Family Visa for Saudi Arabia – Requirements and Process

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This article is Just shared for the sake of information from the Blog of Khurram Shahzad who has described the process of family visa for Saudi Arabia. Many of my blog visitors asking about this process at another post No change in family visa rules Saudi Arabia-Official. I will try to share similar stuff as per readers’s demand and interest in the future.

Following are the steps and procedures which are required to get Family Visa. I have divided this process into two phases.First Applying for the visa (being in Saudi Arabia) and Second is Applying for Visa Stamping from your Home Country.

Applying for Visa Pre-Requisites

Please gather these documents.

1. Copy of Your iqama.
2. Copy of Your passport (must required pages: info page,visa page,entry page)
3. Marriage certificate (attested by Saudi Consulate in your home country and Foreign office of your home country)
4. Arabic Translation of Marriage Certificate from an approved Translation centre.
5. Degree (attested by Saudi Consulate in your home country and Foreign office of your home country)
6. Arabic Translation of Degree from an approved Translation centre.

Procedure for applying

• Letter from your employer describing your profession and salary.
• Visa Application form filled in Arabic. Normally company government relation officer does this sort of stuff.(you can check with your company for this otherwise you can download this form and get this filled from any Arabic literate person).
• Visa application form should be stamped/signed by your sponsor(kafeel,company) and also you need to sign it as well.
• Get these documents ( pre-requisites + Letter + Visa Application Form) and make one file.
• Visit Istikdam office in your city and apply for the visa.
• They will issue you a white paper which is a step 1 of the final 2 step process.
• Now ask your company/sponsor to apply for visa in Foreig Ministry on basis of the white paper you have got.They will fill an on-line form and give you another print out with the application number printed on it.
• Final step is to collect this printout and attach the white paper you got from Istikam office and submit it in Ministry of Foreign Affairs.(note: keep one copy of the printout with you as this contains application number which you need to track oninline your visa status after submitting with Foreign Ministry)
• It will take 3/5 days before the visa status will be visible online on https://visa.mofa.gov.sa/eDefault.asp. keep checking this link (https://visa.mofa.gov.sa/SrhComFamilyVisa.asp) to see status of visa.Once you see the page with all the information. Now you can start processing from your home country.

Process to apply for Visa stamping from Home Country

First of all visit GAMCA office with all your documents and your family. Get a GAMCA no and then visit any authorized Medical center and complete Medical Test of your family. When you get its report prepare the following documents.

• Visa printout from https://visa.mofa.gov.sa/SrhComFamilyVisa.asp.
• Original passport ( of the visitor)
• Medical Test Report
• Marriage certificate (original)
• 4 Passport size photograph with white background.
• Look for any agency (in Pakistan you can apply through http://www.skylinkservices.org) which will apply for visa stamping from Saudi Embassy. It will take 3/5 days to complete this process.

Disclaimer: Many times at my blog I have explained that I am not a lawyer or legal adviser to anyone. I am simple person who is working in Information Technology field in Saudi Arabia. A lot of people are asking me questions in blog comments and I cannot say ‘NO’ to them or remain silent on their queries. I try to help them because I know they are suffering in their lives regarding their families. And to reply blog comments I have to spare a lot of time from my busy life. As I have gone through all this process, (1. Documents attestation from Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, 2. Change of Profession, 3. Applying for a family visa, 4. Stamp visa to passport from Saudi Embassy and finally get my family here in Saudi Arabia) So I only can provide a guide-line or information. I am not affiliated with any Recruiting Agency, Travel Agency, General Services Agency or Legal firm. I cannot guarantee what information I provide here is 100% accurate as per Saudi Arabian law. I will not accept any claim of misguidance, fraud or any other thing of same kind. Thank you. (Author)