | 30 days |
| TEMPORARY STAY VISA FOR THE TRANSFER OF NATIONAL CITIZENS FROM STATE PARTIES TO THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION, FOR SERVICE PROVIDING OR PROFESSIONAL TRAINING PURPOSES | 30 days |
| TEMPORARY STAY VISA FOR SELF-EMPLOYMENT | 30 days |
| TEMPORARY STAY VISA FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, ACADEMIC TEACHING OR HIGHLY QUALIFIED ACTIVITY | 30 days |
| TEMPORARY STAY VISA FOR AMATEUR SPORTS | 30 days |
| TEMPORARY STAY VISA FOR STUDY PROGRAM AT AN EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT, STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM, UNPAID PROFESSIONAL INTERNSHIP, VOLUNTARY WORK AND INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENTS RELATED TO THE FREE MOVEMENT OF SERVICES | 30 days |
| TEMPORARY STAY VISA FOR ACCOMPANYING A FAMILY MEMBER UNDERGOING MEDICAL TREATMENT | 30 days |
| TEMPORARY STAY VISA FOR SEASONAL WORK - 90 days to 270 days | 30 days |
| TEMPORARY STAY VISA FOR ACADEMIC OR PROFESSIONAL TRAINING COURSE | 30 days |
| TEMPORARY STAY VISA FOR ACCOMPANYING A FAMILY MEMBER HOLDING A TEMPORARY STAY VISA | 30 days |
| TEMPORARY STAY VISA FOR REMOTE WORK - “DIGITAL NOMADS” | 30 days |
| JOB SEEKER VISA – UP TO 120 DAYS | 60 days |
As published by VFS Global. The fee depends on category, age and nationality, so the tables are reproduced rather than reduced to a single figure. The application centre charges its own service fee on top.
| Visa Category | Visa Fee in Euros | Visa Fee in SAR |
|---|---|---|
| Tourist | Euro 90 | SAR 399 |
| Persons above the age of 12 years | Euro 90 | SAR 399 |
| Children between 6 – 12 years | EURO 45 | SAR 200 |
| Children below 6 years | Free of Charge | Free of Charge |
| All short stay visas for Albania National etc. | EURO 35 | SAR 155 |
| Appeal for Schengen | Euro 76 | 333 SAR |
| National visa – more than 1 Year | Euro 110 | 488 SAR |
| National visa – less than 1 Year | Euro 110 | 488 SAR |
| Additional Service | Amount in SAR |
|---|---|
| Premium Lounge | SAR 370.00 per application (VAT Included) |
| Courier Delivery of the passport | SAR 46 per application (VAT Included) |
| SMS Service | SAR 5.75 per application (VAT Included) |
| Photography | SAR 53.00 (04 photograph) (VAT Included) |
| Photocopy | SAR 3.00 (per page) (VAT Included) |
| Form Filling | SAR 53.00 per application (VAT Included) |
| Email Printing | SAR 13 (per page) (VAT Included) |
| Digital Document Check | SAR 53.00 (per page) (VAT Included) |
| Visa Category | Visa Fee in Euros | Visa Fee in SAR |
|---|---|---|
| Business | Euro 90 | SAR 399 |
| Persons above the age of 12 years | Euro 90 | SAR 399 |
| Children between 6 – 12 years | EURO 45 | SAR 200 |
| Children below 6 years | Free of Charge | Free of Charge |
| All short stay visas for Albania National etc. | EURO 35 | SAR 155 |
| Appeal for Schengen | Euro 76 | 333 SAR |
| National visa – more than 1 Year | Euro 110 | 488 SAR |
| National visa – less than 1 Year | Euro 110 | 488 SAR |
| Visa Category | Visa Fee in Euros | Visa Fee in SAR |
|---|---|---|
| Family/Friends | Euro 90 | SAR 399 |
| Persons above the age of 12 years | Euro 90 | SAR 399 |
| Children between 6 – 12 years | EURO 45 | SAR 200 |
| Children below 6 years | Free of Charge | Free of Charge |
| All short stay visas for Albania National etc. | EURO 35 | SAR 155 |
| Appeal for Schengen | Euro 76 | 333 SAR |
| National visa – more than 1 Year | Euro 110 | 488 SAR |
| National visa – less than 1 Year | Euro 110 | 488 SAR |
| Visa Category | Visa Fee in Euros | Visa Fee in SAR |
|---|---|---|
| Transit | Euro 90 | SAR 399 |
| Persons above the age of 12 years | Euro 90 | SAR 399 |
| Children between 6 – 12 years | EURO 45 | SAR 200 |
| Children below 6 years | Free of Charge | Free of Charge |
