Saudi Arabian Family Residency Visa Requirements

SAUDI ARABIAN FAMILY RESIDENCY VISA REQUIREMENTS

Family residency visas are available for relatives of work residents in Saudi Arabia. Permitted relatives include: spouses, sons under the age of 18 years old and unmarried daughters on proof of marital status. Authorisation by the Saudi Ministry of Affairs must be obtained by the sponsoring resident in Saudi Arabian prior to applying for a visa.

Medical appointments can be carried out at our Harley Street office, please contact us for a suitable appointment.

In order to process the Residency visa, we will need:

Valid biometric passport with a double blank page and at least one further blank page for exit and entry stamps

Completed application form,

Completed consent form,

Completed Medical needed for those aged 15 and over (can be booked with us please email for a suitable time),

4 colour photos on a white background,

Copy of Saudi foreign Ministry Authorisation,

Copy of your sponsor’s Iqama (the person in Saudi you are visiting),

For applicants aged 18 and over, Full CRB check issued by the ACRO (apply HERE),

The ACRO Police Certificate MUST be less than 30 days old at the time of lodging your visa application.

If you have a ‘No Live Trace’ on your Police Certificate, then the Saudi Embassy will ask you to also submit a Subject Access Report (also available from ACRO).

We can no longer supply a Police Clearance from any Country other than the UK. They must be applied for in the UK using the ACRO link.

Your original UK birth certificate if travelling to join a parent *

Your original UK marriage certificate if travelling to join a spouse *

* The Saudi Embassy occasionally do NOT return these originals so we recommend you apply to the GRO, website to be found HERE, for duplicate original to be issued if your original has sentimental or practical

If the birth or marriage certificate is not of UK origin, then you should have it stamped by the Saudi Embassy in the country it was issued before sending to us.

Any applicant who has visited either Sierra Leone or Guinea (Conakry) in the 4 weeks preceding the application will be rejected.