General Directorate of Passports (Saudi Arabia)
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The General Directorate of Passports (Saudi Arabia) is the government agency responsible for managing passports, residency permits, and border control services within the Kingdom.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| General Directorate of Passports (Saudi Arabia) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5563194 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: General Directorate of Passports (Saudi Arabia) Context triple: [Saudi Ministry of Interior, oversees, General Directorate of Passports (Saudi Arabia)]
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A.
General Directorate of Passports, Immigration and Nationality
The General Directorate of Passports, Immigration and Nationality is the Egyptian government authority responsible for managing passports, visas, residency permits, and nationality affairs.
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B.
General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs – Dubai
The General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs – Dubai is the government authority responsible for regulating residency, entry, and exit of foreigners in Dubai, including immigration control at key points such as Dubai International Airport.
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C.
Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah
The Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah is the government body responsible for organizing, regulating, and facilitating the annual Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia.
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D.
Saudi Ministry of Interior
The Saudi Ministry of Interior is the government body responsible for internal security, law enforcement, civil affairs, and public safety within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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E.
Bahraini Ministry of Interior
The Bahraini Ministry of Interior is the government body responsible for internal security, law enforcement, and public order in Bahrain.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: General Directorate of Passports (Saudi Arabia) Target entity description: The General Directorate of Passports (Saudi Arabia) is the government agency responsible for managing passports, residency permits, and border control services within the Kingdom.
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A.
General Directorate of Passports, Immigration and Nationality
The General Directorate of Passports, Immigration and Nationality is the Egyptian government authority responsible for managing passports, visas, residency permits, and nationality affairs.
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B.
General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs – Dubai
The General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs – Dubai is the government authority responsible for regulating residency, entry, and exit of foreigners in Dubai, including immigration control at key points such as Dubai International Airport.
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C.
Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah
The Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah is the government body responsible for organizing, regulating, and facilitating the annual Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia.
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D.
Saudi Ministry of Interior
The Saudi Ministry of Interior is the government body responsible for internal security, law enforcement, civil affairs, and public safety within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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E.
Bahraini Ministry of Interior
The Bahraini Ministry of Interior is the government body responsible for internal security, law enforcement, and public order in Bahrain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
border control agency
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government agency ⓘ law enforcement agency ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Jawazat
NERFINISHED
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Saudi General Directorate of Passports NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Saudi Border Guard
NERFINISHED
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Saudi Customs Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| goal |
maintenance of national security at border points
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organization of expatriate residency in Saudi Arabia ⓘ regulation of entry and exit of persons to and from Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry | Saudi Arabia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Riyadh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Kingdom of Saudi Arabia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Arabic ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Saudi residency and travel regulations ⓘ |
| nativeName | المديرية العامة للجوازات NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
airports in Saudi Arabia
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land border crossings in Saudi Arabia ⓘ seaports in Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Ministry of Interior (Saudi Arabia) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| responsibility |
border control at ports of entry
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entry and exit regulations enforcement ⓘ implementation of travel regulations ⓘ issuance of Saudi passports ⓘ management of residence permits (Iqama) ⓘ monitoring foreign workers’ residency status ⓘ overseeing expatriate residency procedures ⓘ renewal of Saudi passports ⓘ visa services implementation ⓘ |
| sector |
civil documentation
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immigration control ⓘ public security NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| service |
extension of visitor visas
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implementation of deportation decisions ⓘ issuance and renewal of Iqama for expatriates ⓘ issuance of exit and re-entry visas ⓘ issuance of final exit visas ⓘ passport issuance for Saudi citizens ⓘ transfer of sponsorship procedures ⓘ updating expatriate personal data records ⓘ |
| shortName | Saudi Passports Directorate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | Ministry of Interior (Saudi Arabia) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesSystem |
Absher electronic services platform
NERFINISHED
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electronic passport control systems ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: General Directorate of Passports (Saudi Arabia) Description of subject: The General Directorate of Passports (Saudi Arabia) is the government agency responsible for managing passports, residency permits, and border control services within the Kingdom.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.