How to Apply Iqama for a Newborn Baby
Case #1- If the baby was born in KSA
1- Get a birth statement from the hospital where your child is born
2- Get the Birth/Death Registration Department Appointment from the Absher Website (www.absher.sa)
(you will get an appointment in 3-4 weeks)
3- Submit the birth statement along with father’s and mother’s Iqama and
Passport copies. They will issue a birth certificate in Arabic
4- Get Passport from your Embassy
5- Pay dependent levy (From the date of birth up to father’s Iqama expiry date)
6-Get Jawazat Appointment from Absher
7- Go to Jawazat to fill out the Iqama issue form with a photo. Submit it along with
The following documents
- Father Iqama Original and Copies
- Mother Iqama and Passport are both original and copies
- Baby Passport and its copy
- Original and a copy of Birth Certificate issued by MOH
- Copy of Appointment Print-out
Once submitted, they will issue Iqama instantly.
Case #2- If the baby is born outside KSA
1- Get a passport for a newborn baby from your home country.
2- Once the baby arrives in KSA, deposit the fee of 2000 SR on your Iqama number. If you delay taking Iqama, you may require an additional amount of 500 SR as a penalty. Also, pay the dependent levy for the newborn baby (From the date of arrival to Father’s Iqama expiry date)
3-Get Jawazat Appointment from Absher
4- Fill-up Iqama issue form with photo and attach a copy of the polio immunization certificate which you got from the hospital at the time of birth.
4- Submit it along with the following documents
- Father Iqama Original and Copies
- Mother Iqama and Passport are both original and copies
- Baby Passport and its copy
- Copy of Appointment Print-out
Once submitted, they will issue Iqama instantly.
