Contact details
British Embassy Riyadh, main contact
British Embassy
PO Box 94351
11693 Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
Email: Consular.Riyadh@fco.gov.uk
Telephone: 966 (0) 11 4819 100
Fax – information: +966 (0) 11 481 9350
Fax – defence: +966 (0) 11 481 9235
Fax – corporate services: +966 (0) 11 481 9337
DIT: +966 (0) 11 481 9100
UKBA: +966 (0) 11 481 9294
Consular: +966 (0) 11 4819 100
Opening hours:
Sunday to Thursday, 5am to 12pm (GMT)
Sunday to Thursday, 8am to 3pm (Local)
British Consulate General Jeddah
British Consulate General
P.O. Box 393
21411
Saudi Arabia
Telephone: +966 (0)12 622 5550
Fax: +966 (0)12 622 6249
Opening hours:
Sunday to Thursday, 5am to 12pm (GMT)
Sunday to Thursday, 8am to 3pm (Local)
British Trade Office Al Khobar
British Trade Office
PO Box 3672
31952
Saudi Arabia
Telephone: +966 (0)13 882 5300
Telephone: +966 (0)13 882 5146
Telephone: +966 (0)13 882 5470
Fax: +966 (0)13 882 5384
Opening Hours:
Sunday to Thursday, 5am to 12pm (GMT)
Sunday to Thursday, 8am to 3pm (Local)
The British Embassy Riyadh maintains and develops relations between the UK and Saudi Arabia.
Their work covers a range of issues including trade and investment, education, culture, development, energy and climate, security and defence.
Find out more on their UK and Saudi Arabia news page, here: https://www.gov.uk/world/saudi-arabia/news. They provide services to British nationals living in and visiting Saudi Arabia. You can access UK Government services while in Saudi Arabia, here: https://www.gov.uk/world/saudi-arabia.
Urgent assistance
If you are in Saudi Arabia and you need urgent help (for example, you have been attacked, arrested or someone has died), call +966 (0) 11 4819 100. If you are in the UK and worried about a British national in Saudi Arabia, call 020 7008 1500.
Get an emergency travel document
You can apply for an emergency travel document if you are abroad and your passport has been lost or stolen, damaged or expired, and you cannot get a new or replacement passport in time to travel, here: https://www.gov.uk/emergency-travel-document.
If the person needing the emergency travel document is under 16, a parent or guardian should apply on their behalf.
If you are due to travel in the next 24 hours, contact the British Embassy Riyadh as soon as possible, here: https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-riyadh#contact-us.
If you are travelling in more than 3 weeks, check if you can get a new or replacement passport in time to travel, here: https://www.gov.uk/renew-adult-passport.
If you are not a British citizen or have not had a British passport before
If you are not sure, check if you are a British citizen, here: https://www.gov.uk/check-british-citizen.
If you are not a British citizen but think you may be eligible, contact the British Embassy Riyadh to apply for an emergency travel document, here: https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-riyadh#contact-us.
Once you have contacted them, you will be advised to make an appointment to apply for an emergency travel document at the British Embassy Riyadh, here: https://www.consular-appointments.service.gov.uk/fco/#!/british-embassy-riyadh/issuing-an-emergency-travel-document/slot_picker.
Other consular services
Notarial and documentary services
The British Embassy Riyadh may be able to offer notarial services, including administer an oath, affirmation or affidavit; make a certified copy of a document; prepare a document in English or the local language and arrange consular marriages. See the full list of notarial and documentary services they provide, here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/notarial-and-documentary-services-guide-for-saudi-arabia.
Legalisation services
Ask the UK Government to get a UK document legalised (certified as genuine), here: https://www.gov.uk/get-document-legalised.
Consular fees
The British Embassy Riyadh charge fees for some of their services. See the full list of consular fees in Saudi Arabia, here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/saudi-arabia-consular-fees.
The British Embassy Riyadh also provide services in Jeddah, see: https://www.gov.uk/world/organis
ations/british-consulate-general-jeddah.