On 5 September 2002, visa restrictions were reintroduced for Saudi Arabian citizens travelling to Canada because "Saudi Arabia has not demonstrated the necessary will nor that it possesses the infrastructure to deny the use of its passports to terrorists, criminals or other inadmissible persons".
2002年9月5日，重啟前往加拿大旅遊的沙地阿拉伯公民的簽證限制，因為「沙特阿拉伯沒有表明其具有意願或其擁有基礎措施拒絕恐怖分子、犯罪分子或其他被拒入境者使用其護照」。