The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia granted Saudi citizenship to more than 212 people from March 17, 2023 until June 7, 2024.
The General Administration of Civil Status in the Riyadh region announced that a royal order was issued granting Saudi Arabian citizenship to: Khaled Adeeb Jadie Muhammad Al-Nasser Al-Walda and Al-Juri Adeeb Jadie Muhammad Al-Nasser Al-Walda.
(212 people), as stated in Issue No. 5035 of Umm Al-Qura Official Newspaper Issued on June 7, 2024.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has granted Saudi citizenship to more than 212 people from March 17, 2023 until June 7, 2024, according to “Arabian Business” monitoring of the decisions to grant Saudi citizenship issued in the official “Umm Al-Qura” newspaper, after… Amending the system for granting Saudi citizenship to foreigners Noting that citizenship was granted to many people with distinguished competencies, experiences and rare specializations, and it was not published in the “Umm Al-Qura” newspaper.
The first family to be granted Saudi citizenship were the family members of the deceased, Madlouf bin Marzouq Abdullah Al Nuaimi Al Juhaishi, making them the first Arab family to obtain Saudi citizenship after the decision to amend the system for granting Saudi Arabian citizenship. The decision to grant them citizenship was issued in “Umm Al-Qura” newspaper, issue 4974 (Page 34) March 17, 2023.
On March 17, 2023, Saudi Arabia officially began working on the system for granting Saudi citizenship to foreigners after making an amendment to it that includes the powers of those who are entitled to propose and issue the final decision to grant citizenship to any person.
The full text of Article Eight before the last amendment included: Saudi Arabian citizenship may be granted by decision of the Minister of Interior to anyone born within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to a foreign father and a Saudi mother if the following conditions are met:
- To have permanent residency status in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia upon reaching the age of majority.
- He must be of good conduct and has not previously been convicted of a criminal conviction or imprisonment for a moral crime for a period exceeding six months.
- To be fluent in Arabic.
- Within the year following his attainment of majority, he must submit an application to be granted Saudi Arabian citizenship.
According to Article Seven of the Nationality Law, “Anyone born inside or outside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to a Saudi father, a Saudi mother, a father of unknown or stateless nationality, or a foundling inside the Kingdom to unknown parents is a Saudi. A foundling in the Kingdom is considered born there unless proven otherwise.” .
In addition to the possibility of granting Saudi citizenship to foreigners according to conditions, less than 3 years ago, Saudi Arabia began granting Saudi citizenship to a number of People with distinguished competencies, experiences and rare specializations On November 11, 2021, approval was issued to grant Saudi citizenship to a number of people with distinguished competencies, experiences, and rare specializations.
This came in light of the royal order to open the door to the naturalization of legal, medical, scientific, cultural, sports and technical competencies in a way that contributes to strengthening the wheel of development and benefits the nation in various fields, in line with Vision 2030 that aims to enhance the attractive environment in which human competencies can be invested and the distinguished can be attracted. And creative people.
