Wednesday, December 10, 2014
HOW TO ADD A NEWBORN BABY UNDER YOUR IQAMA
It's a dream of every expatriate to bring and live with his family in Saudi Arabia. What if your wife is pregnant and you are planning to bring your upcoming baby to Saudi Arabia? Here you have two options. The first is to give birth to your baby in your home country, and the other option is to give birth to your newbornbaby in Saudi Arabia, which will be very expensive if you do not have family insurance.
If you choose the first option to birth your child in your home country, you should go through the long process that is mentioned in detail below.
1. Your wife, who already holds an iqama/muqeem, should apply for a passport and visa for your child.
2. Once your child is in Saudi Arabia, you can add them under your Iqama/Muqeem by depositing a fee of 2000 SR. If your child is already over 1 year old, you should pay an additional fine of 1000 SR.
3. Ensure your fee is deposited correctly by checking the MOI website. To check, follow this article, "Funds under Muqeem".
4. Take a form from the Jawazat office for adding your child under your Iqama/Muqeem and fill it in Arabic, attaching two photographs of your child. You can request the writers in front of the Jawazat office to help you. Get the form attested by your employer.
5. Attach a polio immunization certificate received from the hospital of your home country and a translated birth certificate of your child.
6. Carry originals and copies of parents passports and submit them to the Jawazat office addition department.
Adding your child under your Iqama/Muqeem (born in Saudi Arabia):
This process is a little bit easier compared to the first one. Here you have to go through the following processes to add your child under your Iqama if he was born in Saudi.
1. Getting Birth Certificate
2. Getting Passport
3. Getting Iqama/Muqeem
Adding your child under your Iqama/Muqeem (born in Saudi Arabia):
This process is a little bit easier compared to the first one. Here you have to go through the following processes to add your child under your Iqama if he was born in Saudi.
1. Getting Birth Certificate
2. Getting Passport
3. Getting Iqama/Muqeem
1. Getting a Birth Certificate:
- Make appointment with Ahwal-e-Madni before your baby born. To know the detailed procedure for booking a new appointment with Al Ahwal-e-Madani, read this article, "Birth Certificate Appointment Saudi Arabia."
- Get a birth notification certificate from the hospital where your child was born.
- Take original passports and Iqama copies of you and your wife. Printout of Ahwal-e-Madani appointment, MOH Form received from hospital, Fill out and submit "Form 87." Translate into Arabic if you have English documents.
2. Getting a Passport for Baby:
- Once you receive the birth certificate from Ahwal-e-Madni, you should contact your embassy with all the documents you have for issuing a passport to your baby.
3. Getting Iqama from Jawazat:
- After your baby passport processing, you can give it to your company HR department to add your child under your Iqama.
