Saudi New civil status statutes to take effect on Aug.1
By ARAB NEWS
RIYADH: The Civil Status Department will start implementing a new civil status system on Aug. 1, Deputy Director General of Civil Status Abdul Rahman Al-Husain said on Saturday in a press statement.
One of the key features of the system is that a citizen's civil registry number should be quoted in any document issued by the government, or while applying for any service from any government department or private sector.
The national identity card will be valid for five years for a citizen aged between 15 to 30 years, valid for 10 years for a citizen between 31 and 50 years and valid for 20 years for a citizen above 51.
The statutes also stipulate that the birth of a newborn and other civil events such as marriage should be reported within 30 days after the event.
The holidays of the two Eids will not be counted in the 30 days. A citizen will be issued a birth certificate in its original state instantly.
A woman will be issued an official copy of the original civil status register in which her name is included — with her parents, with her children or with her husband — whichever the case may be.
A family register will be issued with the allocation of one or more pages for each wife with her children.
Family register is the document to establish the identity of members of a family and national identity card is the identity proof of the head of a family.
The official copies of any of the documents can be had electronically at SR20 for a copy.
Al-Husain said citizens should keep their documents with care and the fine to replace lost or damaged copies would range between SR100 to SR1,000.
All civil status formalities can also be undertaken online in its site on the Interior Ministry portal.
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