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Updated April 2023
Different types of visas are granted by the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) to nationals, residents, and expatriates. One such visa offered by the MOFA is the Saudi family residence visa, which is given to the immediate family members of Saudi Arabia’s authorized expatriates to sponsor the migrations of their families.
Please keep reading to find out more about KSA’s Saudi family residence visa, its requirements, fees, processing time, and more.
In Saudi Arabia, you can apply for a permanent family visa online or by completing an Istiqdam form, paying the cost, and providing all the necessary documentation. The steps are listed below.
The following requirements must be satisfied before an expat can apply for a permanent family visa in Saudi Arabia.
When requesting a permanent family visa, the iqama validity should not be shorter than three months.
You must work in respectable professions (List under this link ).
Only your wife and kids may apply for a permanent family visa.
Children who are older than 18 cannot apply for a visa.
Only one wife may apply for the visa at once.
For your mother or father, you cannot apply for a permanent family visa (parents).
The required GOSI Certificate minimum wage for a Saudi Arabian permanent family visa is SR 3,500.
Submit the fee:
In Saudi Arabia, a permanent family visa will cost SR 2,000 as of 2023. Recommended: How to pay the family visa fee?
Online permanent family visa application:
Only those with a few specific vocations are eligible to apply for the permanent family visa online.
According to our experience, foreign nationals in the following occupations have been successful in obtaining the visa through an online application. Even if your career is different, you can still give it a shot for free.
Doctors with the Saudi Commission on Health Specialties registration.
Engineers having the Saudi Council of Engineers registration.
Auditors and Accountants who registered with the SOCPA.
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Select "Expatriates Services" from the list of choices on the following screen.
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After reading the instructions, you must click on the "New Family Visa Application" to proceed to the next phase in the permanent family visa application process in KSA.
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Your complete information, including your Full Name, Iqama Number, Passport Number, Passport Expiry Date, Religion, Mobile Number, Nationality, Iqama Expiration Date, Passport Issue Date, Passport Issue Place, and Iqama Profession, will then show on a new page. Additionally, it will include details on your sponsor.
Just double-check the information the MOI System has retrieved before clicking the "Apply for Family Visa" option.
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This application form will show up on your computer screen if you are qualified to submit an online application for a permanent family visa. You must provide information like :
The amount of your salary in SAR.
Education Level.
Date of completion of education at the highest level;
major subjects covered.
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After completing this form, you must add the dependents' names, passport numbers, ages, religions, and relationships to you as well as the port of embarkation.
The city where your family's passports will have their visas stamped is referred to as the "Port of Boarding."
If the dependent's second and third names are not accessible, you just need to enter "-" in place of them.
Enter the name exactly as it appears on your passport.
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Post-Applicant Procedure
The Absher system will give you the opportunity to print the application after you've submitted it. Give it to your company's HR to sign and seal after you have signed it.
Within 30 days of submission, the business will certify the SR 30 application through the Chamber of Commerce's online system.
You must commence the application against the SR 30 charge in person at the chamber of business within 30 days of the online attestation's submission.
The application's status will now read "Approved," and you can see the visa number. Once your application for an Istiqdam family visa has been approved, you will receive an SMS with visa information.
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You can send the application for visa processing to your home country once you have the visa number. Recommended: How can I get an Etimad Center stamp on a permanent family visa?
The grounds for rejecting the online application:
Because your application does not adhere to Istiqdam e-service business rules, it cannot be processed.
The system will prompt you to attend the Istiqdam office if your profession disqualifies you from applying for a permanent family visa and display the following notice.
You are not listed as a sponsor on the family immigration application. Visit Istiqdam for more information.
If you see this notice, it signifies that your employer's Maktab Amal account, chamber of commerce membership, or commercial registration has expired.
Istiqdam is the place to apply for a permanent family visa.
The Istiqdam is the second way to apply for a permanent family visa in Saudi Arabia for use starting in 2023.
You must make an Istiqdam appointment in the city where the chamber of commerce has attested your documents first.
Essential Documents
According to the most recent revision in 2023, the following documents must be delivered to the Istiqdam in order to apply for a permanent family visa in Saudi Arabia.
Istiqdam Form with the business seal and authorized signature for a permanent family visa.
Copy Iqama.
a duplicate of the Saudi visa that was stamped into your passport.
each candidate for a visa's passport.
Arabic translation and an attested degree certificate from the Saudi Embassy and MOFA that corresponds to your iqama profession.
Arabic translation of a marriage license that has been attested by the Saudi Embassy and MOFA.
Children's birth certificates with Arabic translation and attestations from the Saudi Embassy and MOFA.
Income Tax Certificate (sample). The Chamber of Commerce must affix its stamp to the letter.
Your pay is mentioned in the GOSI certificate.
Doctors, engineers, technicians, accountants, and auditors can all obtain professional certification.
Certificate of Commercial Registration for the company you are employed with.
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Check out the Istiqdam
Organize all the paperwork needed to apply for a permanent family visa in Saudi Arabia in a file, then go to the Istiqdam office when the time comes.
You must visit the Istiqdam Jawazat Office in the Rehab District if you reside in Jeddah.
Yellow Slip
You will be called back to the window after around 30 minutes, and if all goes according to plan, you will be granted a yellow slip.
Verify the names on the Yellow Slip to make sure they are accurate.
If any of the information on the yellow slip is incorrect, you have three working days to return to Istiqdam and make the necessary corrections.
The Istiqdam's Yellow Slip or permanent family visa is valid for 1 Hijri Year, or 354 or 355 days, starting on the day it is issued. It implies that you must now complete the visa application in your nation within one hijri year.
Post-Applicant Procedure
It is okay to start stamping once the vis starts to emerge on the EnjazIT platform. To complete the task, your family may hire an agent. There is no need to consult the MOFA website for permanent family visa information.
Etimad has been given permission by the Saudi government to work in various nations, including Pakistan. Recommended: How can I get an Etimad Center stamp on a permanent family visa?
There is no requirement to alter the permanent family visa if a child is born after Saudi Arabia has awarded it. Simply give your representative the mother's passport and the newborn baby's documents, and the Saudi Embassy will stamp them.
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Permanent Family Visa cancellation
You can always cancel the permanent family visa before it is stamped on the passport and receive a refund of SR 2,000 if you decide not to bring your family to Saudi Arabia.
Required paperwork:
In a letter to the Jawazat officer, your sponsor should state why you need to revoke your permanent family visa. The Chamber of Commerce also needs to vouch for this letter.
Iqama in its original form and a copy.
a copy and the original passport.
the authentic Yellow Slip or a duplicate of the Istiqdam-issued visa.
Check out the Istiqdam
You must now return to the Istiqdam location that you went to when you applied for the permanent family visa.
You would be given a form to complete. If you don't speak Arabic, you can ask someone who does for assistance or take it outside and have some SR 15 agents fill it out.
Your permanent family visa will be revoked if you give the form and the aforementioned papers to the visa officer.
The original payment account will receive a complete reimbursement of the SR 2,000 visa cost.
One of our readers' refunds for the permanent family visa took him about 1.5 months to receive.
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