Saudi Premium Residency - Gifted Residency

Gifted Residency

This Product targets sports, cultural, and artistic talents.

The Gifted Residency Product aims to attract talents and unleash their full potential in creativity, innovation, and development by integrating them into the cultural and professional fabric of Saudi. This process facilitates the exchange of experience and knowledge, inviting them to join Saudi's growth journey.

General Benefits

• Reside in Saudi with family members, including parents, spouses, and children under 25.
• Flexibility to move from one establishment to another.
• Exemption from the fees imposed on expats and their dependents and companions.
• Exit and return to Saudi for the premium residency holder and their family members without requiring a visa.
• The entitlement to obtain visit visas for relatives.
• Use tracks dedicated to citizens at airports.
• The entitlement to work in the private sector and move between establishments applies to the husband, wife, and dependents, including the daughters' and sons' dependents.
• Conducting business under the guidelines of The Investment Law.
• Own and Usufruct real estate.

Special Benefits

• Obtain permanent residency upon meeting the conditions.
• Exemption of the primary premium residency holder from the “Nitaqat” Program.

Eligibility Criteria

A- First Category

• Nomination or receiving one of the specified exceptional awards.
• Meeting the minimum financial capability (ensuring the ability to bear the cost of living in Saudi).
• Obtaining a recommendation from the Ministry of Culture or the Ministry of Sports based on the applicant's field (The Premium Residency Center coordinates with the Ministries of Sports and Culture to obtain a letter of recommendation on behalf of the applicant for a “Gifted” Premium Residency product).

B- Second Category

• Fulfilling the minimum eligibility criteria approved by the Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Sports.
• Meeting the minimum financial capability (ensuring the ability to bear the cost of living in Saudi).
• Obtaining a recommendation from the Ministry of Culture or the Ministry of Sports based on the applicant's field (The Premium Residency Center coordinates with the Ministries of Sports and Culture to obtain a letter of recommendation on behalf of the applicant for a “Gifted” Premium Residency product).

All conditions are subject to change

Residency Duration

• A fixed term residency for five years, renewable once upon meeting the eligibility criteria for the product and having a residence for a period of 30 months during five years either consecutive or non-consecutive.
• Permanent residency when continuously meeting the eligibility criteria for the product and having a residence for a period of 30 months during five years either consecutive or non-consecutive, and receiving an endorsement to have a permanent residency from the Ministry of Culture or Ministry of Sports

Onetime fee:

4,000 SAR