[6] Al-Owais was called up to the senior Saudi Arabia squad for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Timor-Leste in September 2015.

[8] Al-Owais was included in Saudi Arabia's squad for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates.

[9] However, he produced a rather mediocre performance, only keeping a clean sheet twice, against weaker North Korea and Lebanon, as Saudi Arabia won both games.

Against Qatar and Japan though, he conceding three goals, especially against the latter as his side lost an important game in the round of sixteen and thus Saudi Arabia crashed out.

However, he then conceded twice to Poland, becoming the victim of Robert Lewandowski's first World Cup goal, as Saudi Arabia succumbed to the Poles and thus lost the advantage gained from the shock win against Argentina.