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How can Fragomen support with your Saudi Arabia Premium Residency Permit application?

Navigating through multiple immigration options and requirements is complex and can be confusing. Take our assessment to determine the most suitable immigration category for you and your dependents. We will provide tailor-made advice and support. You will receive guidance on the end-to-end application process. Additionally, Fragomen has dedicated teams around the world who may assist with document procurement, legalization, and other services. Once your application has been approved, we will assist with completing the remaining registration formalities.

The Premium Residency Permit program offers eligible foreign nationals self-sponsored long-term residency, including a pathway for permanent residency, with various benefits, such as, the ability to work in the private sector, sponsor visas for family members and enjoy travel benefits without the need for an exit and re-entry visa.

Who qualifies for Saudi Arabia's Premium Residency Permit?

Whether you are an existing resident in Saudi Arabia or looking to relocate, you may qualify for one of the self-sponsored Premium Residency Permits. The eligibility criteria may vary—for instance, in some cases, you may require a nomination or hold a recommendation from the relevant government authority to apply for the permit—but generally, the program targets the following categories of individuals.

Gifted individuals including artists, athletes and cultural influencers

Entrepreneurs

Real estate owners

Investors

Saudi Arabia's Premium Residency Permit program offers several benefits.

The main common benefits include: Employment in the private sector, including the ability to change the employment sponsorship (applicable also to dependents). Exemption from expat and dependents levies. Exemption from the exit/re-entry permit requirement (applicable also to dependents). Ability to sponsor visas for dependents, including parents. Ability to sponsor visas for domestic workers based on the rules that apply to Saudi nationals. Ability to own real estate. Use of priority lanes at the Saudi airports. The benefits that apply only to specific categories include: Ability to apply for permanent residency (unless automatically eligible, depending on the permit category and meeting the eligibility conditions). Exemption from Saudization requirements.

Employers are often caught unaware by how many of their employees require assistance with humanitarian immigration pathways. To mitigate any risk, we empower employees to ask for assistance, so you’re able to help them—while minimizing unexpected disruptions to your workforce.

Workforce Insight

We can help devise a customized, flexible program to safely identify impacted workers so that endangered workers—who are often justifiably cautious when seeking immigration assistance—feel empowered to approach you for expert help. To help employers, we build anti-discrimination, I-9, and other related protections into our systems, so you’ll be protected as well.

Employee (and Employer) Peace of Mind

No other humanitarian immigration practice offers you the breadth, experience, or capacity that Fragomen provides. Our reach into nearly every country and territory on Earth means that you can interface, as needed, with our global business immigration specialists—professionals who can offer you services that might otherwise remain unavailable.

A Unique Service

Humanitarian immigration law is a challenging discipline that requires experience, sensitivity, and dedicated resources. Our attorneys and experts are steeped in all its facets, including asylum law, parole, DACA policy and TPS protections.

Deep Training in Critical Disciplines

We’re proud of our firm’s unstinting dedication to pro bono work and the relationships we’ve forged with partner organizations. But multiple crises worldwide have overwhelmed an already fragile pro bono infrastructure, reducing effectiveness and response time. Our experts will work within your budget to close the gaps in your crisis response.

Solutions for When Pro Bono Isn’t Enough

In today’s political climate, humanitarian programs face a fragile, uncertain future. Our longstanding support for business immigration can help you and your employees determine how humanitarian pathways interact with employment-based programs—and whether an employer-sponsored work visa is an appropriate and attainable solution that can place your employees on more solid immigration footing.

Intersection of Humanitarian & Employment Based Immigration

For decades, we’ve helped clients grapple with the immigration effects of political turmoil, war, climate change and health disasters.

Fragomen’s HELP Practice Group offers bespoke crisis-related immigration counsel—from large-scale, crisis-specific programs that help employees and their extended families, to actionable advice about individual imperiled workers. Key standouts of our services include:

Highly skilled and experienced professionals in various fields, including healthcare, science and research and company executives

What are the Premium Residency Permit categories?

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Special Talent If you are an experienced individual in the healthcare, science or research industries or a company executive, you may be eligible for a 5-year Premium Residency Permit with an opportunity to become a permanent resident in Saudi Arabia.

Investor

Gifted

Special Talent

Real Estate Owner

Entrepreneur

Financial Contributors

Entrepreneur If you are seeking to establish a start-up company and develop specific industries in Saudi Arabia, you may be eligible for a 5-year Premium Residency Permit if the value of your investment is at least SAR 400,000, or you may automatically become a permanent resident if the value of your investment is at least SAR 15 million while creating at least 10 jobs in the first year and at least 10 jobs in the second year.

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Gifted If you are a gifted individual in culture, the arts or sports and have an outstanding record of local, regional or international achievement, you may be eligible for a 5-year Premium Residency Permit with an opportunity to become a permanent resident in Saudi Arabia.

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Investor If you are seeking to invest at least SAR 7 million into Saudi Arabia's economy while creating at least 10 new jobs, you may automatically become a permanent resident in Saudi Arabia.

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Real Estate Owner If you own or have a right to profit from a real estate property in Saudi Arabia worth at least SAR 4 million, you may be eligible to hold a Premium Residency Permit for as long as you retain ownership of, or certain property rights over, the property.

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Financial Contributors If you make a non-refundable financial contribution of at least SAR 100,000 you may be eligible for a 1-year Premium Residency Permit, or if your contribution is at least SAR 800,000 you may automatically become a permanent resident in Saudi Arabia.

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Financial contributors

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