| All short stay visas for Albania National etc. | EURO 35 | SAR 155 |
| Appeal for Schengen | Euro 76 | 333 SAR |
| National visa – more than 1 Year | Euro 110 | 488 SAR |
| National visa – less than 1 Year | Euro 110 | 488 SAR |
| VISA CATEGORY | VISA FEE IN EUROS | VISA FEE IN SAR |
|---|---|---|
| National Visa – More than 1 year | Euro 110 | SAR 488 |
| National Visa – temporary stay (up to one year) | EURO 110 | SAR 488 |
| VISA CATEGORY | VISA FEE IN EUROS | VISA FEE IN SAR |
|---|---|---|
| National Visa – More than 1 year | Euro 110 | SAR 488 |
| National Visa – temporary stay (up to one year) | Euro 110 | SAR 488 |
We have not measured this route yet, so we will not quote you a number - the figures on our other pages are recorded, and inventing one here would make all of them worthless. What this route does have is one centre, in Jeddah, and 24 visa categories to choose between, with a published processing time of 15 working days. The pattern everywhere we do measure is the same: appointments appear without notice, in batches, and are gone within minutes. Monitoring here starts when you place a request, and nothing is owed until one is booked.
VFS Global publishes this for the route: The legal processing time for Saudis is 15 working days and for non-Saudis is 20 working days. Kindly note that if you are applying from VFS in Jeddah/Dammam, it will take additional 48 hours due to logistics Dear Applicants, The withdrawal of passport is not allowed during the processing of application. Please prepare/plan you trip accordingly. That clock starts at your appointment, not at your request to us - which is exactly why the appointment date is the part worth fighting for. An appointment six weeks out pushes the decision six weeks out with it.
Two separate things. The consular fee and the centre's service charge go to VFS Global and the consulate on the day; on this route VFS states a service charge of SAR 169.09(VAT Included) per application on top of the consular fee, and the consular fee itself depends on category, age and nationality - the published tables are above. Our own fee is separate, quoted per request, and charged only after an appointment is booked and confirmed. If nothing opens, you owe nothing. Booking through the official system is free; what you are paying us for is the watching and the paperwork.
No password, and the verification code stays with you. VFS now sends a one-time code at the confirmation step, and you are the one who reads it out at that moment - it takes a few seconds and it means nobody is acting as you behind your back. Any service asking you to hand over an account password on a web form should worry you, whoever it is.
No, and anyone who does is selling you something they do not control. The consulate decides how many appointments exist and when they appear; we control only how fast they are noticed and taken. What we can promise is the shape of the deal: we watch, and you pay if and only if an appointment ends up booked in your name.
Refreshing the booking page dozens of times an hour is what triggers the "unusual activity" and "permission issue" errors people run into - we have documented what each of those codes actually means. We work within what the account can take, which is the whole point of doing it with tooling instead of by hand at 3am. Your application is submitted through the official system like anyone else's.
The same country of application, a different destination — or the same visa, applied for from somewhere else.
We watch this centre's calendar continuously and book the moment an appointment opens. You pay after the booking is confirmed — if nothing opens, there is nothing to pay. We never ask for your VFS password, and the code from your email stays with you.