It is heard that now the saudi government has stopped to issue family visas.Can I convert my work visa to family visa now.
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1 :
if your profession is labour than it may not get converted at all to family status but if your profession is salesman or accountant or any other blue collar jobs it would not be trouble, sometime the sponsor are not ready for converting the visa to family status and they often find it an escape to blame regulations
2 :
Are you in Saudi Arabia? If you're not here already, I doubt your employer will change your status to family after they already issued you a single visa. You would have to request from your employer to change your status to family. It might take a while for approval and for your family to join you. Also, you have to make more than 3000 SAR a month (I think that's the number now) and you cannot have labor as your occupation. If your occupation is labor, then you need to get that changed before you can change to a family visa.
3 :
If they stopped, why are you asking? You can convert it only if your sponsor approves.
4 :
No, because a work visa is only issued to one person to work in the kingdom for a specific period of time as stated in your contract with the sponsor. If you want to bring your family, you should apply with your sponsor and justify that you can support them during their stay with you in the saudi arabia. If your sponsor is convinced, then they will help you for your application for a family status visa with the immigration dept. Try to talk with your employer about this.
