{"id":70163,"date":"2025-04-09T18:59:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T13:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=70163"},"modified":"2025-04-09T18:59:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T13:59:10","slug":"saudi-arabia-eases-iqama-renewal-for-families-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/saudi-arabia-eases-iqama-renewal-for-families-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia eases Iqama renewal for families abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"73\" data-end=\"469\">RIYADH: The<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/saudi-arabia-imposes-visa-ban-on-14-countries-including-pakistan\/\"> Kingdom of Saudi Arabia<\/a> has introduced a new residency policy that simplifies the renewal process for families abroad.<\/p>\n<p>To streamline the residency process for expatriates, the General Directorate of Passports in KSA announced a new policy that allows residents to renew their Iqama (residency permit) even if some of their dependents or partners are currently outside the country.<\/p>\n<p>The head of household must remain in Saudi Arabia to renew the Iqama. Prior to this update, expatriates faced a difficult process to renew the Iqama if a family member was abroad, as all dependents had to be physically present in the country, which led to unwanted delays and legal complications.<\/p>\n<p>The new update now provides a simple solution to the problem, allowing families to maintain their legal status without any obstacles.<\/p>\n<p>The Kingdom continues to simplify the residency process for foreign nationals, providing relief to those who have had difficulty renewing their permits due to the absence of family members.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the residency renewal policy, the Directorate also introduced digital solutions for exit and re-entry visas. Family members abroad can now extend their visas electronically through the SADAD system and the Absher platform, eliminating the need to visit passport offices in person.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RIYADH: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has introduced a new residency policy that simplifies the renewal process for families abroad. To streamline the residency process for expatriates, the General Directorate of Passports in KSA announced a new policy that allows residents to renew their Iqama (residency permit) even if some of their dependents or partners [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":69820,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[9934],"class_list":["post-70163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-kingdom-of-saudi-arabia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70163"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70165,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70163\/revisions\/70165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}