Procedure to get new family iqama for dependents

Once your family arrives in Saudi Arabia on a permanent family visa, you need to follow the procedure to apply for a new Iqama for all your dependents. 

• How to Apply for a permanent family visa?

Step 1: Requirements

The following are the requirements to apply for the Iqama for dependents in Saudi Arabia;

1. Medical insurance is from the same company as the family head.
2. Pay the Dependent Fee. The stay for the first 90 days is free, after that you need to pay the dependent fee at SR 400/dependent/month.
3. SR 2,000 Iqama fee for the newborn baby, if your child is born after the visa was issued to your family.
4. Registered Saudi National Address for the head of the family.
5. Debit/Credit Card to pay for courier.

It is worth noting that there is no dependent fee for the first 90 days of family members’ arrival in Saudi Arabia. The dependent fee will be paid until your iqama expiry date is minus 90 days.

Step 2: Apply for Family Iqama

Once you are ready,

• Log in to Absher https://www.absher.sa/.
• Click on the “Family Members” tab.
• Select the “Resident ID Services” option.

On the next screen, select the dependent for whom you want to issue the Iqama. You can see that the Border Number is written with each dependent. Under Probation means that they haven’t yet received the iqama.

Click on the “Start Service” to proceed with the Iqama issuance.

On the next screen;

• Fill in the name in Arabic in the specified column. This is exactly how the name will be printed on Iqama. It should be reconciled with the English name mentioned on the passport.
• Agree to the terms and conditions.
• Click on the “Next“ button.

That’s it. You have successfully issued Iqama to your dependent.

• Repeat the same exercise for all your dependents.
• You will notice that the Iqama number replaces their border number.

Step 3: Request ID Delivery

After the second step, wait for a couple of hours to request the delivery of Iqama to your doorstep.

• Log in to Absher https://www.absher.sa/.
• Click on the “Family Members” tab.
• Select the “Resident ID Services” option.
• Select the Dependent.
• Click on the ID Card Delivery Request button.
• Select the registered home address. In case your address appears to be different from your real address, you need to update your Saudi National Address.
• Pay SR 40 delivery charges.

The newly issued Iqama cards for your dependents will be delivered to your registered address within 7 days of making the payment.

Iqama for Sponsorees

After getting the job in Saudi Arabia, if your spouse and children have traveled with you without applying for a permanent family visa,

• Children will be registered as dependents.
• Spouse as a sponsoree.

In this case, you will have to pay an additional fee before proceeding with the Iqama issuance;

• SR 2,000 fee for the visa issuance for dependents.
• SR 500 as an Iqama issuance fee for the sponsored.

Pay Iqama Issuance fee

To pay the fee new Iqama issuance fee for a sponsoree using SNB bank;

• Download the Application through PlayStore or iTunes.
• Log in to your internet banking account.
• Click on “SADAD“.
• Select “Government Payments & Refunds“.
• Biller: Alien Control.
• Service: Issue New Iqama.
• Enter Border Number. 
• Employer ID: Iqama number of the family head.
• Iqama duration: 12 months.
• Job Category: Relatives (Family Visa).

Fine for the late issuance of Iqama

• There is no fee for the family Iqama or correction of information.
• However, you must pay an SR 1,000 fine if Iqama is not processed within 3 months.