Saudi Arabia 
France
Saudi Arabia passport holders need a visa for France, issued by an embassy or consulate before travel.
Source: Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 listing visa-required and visa-exempt nationalities, consolidated text — EUR-Lex · checked 13 Oct 2026
France visa options for Saudi Arabia citizensUnder the EU Visa Code, children from six years and below 12 pay EUR 45, and the fee is waived for children under six.
Official application site →Saudi Arabia citizens need a visa issued in advance by an embassy or consulate of France. Start the application several weeks before departure: you will typically need a passport valid for six months with blank pages, a completed application form, passport photos, a travel itinerary, proof of accommodation and of sufficient funds, and sometimes an invitation letter or bank statements.
The main option is the Schengen short-stay visa, which costs 90 EUR with a processing time of —.
Whatever your visa status, France applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
France lets 93 passports in without a visa and requires an embassy visa from 105. Saudi Arabia citizens are treated the same way as Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Cambodia. Overall the Saudi Arabia passport ranks #101 in the world with 55 visa-free destinations.
Planning a longer trip in Europe? With a Saudi Arabia passport you can also visit 9 countries in the region without a visa, including Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Montenegro, Russia and Ukraine.
In the other direction, France citizens need evisa to visit Saudi Arabia.
Entry requirements for FranceService-Public says a foreigner must have a passport issued less than 10 years ago and valid for at least 3 months beyond the planned date of departure.
Service-Public.fr — Un étranger a-t-il besoin d'un visa pour venir en France ?✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
Your passport needs at least 2 blank pages.
EUR-Lex — Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 (Visa Code), consolidated 11 June 2024✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
Service-Public lists, among the conditions a foreigner must all meet when crossing the border, insurance covering medical and hospital costs for care you might receive in France, with minimum cover of €30,000. The EU Visa Code requires Schengen visa applicants to hold travel medical insurance valid throughout the Member States for the entire intended stay, with minimum coverage of EUR 30,000.
Service-Public.fr (French government) — Un étranger a-t-il besoin d'un visa pour venir en France ? (border entry conditions)✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
No official source we could read makes a return or onward ticket a condition of entry in itself. Under the Schengen Borders Code (Annex I), the supporting documents for journeys for tourism or private reasons include, as regards return, a return or round-trip ticket. The UK government tells British travellers they may be asked at French border control to show a return or onward ticket.
Schengen Borders Code (Regulation (EU) 2016/399), consolidated text — EUR-Lex✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
Service-Public says a foreigner must have sufficient resources, and that the level required per day of stay in France depends on the proof of accommodation: €32.50 with an attestation d'accueil (host certificate), €65 with proof of a hotel reservation, and €120 without proof of a hotel reservation.
Service-Public.fr — Un étranger a-t-il besoin d'un visa pour venir en France ?✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
The UK government says that when you travel into the Schengen area for short stays you may need to register biometric details such as fingerprints and a photo, that on your first visit you may be asked to register at a special booth before the immigration desk, and that there is no cost for EES registration. The EU's EES site says passport control officers will take a photo of your face and/or scan your fingerprints.
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — France travel advice: entry requirements✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
The EU says ETIAS is the new travel authorisation for visa-exempt travellers to enter 30 European countries, that it is currently not in operation and no applications are collected at this point, and that it will announce the start date several months before launch. The official EU site is travel-europe.europa.eu.
ETIAS — Official EU website✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
The French government's page on the obligation to leave French territory (OQTF) lists this case: a person entered France lawfully but stayed beyond the validity of their visa, or, if visa-exempt, more than 3 months after entry. A ban on return (IRTF) is imposed after an OQTF if the person stayed in France beyond the 30 days granted for voluntary departure. It lasts at most 5 years from the person's actual departure and bars return to France and to every Schengen country.
Service-Public.fr (DILA, Prime Minister) — Obligation to leave French territory (OQTF)✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
Your Europe (EU) says that if you plan to enter or leave the EU with €10,000 in cash (or its equivalent in other currencies), you must declare it to the customs authorities in the EU country you are entering or leaving.
Your Europe (EU) — travelling with cash✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
Data: TravelRequirements.info — Entry Requirements Dataset, AXG Sp. z o.o. (CC BY 4.0). Entry rules can change — confirm with official sources before travel.
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