Extension of Family Visit Visa in Saudi Arabia It is the greatest pleasure for any expatriate living in Saudi Arabia to call its family here in Saudi Arabia either on Family Visit Visa or Permanent Family Visa. Once your family is here in Saudi Arabia on visit visa, you can apply for the extension of visit visa to prolong their stay in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In this article, we will be detailing about the process to apply for the extension of visit visa. We have written separate articles detailing the complete procedure to bring your family to Saudi Arabia upon; · Apply for Family Visit Visa · Apply for Permanent Family Visa. Rules for Extension of Family Visit Visa If visit visa is stamped for 30 days, it can be extended 6 more times. It means total stay in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will be of 210 days in this case. If visit visa is initially issued for 90 days, it can be extended 2 more times. It means total stay in Saudi Arabia will be of 270 days. The Directorate General of Passport Office (Jawazat) will no longer be extending visit visas for expatriates, except Syrian nationals starting from July 2014. Earlier, visit visas could be renewed for two times after first issuance earlier. However, this restriction is only for 4 months. After Hajj, extension of visit visa will start again. Source: Saudi Gazette Process to Apply for Extension of Family Visit Visa You can apply for extension of family visit visa only one week before the expiry of visit visa. If you will apply for it before a week, they will not honor your request. I don’t know if it is a rule but general practice in Jawazat office. Following Documents are required for family visit visa extension in Saudi Arabia. Original Passport of Visitors (Copy of Passport Front, Back and Visa Page must be accompanied) Original Iqama of the Kafeel along with Copy (It means your Iqama if you are sponsor of visit visa) Passport Form to be filled by yourself Passport size photograph with white background Payment of SR 100 (There is no need for payment slip) Online Token (for Residents of Dammam and Khobar) Visit to Jawazat Office It is better to go to Jawazat office at around 9 am. It remains very crowded in early timings. You will find a lot of people sitting in front of Jawazat office along with their computers. You can go to them and ask them to fill all necessary requirements. They will take all the documents and fill the passport form for you. If you have not paid SR 100 for the extension of visit visa, they can pay it on your behalf. In aggregate they will charge around SR 20, 30 and will guide you about the remaining process. He will guide you about the location where you need to go to grab the token. You will be in queue once you have a token in your hand. Once your turn comes, officer will check all your documents and if everything goes fine, you will be issued extension of visa. Check the expiry date of visit visa and see if it is final extension. Keep in mind that you cannot process extension of visa again if it is final extension. Online Token If you are resident of Dammam and Khobar, you will have to apply for online token. You can apply for online token from website of Jawazat. Open the following link and follow the instructions. tickets.passport.gov.sa/
Posted on: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 08:48:29 +0000
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