Dammam, eMedia:

Passport Directorate in the Eastern Region has lately activated a new service for issuing travel permits electronically now at Dammam Passport Department, and to be consequently activated at all other passport departments in the Region.
General Fahd bin Abdulaziz Alhumaidy, Director of Passport at the Eastern Region, declared that guardians can now visit Dammam Passport Dep. to issue e-travel permits for any of their family members, so that there will be no need to carry such a permit when traveling abroad since it is electronically registered. Such permits are to be issued for minors and women, provided that their guardians should attend in person, he added. It is worth mentioning that this service will be soon delivered within the e-government services for individuals enabling guardians to issue such permits online or by mobile with no need to visit passport departments.