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Family Residency Visa Issuance

Family Residency visa is a visa for the family dependents of students, faculty or staff to join them in KAUST and live in the Kingdom. Normally this visa is requested by the sponsor and approved by HR/Graduate Affairs. The visa approval letter is valid for one year from the date of issue before stamping. Son who is 17 years and 6 months old and above are not eligible for a residency visa.

Execution Duration: Approx. 14 business days

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Please fill in the form. Your request must be approved first by Graduate Affairs/ HR.
Once all documents are submitted, GA will contact the requester about the following procedure. Including Ministry of Interior Appointment. (MOI appointment must be created through the requester’s Absher)

The Documents that need to be attested from the Saudi Embassy from where it was issued and then from MOFA in Saudi are (Marriage certificate, Degree, Birth Certificate for children, if applicable)
Please have your documents attested and bring the original document to the GA Center to proceed with your Family Residency request.

If the documents are not in Arabic, they must be translated in Arabic.

For translation service information, please click HERE.

Copy of Iqama
Copy of the passport and Saudi visa with border entry number
Original Degree attested from Saudi Embassy or Apostille and MOFA (In original Language)
Degree translation (in Arabic)
KAUST Stating Salary Letter from HR/ Graduate Affairs
Spouse Passport Copy
Original Marriage Certificate attested from Saudi Embassy or Apostille and MOFA (In original Language)
Marriage Certificate Translation (in Arabic)
Children passport copy
Copy of Children Birth Certificate attested from Saudi Embassy or Apostille and MOFA (In original Language or English)
Children’s Birth Certificate translation (in Arabic)

The MOI appointment will be attended by a GA Representative on your behalf.
If a baby was born inside the Kingdom and make Final exit, to return to the Kingdom as a resident, the sponsor needs to apply for Family residency visa.

	Type of Visitors	Head of Department (VP / Dean)	HR	Graduate Affairs
Approvals	Student	no	no	yes
	Staff/ Faculty	no	yes	no

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