Is this for real!!!!!!!!????????????
GCC Rules Pertaining to Electronic Devices. Please be advised that all airports in the Gulf Cooperation
Council (GCC) have a new rule regarding arriving and departing overseas workers carrying electronic
devices. The GCC consists of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, the
Sultanate of Oman, and the Republic of Yemen. This has not been published to the public. Please advise
all that are traveling to GCC airports.
All Electronic devices will be submitted for check up before the immigration section:
• Devices include cellular phones with camera and memory card, flash disks, external hard drive,
laptop/ notebook/ pc, iPod, iTouch, and mp3 players with memory cards.
• A special USB device will be inserted to the electronic devices that you are carrying. This special
device can scan all contents of your laptop and/or cell phones including videos and pictures, jpg,
bmp, avi, etc…, and contents will be recorded to their main computer.
• All devices with nude pictures will be confiscated immediately. There will be no fines, refusal will
send you to jail and you will face deportation.
• Laptops with pirated software will also be confiscated.