Getting a Visit Visa for Family (Mother / Mother in Law)

1. Fill family visit visa form online at MOFA.GOV.SA.
2. Print the filled form from MOFA.GOV.SA. All form should be filled in Arabic, other than the visitor's name. As it is in English on Passport. No spelling mistakes on Name.
3.  Take a photo copy of this filled form and keep it safe, you need it for visa inquiry.
4.  Introduction letter from Kafeel, must mention salary and purpose of visit. (ABOVE TWO (filled form and introduction letter) SHOULD BE ATTESTED FROM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE)
5.  Your Iqama, passport first page, and passport visa page copy. 
6. Wife's Iqama, passport first page, and passport visa page copy. 
7. A letter from hospital / Dr attending. (ARABIC - Optional in case of pregnancy support)
8.  Copy of Arabic translation of Nikkah Nama.

  Submit all above to MOFA, and check the status of the visa online after 2 to 3 days.

This post relates to:

• Visit Visa Requirements for Saudi Arabia
• Family Visa for Saudi Arabia
• Mother in Law's Visa for Saudi Arabia
• Visit Visa for KSA
• Mother's Visa for Saudi Arabia
• Visit Visa for Saudi Arabia

Family Exit Re-Entry Visa Process

Family Exit Re-Entry Visa Process

You can get exit / re-entry visa for you family your self. Most companies faciliate for such visa, but if you are in hurry or your company is not doing it for you. Following is the process for applying for the exit reentry of your family.

1. Pay 200 SAR per family member (PER PASSPORT), against there IQAMA ID online, using SADAD services.
2. Get a form from Jawazat, form is easily available with all typist / shops outside jawazat. They fill it if you if you want for 10SAR.
3. Separate form is required for each family member.
4. Form should be filled in Arabic. Duration is important in the form, you can mention 30, 90, 180 or more days. Must remember that duration will start from the day of exit / re-entry visa issuance.
5. Attach one passport size photo with white background.
6. Get the form stamped from your company. Two stamps - one covering photo on the form, and other in the box, for Kafeel signature and stamp. (KHATAM and TOQEEH)
7. Attach following documents.
• Your IQAMA's Copy. You are kafeel of your family.
• Family member's IQAMA copy.
• Family member's passport copy.
8. Go to jawazat with original passport, filled and stamped (Company) form and wait in the queue.
9. There are normally three queues in Jawazat 30 days, 90 days and more than 180 days queue. Sit in appropriate que.
10. These queues are very fast, if there is no MUKHALFA etc you will easily get EXIT / REENTRY in 1 hour maximum.
11. They will verify the form, enter IQAMA number and give you a stamped white printout which has duration and maximum exit / reentry dates mentioned. 

Verify the details before leaving the counter.

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• Saudi Arabia Re-Entry Visa
• Multiple Exit Re-Entry Visa
• Exit Re-Entry Visa

Getting a Birth Certificate for Baby Born in Saudi Arabia

New: Get an appointment from http://eservices.moi.gov.sa Fill the arabic form, very easy to fill form. Attach following Your Iqama Copy Wife Iqama Copy Your Passport Copy Wife Passport Copy Orginal Birth Anouncement letter from hospital Keep Original Vaccination card with you. Go to MOI office, submit the documents, you will receive birth certificate after 30 to 50mins, get it signed from MUDEEER(Department Head) and thats it. This is only birth registration slip, you can continue further procedures for getting passport from your local emabassy on this. However a permanent birth letter will be issue after one year when one year's vaccination of child has been completed.

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• Saudi Arabian Birth Certificate
• Get a Saudi Arabian Birth Certificate
• Birth Certificate for baby born in Saudi Arabia

Registering SIM Card on Your IQAMA

 Registering SIM Card on Your IQAMA (post compiled by Mr. Umair Ahmed)

SIM purchased from open market (any store other than mobile operator office) are usually unregistered in KSA and you need to register it on your name to avoid disconnection, and to avail online services.

To register the SIM you have to visit any STC / Mobily office. I visited one at Dabab street beside Chamber of Commerce building in Riyadh.

There was an information counter , where I explained my case(I bought SIM from a shop , when I did not have IQAMA and now I want it to be register on my newly issued IQAMA) .The person at information counter issued me a ticket with two forms.( one form was in English and the other in arabic)

I filled those forms partially (Name, Cell number, Date, IQAMA number and Signatures) and get photocopy of my IQAMA. (photocopy machine was available there) .Then i waited my turn on service counter.

Support person on service counter completed the form and update my details on STC system. And that’s it. The Sim purchased from shop is transferred on my name.

