ISLAMABAD, June 8: The Embassy of Saudi Arabia has urged applicants to present the new machine-readable passports when applying for visa to travel to the kingdom. The embassy issued a press statement here on Wednesday saying that a new system was being installed at the Saudi Arabian embassy and consulates which would only be able to process the machine-readable passports.

Since the embassy is committed to serving the people of Pakistan and helping them in every way possible, it urges the applicants to get the new passports for expeditious processing of their applications.

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