Conditions for a temporary work visa in Saudi Arabia

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A temporary work visa is a visa issued to enter Saudi Arabia once or several times, for a specific period, and is concerned with specific work outside the scope of Hajj work. Its validity period is one year from the date of its issuance.

Advantages of a temporary work visa:

• For this reason, a worker is brought in without the need to issue a permit and a residence permit.
• It is submitted electronically via the Qiwa platform.
• Suit for three months, extendable for another similar period.
• Instant service and there is no wide range of it.

Conditions for obtaining a work visa:

The Ministry of Labor in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has set several conditions that must be met by everyone who wishes to obtain a work visa. If any of them are not met, the visa will not be issued permanently, and they are as follows:

1. The age of the applicant wishing to obtain a work visa must not be less than 21 years.
2. The work visa in Saudi Arabia is not general, but must be issued at a specific time, with a specific number of times during which entry and exit from the Kingdom is permitted.
3. The applicant wishing to obtain a work visa must be from one of the countries allowed to work in Saudi Arabia only.
4. The holder of a temporary work visa cannot perform Hajj.
5. The period of residence within the Kingdom is required to be for a period of three months only and not more, and it is permitted to renew it after that, but only for a period of one year.
6. The temporary work visa in Saudi Arabia is issued for a period of one year only and not more, and if the person does not use it during this period, it is cancelled.
7. If the holder of a work visa obtains a work contract in Saudi Arabia whose duration exceeds one year, in that case he can convert the temporary visa to permanent residency.

Conditions for using the service:

• The status of the facility must be current.
• Validity of the commercial register, with the exception of activities that do not require a commercial register.
• Lack of feedback from the facility’s wage system.
• The scope of the green entity must be average or higher.
• Lack of valid work licenses for one of the unified number establishments.
• There is a sufficient balance for the transaction in the establishment’s unified national number account in Absher

Steps to benefit from a temporary work visit visa:

1. Register or log in to the Qiwa platform.
2. Log in to the “Establishment Account”.
3. Choose the temporary work visa service from the electronic services.
4. Choose the temporary work visa application service.
5. Fill out the application information.
6. Submit a request to issue a temporary work visa.