Apply for Permanent Family Visa ?

A very simple guide to Apply Permanent Family Visa for KSA,

Only These Iqama Professionals can apply for Family Visa. if your profession is not under the list please attest your degree to change your Profession.

Process In Native Country (1):

Step 0:

Attest your Iqama and Passport copy from your company and send to Islamabad Saudi Culture by Mail (DHL, ARAMIX ) e.t.c. 

Step 1:
Saudi Culture now have your Iqama/Passport Copy send by you/your company with attestation,

Now one of your family member will go to the Saudi Culture Islamabad Pakistan with below mentioned documents,

1) Degree attested by "HEC" and "Ministry of foreign affairs Pakistan".
2)  2 Letters from your (Company in Saudi Arabia) attested by chamber of commerce and ministry of foreign affairs(MOFA)  Saudi Arabia.
3) Copy of your Iqama and copy of Passport Visa page and Photo page.


Step 2:    
Original Marriage Certificate & Original Children Birth Certificate attest it from Ministry of Foreign Affairs in your country. Then attest Step2 documents from Saudi Embassy

Process In Saudi Arabia:

Now, I assume that you have all these documents in your hand in Saudi Arabia. It means Iqama profession is suitable, you have your attested degrees, attested marriage certificate and attested birth certificates of children along with attested Arabic translated copies. 

Step 1:

Take all documents to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and stamp all documents otherwise Jawazat will not accept it.

 Step 2:

You need to take a letter from your sponsor directed to Jawazat requesting from them to process visa for your family. This letter should be stamped by the Chamber of Commerce.

Step 3:

You need to submit visa fee of SR 2,000/- per family through SADAD. Try to pay this fee from your internet or phone banking. It is always preferable to pay it from your personal bank account.

Step 4:

Now you need to ask from Government Relations Officer of your company about the Jawazat Office you need to visit. There are several Jawazat offices in big cities. If you are living in Jeddah, you need to go to Istaqdam Jawazat Office situated in Rehab District.

Step 5:

You need to submit attested degrees along with translation, attested marriage certificate, and attested birth certificates of all your children, copies of passports of all the people applying for the visa, copy of the Iqama and letter from the sponsor stamped by Chamber of Commerce.

Step 6:

Take copies of all the original documents and submit them to the window at your turn. Whenever there are some attested documents, make sure you have taken copy of main document as well as attested stamps. He will check the documents and will ask you to wait for a while. After around 30 minutes, you will be called again at the window and if everything goes fine, you will be given a yellow slip. This yellow slip is actually visa for your family. Take the slip and check if the names and other details mentioned on the yellow slip are the same as mentioned on the passport and other formal documents.

Process In Native Country After Getting Visa (2):

Step 1:

Now, you need to send this Yellow slip to your native country to your family. It is always advisable to take services of some agent in this regard. Overseas employment agents are expert in these kinds of processes and they have relations inside Saudi Embassy. It is easier for them to get it stamped. They will charge you from SR 400 to SR 500 per passport and take care of all the requirements.

Step 2:

In some countries like Pakistan, Saudi Government has established Eitamad Centers. You do not need to contact agents in case Eitamad Centers are established in your native country. You directly go to them with the report of medical test. They will process the permanent family visa for you. Charges of Eitamad Center are also same as mentioned above. Process you need to carry on in Eitamad Centers.

Step 3:

All your family members will have to go through a medical test before apply for visa to Saudi Embassy. Agent will give a token for every family member and they will have to appear for the test in designated laboratories. If you have Eitmad centers in your country, there is no need to take token. You can directly go to the approved laboratory for test. The report of the test is required to be submitted to Saudi Embassy to stamp the Visa.