Documents required:

1. SIM Card

2. IQAMA

Family Residence Visa Process

KSA - Family Residence Visa Process

This process involved mainly two to three parts. One part has to be done in your home country (E.G. PAKISTAN) and second part to be done in KSA. Following are the main steps involved. These steps are detailed enough to do whole process yourself, but now a days agent do these all things for you in PAKISTAN. As in PAKISTAN you need to get things attested from CULTURE and SAUDI EMBASSY and ARABIC translations which take time, and agent do that all for extra charges.

First step is to prepare to get family visa from KSA. Things you need are

1. Your original degree / diploma certificate
2. Your original marriage certificate
3. Copies of Birth certificates of your children
4. Arabic translation of your marriage certificate
5. Arabic translation of your degree / diploma certificate

All above things need to be attested from your HOME COUNTRY.

Note that all of these have to be done in your home country. For your degree certificate, you must first get the same attested by the HRD Ministry or the Ministry of Education (where applicable) of your home country's government. Once this is done, it has to be re-attested by the Saudi Embassy in your home country.

Once you have all above you need to bring them to KSA. The first part of your family visa case in completed.

The Second step is to prepare an application in KSA. Things you need are

1. A permanent family visa application form, this form is in ARABIC and is easily available from WAZARAT-E-DAKHILIA (MINSITRY OR INTERIOR). Fill this form very carefully take help from someone who know good ARABIC. (In Riyadh you can get this form from Ministry near HAI-UL-WAZARAH area on ABDUL AZIZ road)
2. While filling form you have to mention names in ENGLISH, same spelling as they appear on the passport. All other things are ARABIC. THIS FORM HAS TO BE ATTESTED FROM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Once form is filled attach following things.
3. Copy of your IQAMA.
4. Original salary certificate / introduction letter from your company in Arabic with salary details attested by the Chamber of Commerce.
5. Copy of the passport for each family member. (children and spouse)
6. Copy of your own passport, first page and visa (IQAMA) page.
7. Copy of birth certificate for each of your children
8. Copy of your marriage certificate (ATTESTED IN YOUR HOME COUNTRY)
9. Arabic translation of the copy of your marriage certificate (ATTESTED IN HOME COUNTRY)
10. Copy of your degree / diploma certificate which has been attested. (ATTESTED IN HOME COUNTRY, SAUDI CULTURE, EMBASSY AND HEC)
11. Arabic translation of your degree / diploma certificate.
12. Copy of your work permit card (the original is normally attached to the passport and will be in custody of your sponsor)
13. If you are going personally, keep ready with you the originals of the following:

    1. Original degree certificate

    2. Original marriage certificate

    3. Original Iqama

    4. Original work permit card

Once you have all above you need to go to MOI (WAZARAT-E-DAKHILIA), the best time to go is morning early like 7AM. People queue outside gate from 6AM normally. But going early make you free by 10AM or so. Sometime if you go late they told you to come tomorrow as they are no more issuing tokens for serving on the same date.

If everything goes well, on you turn after verifications of above you will be given  a so-called 'Yellow Slip' (FAMILY VISA) immediately. Get a color photo copy of this yellow slip for your records and send the original to your family in your home country along with copies of following. If this guy ask you for traveling station tell him it's KARACHI. This means your visa will be issued to KARACHI embassy. Or get as per near embassy to your home town.

The third and last step is to get this visa stamped from your home country, this is not difficult as the yellow slip is with you every thing else is fine. This is the step where you need an agent, he will charge 5-10K depending what he did for you, service charges are normally under 5K Rs. but if he is getting attestations, translations etc then he will charge separately. The third step process is following.

Following are the things that has to be dispatched to AGENT, Also confirm from Agent.

1. Original Nikkah Nama.

2. Wife's Original degree and mark sheet.
3. Wife's Original passport and ID Card. (And children passports)

4. Wife's and children  4 snaps each 

5. Your original National ID Card.

6. Original yellow slip. Visa page. Sometime color photo copy works. Ask Agent.

7. Your Passport photo copy.
8. Your visa photo copy. (the one stamped on passport)
9. Your Iqama photo copy. (Very Important)

10. GAMCA Medical Report.

From GAMCA just go to GAMCA center with Passport, 4 Snaps and Visa Print out other than the one's to be dispatched above. And ask them to issue GAMCA number. To be on save side keep all above in a file with you, so that if they demand then you can show them. 

Once you have GAMCA number go to medical center and get the medical done.Once medical is  done we have to send the report to agent as well. Get a copy of the report.

Agent will give an E-NUMBER, take that enumber with a photo copy of GAMCA report to medical center, they will upload it and stamp the copy that it is online now. FAX it to agent. The step 10 and it's detail agent can do it for you if you ask him. But do it yourself (family) is better.

That's it, now you have to call him daily for visa inquiry. It will be given in one working week once you have all details.

This post relates to:

• Permanent Family Visa in Saudi Arabia
• Family Residence Visa in Saudi Arabia
• Family IQAMA in Saudi Arabia