The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has launched a new service, enabling enterprises to issue a Temporary Work Visa whereas holders can work for three months from entry date and can be extended to a similar period.
The Temporary Work Visa is issued immediately through the Qiwa platform – launched by the Saudi Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development for all labor sector services in the Kingdom – and does not require any documents.
How can I request Temporary Work Visa?
The request must be submitted by the business owner or a commissioner on Qiwa business.
- Log in to the enterprise’s account
- Choose temporary work visa service from e-services
- Click on submit temporary work visa request
- Fill all the fields
- Submit the request for temporary work visa
What are the service regulations?
- The enterprise must be active
- A valid commercial registration except for the activities that do not require commercial registration.
- The enterprise Nitaqat must be at least in a medium green level
- Enterprises under the same unified number must not have any expired work permit
- Having sufficient credit in the national unified number of the enterprise on Absher, on online platform that provides various e-services to residents and businesses in Saudi Arabia.
However, a visa request can be rejected in case of insufficient balance in the unified number of the enterprise on Absher account and a rejection from the Ministry of Interior.