You profession must be good

You need to prepare:
1. Your original iqama (keep a copy with yourself for records)
2.Your passport photocopy
3. Introduction letter in Arabic from your employer giving details about your salary, stamped form you kafeel (company) and stamped form chamber of commence.
4. Passport copy of the visiting parents (Note that a separate application has to be made for each individual family member whom you are going to sponsor)

Once you are ready with all of the above, proceed to the next step as below. Have a person who can read Arabic next to you. Then click on this link

https://visa.mofa.gov.sa/VisaFamilyApp/FamilyApp.asp

The name of your parents should be filled ONLY in English. All the remaining data are to be filled in Arabic. Remember, YOU are the sponsor for your family, and NOT your employer. In case more than one family member is visiting you and are coming by the same flight, enter their names in the same form, otherwise use separate forms.

In the column asking for the number of days of visa required, type "90". If you are lucky, you will get a 3-month visit visa, otherwise it will be only a 1-month visa. There is no hard and fast rule. Everything depends on the mood of the officer who decides the visa validity. However, you can always renew the visit visa twice, and each extension is for one month only. In the column asking for the purpose of the visit, type as "famly visit" in (زيارة عائلة) Arabic.

Once you fill in this form and submit, you will get an acknowledgement number on the screen. Print two copies of this. Keep one copy with yourself as a reference. You will be needing this soon. Take a printout of your filled-in application form, sign it in the place mentioned in the bottom along with the date. Don't forget to take the signature and stamp of your company sponsor and form chamber of commence.

Once this is done, attach this along with the remaining documents mentioned above and submit it to your nearest Ministry of Foreign Affairs office (not to be confused with the passport office (Jawasat, as it is known locally). Renewal can be done in the Jawasat, but for the first time, you must submit it in the MOFA office.

Most important point: You must submit the above documents within 3 working days of filling in the on-line form, or else all your effort is a waste. Remember, Thursdays and Fridays are weekly offs for Government departments in the kingdom, so keep this in mind before filling in the form.

Wait for about a week and the visit the above mentioned link once again. Type in your iqama number and the acknowledgement number which is mentioned in the printout you took earlier. If you get the same page after hitting the 'Enter' button on your keyboard, it means that your visa is still under processing. Otherwise, you should get a so-called 'Yellow slip'. Take two 'COLOR' printouts of this, and keep one for your reference, and note down the URL address.
You have now crossed half the journey. The next step is to send the following documents to your home country.

1. The 'Yellow slip' color printout mentioned above
2. Copy of your Iqama
3. Copy of your passport (remember, you are the sponsor)
4. Printout of your last 3 months' bank statement
5. A letter in English addressed to the Saudi Embassy / Consulate of your home country stating that you will be present to receive your guest
6. Introduction letter in Arabic from your employer giving details about your salary (copy)

Send all of the above by courier to your home country. Along with the above documents, attache Original passport of each family member who plans to visit, submit to the Saudi Embassy / Consulate in your home country


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