Permanent Visa for US national wife who now resides in Pakistan

Kindly someone knowledgeable please reply

If you are coming to Saudi on a work visa. You first need to sort our your papers/visa stamping then apply for an "iqama" after you have arrived. Once that bit has finished only then can you sponsor your wife's visa.

I am living here in KSA since last April 2013

As I already mentioned in my post that my iqama profession is COST ACCOUNTANT. So it means I reside in KSA

Since you have your iqama, have you spoken to your firm's admin department?

My case is similar to yours, I am non-Pakistani and my wife is Pakistani.

Your degrees, should be attested by Notarary public, MOFA Pakistan, Saudi Cultural Attache and Saudi Embassy of the country where degree was earned. (dont worry about CA attestation)

Marriage certificate: Attested by Notary public, MOFA Pakistan, Saudi Cultural Attache and Saudi Embassy.

Once these documents are ready, give them to your firm's admin department and they will apply for your wife's visa. The output of that visa is a yellow paper.  You then have to send that yellow paper to Pakistan (to your wife) and then she can get in touch with one of the agents there (in Pakistan) to apply for Saudi Resident visa (based on your sponsorship).

Now, the question you should be asking is whether if Saudi Embassy in Pakistan will stamp your wife's US Passport (as they may have a restriction to stamp Pakistani passports only). In my opinion, they should stamp her passport. However, to be 100% sure, contact Etimad (renowned Saudi visa agent in Pakistan) and they can easily answer your question.

Good luck
SA

Thanks a lot for your reply and kind help. Acting on your advice, I've emailed Eitmad for further inquiry.

As u already mentioned, there's difference in yours and mine case. In my case, wife nationality is different from mine and her departing airport will also be different from the country of her nationality ..

So please if someone could help more precisely who faced similar situation.

Thanks again Mr 95 Wellington

kpanhwar wrote:

Thanks a lot for your reply and kind help. Acting on your advice, I've emailed Eitmad for further inquiry.

As u already mentioned, there's difference in yours and mine case. In my case, wife nationality is different from mine and her departing airport will also be different from the country of her nationality ..

So please if someone could help more precisely who faced similar situation.

Thanks again Mr 95 Wellington

Ok the process is going to be similar as for any other national. My case was iddentical to yours and got visa last year ! also I applied for my wife's visa myself instead of giving it to my HR for processing ! it was an easy process and I can guide you all ! just sending you my number in PM. do call me when free.

Jazak'Allah khair Dr sahab for ur reply and so nice to talk to u over phone. Very thankful...

kpanhwar wrote:

Jazak'Allah khair Dr sahab for ur reply and so nice to talk to u over phone. Very thankful...

Glad to be of your help brother.. Remember us in your prayers.

DrHassanMalik wrote:

kpanhwar wrote:

Thanks a lot for your reply and kind help. Acting on your advice, I've emailed Eitmad for further inquiry.

As u already mentioned, there's difference in yours and mine case. In my case, wife nationality is different from mine and her departing airport will also be different from the country of her nationality ..

So please if someone could help more precisely who faced similar situation.

Thanks again Mr 95 Wellington

Ok the process is going to be similar as for any other national. My case was iddentical to yours and got visa last year ! also I applied for my wife's visa myself instead of giving it to my HR for processing ! it was an easy process and I can guide you all ! just sending you my number in PM. do call me when free.

Asalam.o.alaikum,

I recently got job offer from KSA as Engineer, and soon be getting all my documents attested from Saudi Culture and Saudi Consulate in Karachi than for visa stamping.

My query is similar to yours as my wife is foreign national (indian) and she is living with me in Pakistan on family visa-Multiple entry and gave birth to a baby in Pakistan.

I applied for a Pakistani passport of my baby.

Now, the issue is that after i get iqama in KSA and lateron apply for family visa for my wife and child does they issue visa to my wife from Pakistan? or does they issue her visa from India?

no need to send your family to India, just write arrival port Karachi in visa form and mention nationality as Indian for wife and Pakistani for child in given columns...
I already got the visa paper for my wife Alhamdulillah.
Only issue that you may face is the attestation of nikah nama. I got attested it attested from MOFA Pakistan and Saudi embassy in Karachi on the basis of NICOP of my wife... Better look for some agent for this problem if u don't succeed to get the nikah nama attested for first time...