How to Pay MOFA Attestation fee online:
If you are a resident of Saudi Arabia and you are a foreigner not a local than you have the right to have full information about the country.
Saudi Arabia is country most of which population are expats because their are many job opportunities and the locals are not willing to work as they have money in inheritence so they have no need to do work.Due to this fact the expats has a great advantage of doing job in Saudi Arabia to earn money and to live their lives with ease because the economy of Saudi Arabia is really high and has a grear value in other countries of the world so people are attracted toward Saudi Arabia due to this fact.
In Saudi their are mostly Indians,Pakistanis,Bangladeshi,Philippines and the people of many other nationalities.
Here in Saudi Arabia every thing is according to the rules and regulation if in case any one do violation of the rules by mistake than he is prisoned or fined with great amount of money so every one here is ready to follow rules and regulation to avoid any problem.
Their is also a rule to visit MOFA that Ministry of Foriegn Affiars that is you must pay Attestation fee online but if you are not aware how to do this than you dont have to take tension because we arw here we are with the full information how you can pay the attestation fee online before visiting to the Ministry of Foriegn Affiars.
MOFA attestation :
For legalization of many documents in many embassies inside Saudi Arabia or outside the Saudi Arabia attestation from Ministry of Foriegn Affiars of Saudi Arabia. In order to attest your documents You need to pay the MOFA attestation fee online before visiting the Ministry of Foreign Affairs branch.
MOFA Attestation:
First of all for this process you have to book an appointment online.On the last page of mofa online apointment booking you will get a code that you can use to pay the fee.
MOFA attestation requirements:
Their are some requirements that you have to fullfill in order to successfully complete the MOFA Attestation process so lets have a look of these requirements:
Step1:
First of all you have to book a MOFA appointment because with
out it you can not go ahead in order to attest documents.
Step 2:
Then you have to obtain an Arabic translation of the required documents such as birth certificate,marriage certificate or qualification degrees.
Step 3:
Then you have to bring the original Iqama with you that is essential for attestation.
Step 4:
Then you have to make sure that all the foreign documents for example degree certificates or marriage certificates have been attested by the Saudi Embassy inside Saudi Arabia or outside Saudi Arabia because embassies of Saudia Arabia are present all over the world.
Step 5:
Last but not the least you have to get stamps from the chamber of commerce on any letters that are issued by employers.
MOFA Appointment Booking:
The next step is to Book an appointment for the Ministry of Foriegn Affiars but if you dont know how to to do this than their is no need of taking tension because we are here to tell you about this method:
• First of all you have to click on the link mentioned below:
https://services.mofa.gov.sa/Ratification/Ratification/Create
• Now you have to select the option of Ratification Place: Ministry Of Foreign Affairs or its branches.
• Then you have to choose the branch location according to your location that may be Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam etc.
• Then you have to select the Nationality that is that you have to mention that your nationality is Saudi or Non-Saudi.
• Than after this you have to enter:
your Name
Iqama Number
Mobile Number
• Now you have to click on the option of Add New Document .
• This page will show yhe option of document than you have to select the type of document That may be Birth Certificate and its document number.
Enter the Captcha Code and click on “Submit.”
On the next page, select an available appointment date and time and click “Submit.”
You will receive an activation code on the provided mobile number; enter it on the next screen.
The final screen will show the MOFA appointment confirmation, where you can change, cancel, or pay the MOFA attestation fee.
Once you have made bookinh than you have to pay the MOFA attestation fee within 3 hours after booking because if you have delayed your your payment than the appointment will be deleted automatically so it is better to promptly pay the fees after booking to avoid any type of problem.
Visit of Ministry of Foreign affiars for Attestation:
First of all when you are planning to visit the Ministry of Foriegn Affiars for attestation than you should keep in mind that you should arrive their 15 minuts early than the appointed date.
Nowadays their is no tension of finding any unknown location because of the blessing of internet which has made is possible or easier by the google map.So you have to just download the google map from the playstore if your not having it than open it and find the location of Ministry of Foreign Affiars office near to your location.
When you reach the office than you have to park your car safely than in the office you will two seperate counters one counter is for company and the other is for individuals so you should carefully take the token from individual counter and than you have to simply wait for your turn.
Steps for registration of MOFA account:
In Saudi Arabia it is necessary for all expatriates living in the country, including new arrivals, to register with the ministry. When you are registered on the website you are than you are awarded with many benefits including the ability to renew their residence permit, apply for exit/re-entry visas, and more benefits.
To start the registration process you have to follow the following steps that are mentioned below:
First of all you must visit the MOFA website.
Than you have to click on the “Register” button.
Than to make the account you have to create a username and password.
• Now click on the Register option.
• After a while you will receive an email than you have to click on activate from email.
• At last when all the process is completed and completing the registration process, expatriates can log in to the MOFA website and access a range of services.
Applying for an exit/re-entry visa, renewing their residence permit, and checking the status of their application are included in these services.
The expat applying should keep in mind if you fail to register with Ministry of Foreign Affiars this may result in penalties and fines which you have to pay at any cost otherwise the situation may be severe.
So to avoid such harsh situation you have to register with Ministry of Foreign Affiars as soon as possible.
Documents verification from Ministry of foreign Affiars:
Attestation of documents from MOFA is really important or vital in Saudia Arabia for many reasons this may includes Studying abroad ,applying for visas, or starting a business.
Without attestation your documents will not be recognized as legal it may result in unnecessary delays and complications in your plans.
Notarization by a Notary Public:
The fitst step of attestation of documents is the Notarization by a notary public.If your docunents are notarized by a notary public than it will place a stamp and seal on them.
This step is really important because due to this step your documents are considerd as legal and valid.
Payment of MOFA attestation fee:
There are two possible ways of payment that you can use to pay the fee:
1- Payment through Al rajhi bank:
First of all you have to log in to their mobile application if you wants to pay attestation fee through Al rajhi bank.
Step.1
On the application you have to click on the payment option.
Step2:
Then you should select one time payment.
Step 3:
Then you have to hit the government servives option.
Step 4:
Search for 101- Ministry of foreign affiars.
Step 5:
In this step you have to enter the invoice number that is recieved while booking of appointment. Amount of attestation fee will be fetched by Al Rajhi system and you will be asked for confirmation.
SNB bank:
If you are planning to pay the mofa attestation fee through SNB bank than you must login to their mobile application .
• First of all click on Sadad option.
• Then you should select one time bill payment.
• Biller is Government agencies.
• Search for 101- Ministry of foreign affiars
• In this step you have to enter the invoice number that is recieved while booking of appointment.
Amount of attestation fee will be fetch by SNB system and you will be asked for confirmation.
If you read all the above article than you should be cleared that attestation of documents Via MOFA is really important and their is also full information about your search.I hope you will enjoy reading this article and it will be helpful to you .