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Hi all — hoping someone here has recent, first-hand experience with this.

My sister (traveling with her young son) is in Yemen and needs to apply for a UK Standard Visitor visa to come see our mother, who has limited mobility after a recent procedure. Since the UK’s own visa operations in Yemen are suspended, she has to travel to a third country to attend a VAC in person before she can even submit the UK application.

Trying to work out which third country is actually realistic right now, factoring in:

Ease of entry for Yemeni nationals (visa-on-arrival vs needing an advance visa/security approval)

Whether there’s a functioning UK VAC with reasonable appointment availability

Overall safety/travel advisory level

**Specifically — is Saudi Arabia a viable option?** Given proximity to Yemen, I’d assumed it might be simpler than other choices, but I don’t know current entry requirements for Yemeni nationals, or whether the UK VAC in Riyadh/Jeddah is actually accessible and running smoothly for this kind of application.

Hi all — hoping someone here has recent, first-hand experience with this.

My sister (traveling with her young son) is in Yemen and needs to apply for a UK Standard Visitor visa to come see our mother, who has limited mobility after a recent procedure. Since the UK’s own visa operations in Yemen are suspended, she has to travel to a third country to attend a VAC in person before she can even submit the UK application.

Trying to work out which third country is actually realistic right now, factoring in:

Ease of entry for Yemeni nationals (visa-on-arrival vs needing an advance visa/security approval)

Whether there’s a functioning UK VAC with reasonable appointment availability

Overall safety/travel advisory level

**Specifically — is Saudi Arabia a viable option?** Given proximity to Yemen, I’d assumed it might be simpler than other choices, but I don’t know current entry requirements for Yemeni nationals, or whether the UK VAC in Riyadh/Jeddah is actually accessible and running smoothly for this kind of application.

Hi all — hoping someone here has recent, first-hand experience with this.

My sister (traveling with her young son) is in Yemen and needs to apply for a UK Standard Visitor visa to come see our mother, who has limited mobility after a recent procedure. Since the UK’s own visa operations in Yemen are suspended, she has to travel to a third country to attend a VAC in person before she can even submit the UK application.

Trying to work out which third country is actually realistic right now, factoring in:

Ease of entry for Yemeni nationals (visa-on-arrival vs needing an advance visa/security approval)

Whether there’s a functioning UK VAC with reasonable appointment availability

Overall safety/travel advisory level

Specifically — is Saudi Arabia a viable option? Given proximity to Yemen, I’d assumed it might be simpler than other choices, but I don’t know current entry requirements for Yemeni nationals, or whether the UK VAC in Riyadh/Jeddah is actually accessible and running smoothly for this kind of application.