Extending Re entry Visa of dependents when outside kingdom

The re entry visa of my dependents expires in april. Iqama renewal is already in progress and should be done in 10 days..
After I recieve new Iqama of my family, can I extend their re entry visa from here without asking them to enter Saudi ,
i heard there is a long procedure, with some applications and all,
does anyone know the details pls.

thanks

It's not a lengthy process anymore and is available on the MoFA site:
https://visa.mofa.gov.sa/visaServices/MoquimServices

I can't share the first hand experience though.

"Enables residents to apply for the extension of expired re-entry visas for their families"

its for expired re entry visa... in my case I want to extend  visa before it expires in April this year...
is the process same?

Yes, I understand your concern of risking the residency in full.

I know someone who was advised to wait till the ERE expires. But he later ran into quite different set of problems.

Please do try out the option above; I'm not sure if it's the same for expired and un-expired EREs.