JEDDAH: An interactive website to deal with the problems of Saudi scholarship students in the United States has been set up.

The website — saudistudentsabroad.info — includes legal and social requirements as well as enquiries related to local laws in the state where the student is studying. The site will serve the needs of thousands of scholarship students in the United States.

Called the Saudi Students Abroad Hub, the website provides all services needed by scholarship students in addition to routine facilities and legal inquiries that might not be known by students, especially those who are leaving the Kingdom for the first time. The website offers a brief legal account of how to deal with investigations since some students have been deported because they have no knowledge of their rights and responsibilities.

Dr. Talal bin Ali Al-Shaer, sponsor of the website, said it offered basic support for students who find it difficult to complete their requirements at the time of entry or exit from the scholarship country.

The website features common questions and their answers so that students will have the information when they face any problems. It also encourages students to become good ambassadors for their countries because it teaches them various ways to pay back the community they are studying in.

The website offers phone service or WhatsApp around the clock the minute the student reaches the United States; it also is useful when students are passing through customs, passport control and borders. The website focuses on the US because it is the country with the most Saudi scholarship students. Plans are to expand the service to other countries as well.