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It happened to me once in Saudi Arabia - due to a delay at customs; my visa was marked as invalid because midnight had passed.

It happened to me once in Saudi Arabia - due to a delay at immigration; my visa was marked as invalid because midnight had passed.

If you are denied entry into either of the countries, you have to cross over this land border; assuming you can enter either of the bordering countries.

Here is a picture that I took during one of my road trips to Saudi Arabia that shows the fence around the no-man zone:

The green sign in Arabic is pointing cargo vehicles to the right and passenger vehicles straight forward; and underneath that "immigration and customs"

If you are denied entry into either of the countries, you have to cross over this land border; assuming you can enter either of the bordering countries.

There are two land crossings between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait; and at each of them there is a "no man's land"; which is a land buffer between the two countries.

Anything in this land is considered in a neutral zone. There are plenty of vehicles and remnants of the Gulf War there (old tanks, etc.)

If you are denied entry into either of the countries, you have to cross over this land border; assuming you can enter either of the bordering countries.

If you are inadmissible to either of the countries, then you are held in the detention center and then subject to deportation.