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Permanent Visa for Family (Yellow Paper)

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Hello all, I just got permanent visa for my family and would like to share with you my experience so that it will help you all. Because I am from Pakistan I will be telling all the thing required for Pakistan, but I am sure it’s the same procedure in India as well as other countries.
• The very first thing you have to consider is the profession on your Iqama. It should be a supervisor category (e.g. Doctor, Engineer. Programmer, Accountant, Analyst.....etc.) In my case it was Computer Programmer.

• Second, your educational certificate (Degree/Diploma) should be relevant with your profession on your Iqama.

If you pass the above prerequisites, then you can continue to the steps below. If not, it is useless to every try to get family visa because you will be rejected straight away.
Following is the complete list of documents that are needed.
• Application form for applying for family permanent visa, this can be downloaded from MOI website. Its better if you get this attested from COC (Chamber Of Commerce), but it is not required.

• Letter from your sponsor written to the ministry stating your name (exactly as on Iqama), salary, Iqama number, nationality. It’s better to search for a format on the internet and give it to your sponsor. Most companies already have this format. This letter should be attested from COC.

• Your degree/diploma, this should be attested from the following

o HEC (Higher Education Commission) Pakistan
o MOFA (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Pakistan
o Saudi Culture
o Saudi Consulate

• Your marriage certificate, attested from MOFA (Pakistan) and Saudi Consulate.

• Your B-Form for your child or children, attested from MOFA (Pakistan) and Saudi Consulate.

• Arabic translation of all these documents, attested from MOFA (Pakistan) and Saudi Consulate. Except your degree. You can translate if by an authorized local translator here.

• Photocopy of all the below documents

o Your Iqama
o Your Passport (front page)
o Your visa (the visa that was stamped on your passport for enter Saudia)
o Your wife’s passport
o Your children’s passport

• Once you have all the above document with you, go to MOI (in my case Riyadh). No need to write names, its not use. Just go there at 4:30 AM and sit by the grill, at 5:00 AM a man will come and give you tokens as the serial you are sitting in. Then you can go home. Come at 8:00 AM again and go inside. Wait for your turn keep your document ready. Once called just hand him over your Iqama and all the documents except your original degree, marriage certificate and B-form. He will go through the documents and if he feels like it he will ask you for original. In my case he did not ask for anything.

• After going through your documents he will ask you to wait, after 5 minutes your name will be called out at a counter nearby, just go and collect your yellow slip. Make sure to check your name, your dependents name, relation and city of issue (Karachi / Islamabad). If there are any problems ask them to correct it there and then.

• After you get the yellow paper send it back home along with original marriage certificate and B-Form. You cannot get it stamped on the passport until the visa comes online. You can check this by going to visa.mofs.sa website.

• The process to stamp the visa on the passport is very well and clearly defined in etimad website. https://www.etimad.pk/etimad/html/PK/English/visa_informatio
n.jsp

Please note the following.
• Accountants need a N.O.C from sponsor or also they need their GRO to be there.
• Medical professionals need their license to be attached with the documents
• Engineers need their letter from Saudi Council of Engineers
This is all my experience, your might be different depending on the mood of the guys there. But for me it was fairly easy and simple because I had all the right documents with me.
Feel free to ask for any questions if you have.

Regards,
Sameer Ahmed Khan

  • Idite na profil od Muhammad Arsalan Usman

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    Dear Sameer,
    If i have yellow slip now for my wife, and if we have baby there in pakistan, is it possible to add the new born in the same yellow slip. Can you please guide me, what is the procedure to add new born.

    Regards,
    Muhammad Arsalan

  • Idite na profil od Mohammad shafiq

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    Salam all,

    Please clear below for me.

    1.I have Bsc in computer networking and support, sponser is sending me "computer prgrammer" visa, can any issues pop up here.

    2. Do Computer programmers need to get registered with Saudi Council Of engineering ?

    3. Can Computer Programmers apply and get the family visa?

    Thanks Alot in advance

  • Idite na profil od shakeeb ahmed

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    Validity of yellow slip is ONE YEAR (before stamping the visa in the passport)

    After visa is stamped in the passport, the validity is 90 days.

  • Idite na profil od shakeeb ahmed

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    1 Year
    http://www.mofa.gov.sa/sites/mofaen/aboutMinistry/MinistryDe
    partments/ConsularServices/Pages/GeneralAdministrationofVisa
    Control36415.aspx

  • Umar Waqas

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    Dears ,
    First of all, regarding documentation attestation, my sponsor just inquired about my profession on Iqama. I told him its Electrical Engineer, he said there is no need for degrees attestation if you are already registered with SCE. So still its a confusion as I will apply for visa may be in august so i don't want to be stuck in process due to absence of unattested docs. But currently my major concern is the validity of Yellow Paper. Many views about its expiry, some says its 3 months etcetc ranges from 3/6/12 months. Not sure which one is correct. Anybody who recently got yellow paper can guide me about validity. Appreciations for the helper :)
    Regards.

  • Idite na profil od Afaq Khan

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    Dear Sameer Khan,
    My profession is SALES EXECUTIVE. I have all documents attested from mofa and Saudi Embassy. Do i also need a NOC? if I go to ISTEKDAM along with my SPONSOR, is it better or to go alone?

  • Idite na profil od Hammad Rasheed

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    Dear Sameer,

    Can you please send me your contact number on my following email address for communication. I have also the same degree which you have and i need your support in this regards.

    [...]

    Reg,
    Hammad

  • Idite na profil od Shahid Pasha

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    Hello Brothers,

    I am planning to apply for job in saudi Arabia, couple of years i was working in saudi but after marriage i didnt go back to saudi.. but now due to personal issues i am planning to search jobs in Saudi arabia with family status, the main issue is my daughter is just 3years and i am afraid she will not stay without me for more then 1 months..
    now my question for experience people, i am working as Software Consultant in Bangalore, i also have experience in Web and Software Development, i am planning to apply for same job in saudi, but i dont have degree, i didnt complete my degree i have discontinued but i have more then 8 years of experience in Software Development, i just have 2nd PUC with discontinued degree mark sheets.., so still if i get job in saudi can i get family status...if i dont get family status what is alternate to get family to saudi so i can stay with them in saudi.., but without my family i cant even try for job in saudi..

    please suggest me with your ideas, so i can think on basis of your comments...

  • Idite na profil od Rizwan Zubairi

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    Dear Mr. Sameer,

    Thank you for your great article, it gives all the information in detail.

    I just wanted to know that i have a Bachelor's degree in Accounting and my iqama profession is General Analyst. I think it should not be a problem for getting a family visa. Could you please suggest?

    Regards,

    Rizwan

  • Idite na profil od Saleha Dadabhoy

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    Bringing family on permanent residency visa (Iqama) to KSA requires a lot of documents and requirements to be filled. The detailed procedure and requirement to bring family on Iqama to Saudi Arabia is explained in this article. Please share it to those who really need this information.
    http://life-in-saudiarabia.blogspot.com/2014/04/apply-for-pe
    rmanent-family-visa.html

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